Engineering Manager — Infrastructure / Platform
- Lead a small infrastructure and platform engineering team for government systems.
- Set technical direction and ensure reliability, security, and compliance.
- Mentor engineers and guide the adoption of AI-assisted development.
About the Role
A leading public-sector technology organisation is looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a small infrastructure and platform engineering team behind mission-critical government systems. This is a player-coach role — you'll set technical direction for a focused scope, stay close to the tools, and keep a critical platform secure, stable and continuously improving. It's ideal for someone who leads by doing, enjoys operational excellence over greenfield empire-building, and wants their work to matter at national scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the technical direction for a defined set of infrastructure and platform services, setting the bar for reliability, security and compliance.
- Establish DevOps/SRE and secure-by-design baselines, and keep the team delivering against them.
- Stay hands-on — run design reviews, chip away at tech debt, and ship improvements (automation, tooling, refactors) alongside your engineers.
- Balance new work with business-as-usual — fixes, maintenance and stability — so the platform stays dependable.
- Modernise the estate through infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD and observability, while strengthening change management, resilience and disaster recovery.
- Work within the organisation's engineering standards and practice rather than reinventing them; mentor engineers and surface learnings to senior leadership.
- Guide the team's responsible adoption of AI-assisted development.
What We're Looking For
Essential
- Proven experience leading or managing an infrastructure or platform engineering team while staying technically hands-on.
- Familiarity with government or highly regulated IT environments.
- Strong grasp of security principles, risk management and compliance frameworks.
- Comfortable with change/service management practices (ITIL or similar).
- A clear communicator who can translate technical issues for non-technical stakeholders.
Desirable
- Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible), DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipeline ownership.
- Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure), ITIL 4 or equivalent.
- Exposure to public-sector procurement, vendor management, and business-continuity/DR planning.
What's on Offer
- Purpose-driven work on systems that serve the public at national scale.
- Genuine investment in your craft — structured learning and development year-round.
- A collaborative on-site team, flexibility within the role, and a total-rewards benefits package.
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