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Lead Cloud & Platform Engineer @ Pathfinder

Bolsover Street 3-8, SalfordOnsiteFull-time
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Salary: £80,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements: Experience in Site Reliability, Cloud, Platform or DevOps engineering roles, including technical leadership.Experience designing and supporting cloud native solutions across Azure and AWS environments.Experience defining cloud and platform architectures, Infrastructure as Code approaches, automation strategies and reusable engineering patterns.Experience working with senior technology and business stakeholders to shape technical direction and platform improvements.Experience building, maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar tooling.Experience with monitoring, observability and operational support using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and Datadog.Experience managing cloud cost optimisation and governance.Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash and PowerShell.Good understanding of cloud networking, security, secure coding practices and compliance requirements. Responsibilities: Serve as our cloud engineering authority for the team.Help shape the future cloud and platform estate of our SaaS business.Contribute hands-on while leading engineering efforts and defining standards.Guide investment decisions and deliver strategic initiatives across our platforms.Work with senior technology and business stakeholders to shape technical direction and platform improvements.Support the modernisation of our software platforms and infrastructure.Contribute to our digital transformation and technology strategy, including the use of AI. Technologies: AIAWSAzureBashCI/CDCloudDatadogDevOpsDockerGitHubGrafanaSupportJenkinsKubernetesPowerShellPrometheusPythonSecurityArchitect More:

We are a large SaaS provider based in Manchester, investing heavily in the modernisation of our software platforms and infrastructure. This is a stable and growing business with an attractive salary and strong benefits package, including an annual bonus, private medical insurance, life assurance, enhanced pension contributions, flexible benefits, ongoing learning and development opportunities, and 26 days holiday including your birthday off. We are undertaking a major digital transformation, and AI is becoming an increasingly important part of our technology strategy. This role offers the opportunity to help shape our cloud and platform future at a pivotal stage in our evolution.

last updated 29 week of 2026

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