Lead Platform Engineer
Oscar Associates (UK) Limited
Nottingham · posted 1 August 2026
Salary
£65,000 – £75,000 a year
Location
Nottingham, England
Lead Platform Engineer | Nottingham | Hybrid | £65,000-£75,000
About the Role:
We're partnering with an established and growing data business based in Nottingham to find a talented Senior Platform Engineer to take ownership of their cloud infrastructure and help shape the next stage of their platform.
This is a hybrid position, with a minimum of
1 day per week required in the Nottingham office . The Opportunity: This is a hands-on role offering genuine ownership and influence. You'll be responsible for the reliability, security, scalability and cost-effectiveness of the company's Azure and DevOps estate, while helping transition infrastructure from manually managed environments into a modern, automated and repeatable platform. You'll play a key role in a significant cloud separation and migration programme, working across Azure, GCP and modern data platforms. You'll also have the opportunity to establish and improve DevOps standards, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, monitoring and disaster recovery practices as the business continues to grow its B2B API and data platform capabilities. Key Responsibilities: Own and manage the company's
Azure cloud estate , ensuring security, reliability and cost efficiency.
Lead the adoption of
Terraform and Infrastructure as Code , including bringing existing infrastructure under management.
Owning and operating Kubernetes workloads , including deployments, ingress, scaling, upgrades, troubleshooting and day-to-day platform operations. Build and maintain
CI/CD pipelines
using Azure DevOps.
Support
cloud migration and separation projects
across Azure and GCP.
Design, automate and test
disaster recovery and business continuity
solutions.
Improve
monitoring, alerting and observability
across the platform.
Manage
cloud security, identity, secrets and certificates .
Provide technical guidance on
Azure architecture and platform engineering .
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and act as a senior technical escalation point.
Work closely with development and technology teams to improve
platform reliability and developer experience .
What's on Offer: £65,000-£75,000
Genuine ownership of a growing cloud platform.
Opportunity to influence
architecture, tooling and engineering standards .
Hybrid working with flexibility.
Private healthcare following completion of probation.
Charity donation scheme.
Work-from-anywhere week.
Regular team events and social activities.
Lead Platform Engineer | Nottingham | Hybrid | £65,000-£75,000 Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy in the privacy section of the Oscar website.
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1 day per week required in the Nottingham office . The Opportunity: This is a hands-on role offering genuine ownership and influence. You'll be responsible for the reliability, security, scalability and cost-effectiveness of the company's Azure and DevOps estate, while helping transition infrastructure from manually managed environments into a modern, automated and repeatable platform. You'll play a key role in a significant cloud separation and migration programme, working across Azure, GCP and modern data platforms. You'll also have the opportunity to establish and improve DevOps standards, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, monitoring and disaster recovery practices as the business continues to grow its B2B API and data platform capabilities. Key Responsibilities: Own and manage the company's
Azure cloud estate , ensuring security, reliability and cost efficiency.
Lead the adoption of
Terraform and Infrastructure as Code , including bringing existing infrastructure under management.
Owning and operating Kubernetes workloads , including deployments, ingress, scaling, upgrades, troubleshooting and day-to-day platform operations. Build and maintain
CI/CD pipelines
using Azure DevOps.
Support
cloud migration and separation projects
across Azure and GCP.
Design, automate and test
disaster recovery and business continuity
solutions.
Improve
monitoring, alerting and observability
across the platform.
Manage
cloud security, identity, secrets and certificates .
Provide technical guidance on
Azure architecture and platform engineering .
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and act as a senior technical escalation point.
Work closely with development and technology teams to improve
platform reliability and developer experience .
What's on Offer: £65,000-£75,000
Genuine ownership of a growing cloud platform.
Opportunity to influence
architecture, tooling and engineering standards .
Hybrid working with flexibility.
Private healthcare following completion of probation.
Charity donation scheme.
Work-from-anywhere week.
Regular team events and social activities.
Lead Platform Engineer | Nottingham | Hybrid | £65,000-£75,000 Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy in the privacy section of the Oscar website.
TPBN1_UKTJ