Head of Platform Engineering - Peterborough
  • England,East of England,Cambridgeshire,Peterborough
  • Full Time, Permanent
  • £75,000 - £90,000 per annum
Job Description:
Head of Platform Engineering - Peterborough


Head of Platform Engineering with an excellent background in engineering, .NET / C#, DevOps, (including DevSecOps) and cloud is required by a leading company in Peterborough. It is a technical leadership role focused on DevOps and end-to-end technology estate. With a team of 10+, you will be turning architectural concepts into implementation reality, so very much a delivery role, being part of the senior leadership team.


Experience required


*Been in a lead, manager or head of role
*.NET / C# and Microsoft stack experience
*Microservices and medallion architecture knowledge
*DevSecOps / DevOps capabilities
*Security compliance critical due to data-heavy operations
*Cloud hybrid journey experience
*Data platform appreciation


You shall have Cross-platform responsibility (software and data), while having an open leadership style required you must embody the company values of integrity, innovation & respect. This person will have a very strong technical gravitas to hold their own with stakeholders and senior people in the business.


Duties include:


*Own and define engineering standards, platform strategy, DevSecOps maturity, and production resilience across the organisation.
*Design and implement the operating model that enables rapid experimentation while ensuring robust, secure, and reliable operational systems.
*Influence and guide architectural direction, organisational structure, and long-term capability development.
*Strengthen governance around code quality, engineering practices, and technical discipline across teams.
*Drive automation, CI/CD maturity, and release processes to increase deployment confidence and reduce manual effort.
*Improve system resilience and reduce operational fragility through structural, strategic improvements rather than reactive firefighting.
*Lead the evolution of cloud foundations, observability, security, and recovery capabilities to support a modern, scalable technology estate.


They are looking to pay a starting salary of £75,000 - £90,000 + Hybrid working of 2 days in the Peterborough office


To apply press apply now or send your CV to matthew.leach @ Circlerecruitment .com


Keywords - Head of Platform Engineering - DevOps - .NET - C# - Azure - Cloud - DevSecOps - Security - platform - architecture
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Job number 3579981

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Company Details:
Circle Recruitment
Company size: 20–49 employees
Industry: IT
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