Platform Manager | Azure | £80–90k | Manchester – Hybrid You’re already making the big technical calls. How much say do you have over what happens next? This position gives you ownership of an established Azure platform, a small expert team of Platform & DevOps engineers to lead. You’ll set the technical direction and build alongside them. Architecture, infrastructure as code, performance and cloud spend are all yours to get into. A big part of the work is improving how the platform runs: understanding API health, catching performance issues early and using AI to investigate incidents and automate recurring fixes. What we need: • Strong Azure architecture and hands-on platform engineering. • IaC, automation and secure CI/CD. • Experience improving reliability, performance and cloud costs. • Someone engineers can turn to for practical technical guidance. Azure, Entra ID, Key Vault and Azure DevOps underpin the environment. Practical experience with AI-led operations would be useful. What you get: £80–90k, ownership of the platform’s direction and the scope to put your decisions into production. Could suit a Lead or Principal Platform Engineer ready to take responsibility for the function, or a hands-on Platform Manager