About Us
At National Grid, we are committed to a cleaner, greener energy future through the dedication and ingenuity of our people.
About The Role
As Azure Platform Manager, you will be a senior technical leader within the NGET Platform Team (CIDO). You will be responsible for the design, operation, support and continual improvement of Azure platform services that underpin our enterprise platform offerings. You will enable NGET’s digital transformation, providing deep cloud expertise that empowers product and platform teams while ensuring safety, security, compliance and operational excellence.
* Work with the Central Infrastructure and Operations function to develop and manage the Azure roadmap in conjunction with business needs.
* Develop and manage a unified service offering for the central platform teams, leveraging Azure PaaS and IaaS components (AKS, etc.).
* Implement NGET’s observability strategy with the infrastructure and operations group, communicating to federated digital teams.
* Develop platform standards, guardrails and infrastructure‑as‑code patterns aligned to enterprise architecture and cyber security policies.
* Support both change and run teams to ensure platforms are robust, resilient, observable and scalable.
* Build a Site Reliability Engineering capability in NGET to meet business resilience failover requirements.
What You’ll Do
* Define and deliver the Azure platform strategy and roadmap, aligning cloud capabilities with business objectives and digital transformation goals.
* Lead the design, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise‑scale Azure platform services (PaaS and IaaS).
* Provide senior technical leadership for cloud infrastructure operations, driving automation, resilience, performance optimization and operational excellence.
* Establish and govern platform standards, guardrails, architecture principles and infrastructure‑as‑code patterns in line with enterprise architecture and security policies.
* Own and evolve solution architectures for complex, multi‑project initiatives, balancing cost, quality, scalability and operational requirements.
* Drive adoption of DevOps, SRE and observability practices, ensuring platforms are robust, resilient and measurable.
* Collaborate across central infrastructure, operations and federated digital teams to promote standardization and reuse.
* Lead cloud financial management activities, supporting budgeting, forecasting, cost optimisation and audit compliance.
* Oversee the full platform/product lifecycle from planning and design through launch, optimisation and retirement.
* Ensure business continuity and resilience, including development, testing and continuous improvement of continuity management plans.
* Identify and implement business process improvements, leveraging automation and emerging technologies.
* Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, acting as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact for Azure platform services.
* Provide line management and people leadership, fostering engagement, capability development and effective ways of working.
About You
* Senior management level experience, forming strong relationships and engagement across all business levels.
* Experience operating platforms with a product mindset, including roadmap definition and delivery focused on developer experience.
* DevOps experience including Terraform, GitOps, GitHub Actions or similar technologies.
* SRE/Observability experience.
* Deep expertise in Azure PaaS, AKS, Kubernetes operations, containerisation and event‑driven architectures.
* Strong understanding of observability, metrics, logging and distributed tracing patterns (OpenTelemetry).
* Experience working in federated, matrixed delivery environments.
* Knowledge of security, identity, networking, FinOps and governance in cloud environments.
* Proven ability to provide technical leadership, consultancy and coaching.
* Demonstrable experience providing cloud platform management services to distributed internal teams.
* Strong leadership, relationship, communication and presentation skills with a track record of delivery.
* Experience of strategic, investment and product planning ensuring alignment with business strategy and priorities.
What You’ll Get
* Competitive salary.
* Bonus up to 30% based on personal and company performance.
Additional Benefits
* Competitive pension scheme with double match to a maximum of 12% company contribution.
* Flexible benefits such as cycles, share incentive plan and technology schemes.
* Access to digital GP services and wellbeing app.
* Access to work‑and‑family space, including paid emergency childcare and eldercare support.
Legal Information
National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points‑based immigration system. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements.
National Grid is an equal‑opportunity employer that values diversity, inclusion and a broad range of talent. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to apply.
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