Technical Platform Manager

Technical Platform Manager - HPC & Digital Infrastructure

Location: Bristol / Hybrid (3 days onsite)
Salary: Up to £65,000
Hours: 35 hours per week

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an experienced Technical Platform Manager to join an organisation operating a modern, purpose-built technology facility in Bristol.

You will take ownership of a complex technical environment covering high-performance computing (HPC), compute clusters, networking, storage and backend services, ensuring platform stability, resilience and continuous improvement.

This role combines technical leadership with hands-on infrastructure management, leading a team of three engineers while working closely with technical specialists and senior stakeholders.

We are particularly interested in candidates from commercial, engineering, technology or research environments who can bring a proactive approach to managing and improving complex infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of HPC infrastructure, compute clusters, storage environments and backend services.

• Identify technical risks, improve platform resilience and address single points of failure.

• Lead and develop a technical team of three, providing technical direction and operational oversight.

• Manage infrastructure upgrades, maintenance, incident response and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Establish operational standards, documentation and ITIL-aligned processes.

• Develop technical roadmaps, introducing automation, monitoring and DevOps practices where appropriate.

• Manage infrastructure and training budgets, ensuring effective resource allocation.

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, technical teams and external suppliers to deliver platform improvements.

Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in infrastructure management, technical operations or platform engineering.

• Experience working with compute clusters, HPC, GPU infrastructure or complex compute and storage environments.

• Good understanding of Linux, networking, backend services and modern infrastructure technologies.

• Proven experience leading technical teams and managing infrastructure projects.

• Knowledge of ITIL, systems operations, incident management and change control.

• Experience improving infrastructure resilience, performance and operational efficiency.

• Strong stakeholder management, communication and budget management skills.

• Relevant technical qualifications or equivalent professional experience, alongside leadership or management training.

Desirable: Experience with HPC environments, GPU computing, AI infrastructure, automation, CI/CD or DevOps practices.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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