Azure Platform and Support Manager

Azure Platform and Support Manager – £73K/£75K + Benefits - Fixed Term Contract to March 2027 – Hybrid / Milton Keynes

The successful candidate will be someone who can do more than just manage platforms, you’ll need the ability to lead a team through complexity.

You’ll be leading a team (and sometimes 3rd party suppliers) responsible for running, supporting, and improving our clients platforms and infrastructure. That means balancing day-to-day stability with long-term improvement. You’ll need to set a clear direction and get people aligned behind it – then make sure things get done.

You’ll report into Head of Software Delivery and work closely with Architecture and Software teams to play a key role in delivering change across systems that are central to the organisations purpose.

To apply you should have the following background, skills and experience:

- Essential to have an experienced people management background – demonstrable experience of / and be happy to get hands dirty with day to day team management (team leadership, setting direction/task management, supporting individual development, motivation, discipline, sickness, holidays, KPIs,  but with the ability to get involved with a higher leadership role to support Head of Software Delivery  
- Good level of technical knowledge, in the management in the Azure platforms and the Security of systems in complex, high-stakes and regulated environments where uptime matters (knows what looks good) – very important to be able to technically lead the team, prioritise the work, and ensure delivery targets and SLAs are achieved.
- Some ITIL knowledge
- 3rd party liaison experience 

 
Benefits:

- 25 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays + Christmas shutdown.
- Flexible working and genuine investment in your development.
- 35-hour week.
- Excellent pension (6% - 11.5% employer contribution).
- Enhanced family leave and more!

Interviews ASAP - Start ASAP

Stuart Graham
Click Recruitment
stuart.graham@clickrecruiting.co.uk