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Together we're building a world-class platform to amplify our teams' most powerful ideas. As part of our engineering team, you'll shape the platforms and tools that drive high-impact research – designing systems that scale, accelerate discovery and support innovation across the firm. Take the next step in your career. The roleThe Platform Desktop Engineering team is a new team within Core Infrastructure, responsible for the platform desktop. As Platform Desktop Engineering Manager, you will build and lead the team, taking accountability for the availability, security and evolution of the platform desktop service. This is a hands-on management roles requiring strong technical knowledge of Linux environments.
You will stay close to the build pipeline, provisioning tooling and security posture, enabling you to review technical decisions, assess risk and hold partner teams and vendors to account. The role had a broad remit, spanning image builds, provisioning, security, monitoring and hardware.
You will establish the team's standards and priorities from the ground up, protecting engineers' focus and making clear decisions about scope.
Working closely with Linux Engineering, Security and wider infrastructure teams, you will foster a collaborative environment where engineers are encouraged to challenge, contribute ideas and act on them.
Key responsibilities of the role include: Hiring, onboarding and developing Platform Desktop Engineers, including objectives, feedback and career developmentManaging service performance, including availability, estate health, patching , provisioning and user experienceOwning the support model, including service levels, request and incident management and escalation pathsBalancing operational demands with planned engineering work and longer-term prioritiesDelivering the estate roadmap across image builds, provisioning tooling, automation and hardware refreshesOverseeing change management, communications and post-incident improvementsDefining and reporting metrics that provide visbility of service performance and estate healthManaging capacity, budget and hardware lifecycle across physical and virtual resourcesWorking with Linux Engineering, Security, Identity, Tech Support and other partner teams to manage dependencies and escalationsSupporting joiner, mover and leaver processes in partnership with HRWho are we looking for?
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience: Experience leading an infrastructure, platform or endpoint engineering teamStrong hands-on Linux expertise, including package management, performance troubleshooting and log analysisGood understanding of CI/CD pipelines for OS image creation using tools such as Dagger, Packer, Jenkins or BashExperience supporting bare metal and VM provisioning at scale, ideally using OpenStack and IronicStrong understanding of enterprise security, including vulnerability and patch managementSound judgement, balancing security best practice with pragmatic risk-based decisionsUnderstanding of hardware provisioning and lifecycle management, including diagnostics and vendor managementExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence priorities across teamsExperience owning and improving production services end to endWhy join us? Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonusLunch provided (via Just Eat for Business) and dedicated barista bar30 days' annual leave9% company pension contributionsInformal dress code and excellent work/life balanceComprehensive healthcare and life assuranceCycle-to-work schemeMonthly company eventsG-Research is committed to cultivating and preserving an inclusive work environment.
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If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know in the relevant sectionSummaryLocation: London, UKType: Full time
Platform Desktop Engineering Manager in Vauxhall employer: G Research
At G-Research, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of London where innovation thrives. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through mentorship opportunities, comprehensive healthcare, and a strong focus on work-life balance, all while fostering a culture that values diversity and collaboration. Join us to tackle complex challenges in cyber security and be part of a team that not only values your contributions but also invests in your future.
