Platform Engineering Manager

Work on Technology That Protects What Matters At SiXworks, we build secure digital solutions that support Defence and National Security missions. Our teams work on complex problems where reliability, security, and speed of innovation matter. We''re looking for a Platform Engineering Manager who enjoys solving difficult technical challenges and wants their work to have real operational impact. What You''ll Do This role is a balance of team management and project delivery and requires a solid understanding of platform engineering domains across multiple projects in: Cloud Platforms (Azure/Google), Developer Platforms, GitOps, Platforms and Servers, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), Scripting and Automation (Python, Ansible), Containerisation (Kubernetes, Docker, Podman) and Service Management (ITIL). Responsible for line managing engineers and their skills; ensure skills are developed and aligned to business strategy and needs. This role blends strong people management capability with good technical understanding of platform engineering technologies, ensuring the right engineers with the right skills are assigned to projects, BAU activities and operational priorities. Together with our Operations team, drive and support capacity planning, workforce optimisation and skills development, ensuring high-quality delivery across platform engineering such as infrastructure-as-code, containerisation, CI/CD, automation and scripting. Your work may include: People Leadership: ..... full job details .....