Cancer Research UK is a pioneering charity with an ambitious mission to beat cancer. As we strive to deliver our strategy, we need a skilled leader to drive our platform engineering capabilities.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Digital Infrastructure Leader to lead our platform engineering capability and ensure that our digital systems operate securely and scale to meet our needs. You will be responsible for developing and delivering our platform engineering strategy, collaborating with peers to evolve and deliver the platform engineering strategy, and developing platforms and products that are reliable, secure, performant, and flexible.
Your Responsibilities
1. Lead Cancer Research UK's Platform Engineering capability by recruiting and supporting infrastructure engineers' career development, providing expert technical guidance and motivational leadership that drives for impact and embraces our mission as a collective effort.
2. Collaborate with peers to evolve and deliver the platform engineering strategy while developing platforms and products that are reliable, secure, performant, and flexible.
3. Develop the Platform Engineering capability model while collaborating with Lead Engineers to develop standards and reusable assets and encourage knowledge sharing.
4. Partner with internal and external stakeholders ensuring a mature approach to architecting new solutions, giving estimates and commitments; and delivering on agreed commitments while optimising the efficiency of the team.
About You
* You have experience leading engineering teams in large, complex organisations.
* You have excellent knowledge of the fast-moving technology landscape with a particular focus on cloud engineering and knowledge of current best practices (e.g. BDD, CI/CD).
* You are a technical expert and a motivational leader with mature stakeholder management skills.
* You have a comprehensive understanding of the software delivery lifecycle, infrastructure lifecycle management, and different delivery approaches (including DevOps and Agile).
Salary and Benefits
The estimated salary for this role is £75,000 - £80,000 per year, plus benefits, which include a generous pension scheme, annual leave, and professional development opportunities.
About Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK is a pioneering charity with an ambitious mission to beat cancer. We exist to beat cancer, and we need talented individuals like you to help us achieve this goal. Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do: Bold, Credible, Human, and Together.