Circa £75k, salary dependent on skills and experience
Full-time, with flexibility for part-time
Hybrid role, working from Huntingdon or Lincoln
Anglian Water offers a flexible approach; this role gives you the flexibility to work from home and from either our Huntingdon or Lincoln office.
Lead the Digital Infrastructure That Keeps Anglian Water Moving
We’ve brought together our Platform, Infrastructure, Network and Site Reliability Engineering teams under a single leadership role. That gives the role real scope, to shape how the teams work together, improving reliability, developing technical capability and setting a clear direction for the platforms our business depends on. As Senior Engineering Manager, Platforms and Infrastructure, you’ll lead the teams responsible for secure, resilient and high-performing services, while building a culture focused on ownership, operational excellence and continuous improvement.
As our Senior Engineering Manager, Platforms and Infrastructure, you’ll be at the heart of Anglian Water’s hybrid infrastructure, ensuring our platforms and networks are secure, scalable, and high performing, including:
Lead platform strategy and delivery - defining and managing the hybrid infrastructure roadmap, balancing in-house and managed service capabilities, and embedding automation-first, resilient design from the start.
Ensure operational reliability and service-aware operations - overseeing Site Reliability Engineering, uptime, performance, and proactive observability to reduce operational risk and toil, and enable self-healing platforms.
Champion continuous improvement and transformation - driving DevOps, automation, and modern Cloud engineering practises, identifying opportunities to reduce cost and complexity, and fostering a culture of learning, experimentation, and safe challenge for all.
This role gives you the opportunity to shape the future of Anglian Water’s digital infrastructure while driving innovation, reliability, and operational excellence across all our platforms and networks.
As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
Full private healthcare with no excess
26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
A flexible working culture
Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 7%
Life Assurance at eight times your salary
Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
Bonus Scheme
What does it take to be the Senior Engineering Manager, Platforms and Infrastructure
You’ll be an experienced engineering leader who enjoys developing people, solving complex challenges and creating the environment where your teams can thrive. You’ll be comfortable balancing strategic thinking with operational delivery and influencing across technical and business-focused teams.
Skills and Qualifications:
Experience leading platform, infrastructure or cloud engineering teams
Experience of managing engineering managers
Strong understanding of hybrid infrastructure, cloud technologies and modern engineering practises
Experience improving operational resilience and service reliability
Knowledge of DevOps, SRE and IaC principles
Relevant professional certifications (e.g. Azure, AWS, ITIL, SRE) (desirable)
Degree in a technology or computing discipline (desirable)
This is an opportunity to shape the future of Platform and Infrastructure Engineering at Anglian Water. You’ll lead talented teams, influence engineering strategy, and play a core role in delivering the digital platforms that support the services our customers rely on. If you’re looking for a role where you can make a lasting impact through technical leadership, people development and engineering excellence in a purpose driven organisation, then we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date: 7th September 2027
