Platform Engineer - Manchester

Remote working

Outside IR35 - £650

Duration - 2 Months

A leading Manchester client seeks a Platform Resilience Engineer to join their transformation program focused on resilience assurance and platform enablement. Key tasks include validating the BIA register, mapping service dependencies, and performing failure mode analysis-essential for the resilience framework and early approvals. In platform enablement, the role covers storage tiering, capacity monitoring, observability setup, and CI/CD support for data platform operations, ensuring consistent results.

Key skills and responsibilities

  • Review, validate, and finalise the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) register.
  • Identify and document dependencies across critical services and supporting infrastructure.
  • Carry out failure mode analysis and record key findings and risks.
  • Present resilience documentation for stakeholder review and secure formal approval.
  • Establish and implement hot/warm/cold data classification and transition rules to support data residency requirements.
  • Configure and apply storage policies within the platform.
  • Establish a baseline for capacity visibility and monitoring, including metrics, dashboards, and alert thresholds.
  • Define capacity limits and scaling risk indicators to support proactive management.
  • Provide support to CI/CD delivery teams where required

Interested? Please submit your updated CV to Dean Sadler-Parkes at Harvey Nash for immediate consideration.

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