Infrastructure Product Engineering Manager

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* The role:

** We are looking for aInfrastructure Product Engineering Manager to join our IT department.

At Simmons & Simmons LLP, our staff and our clients are at the forefront of everything we do. Our Digital transformation programme is key to ensuring that exceptional client service continues to be at the core of our proposition into the future. To support this strategic initiative we are looking for a talented and experienced Infrastructure Engineering Manager to lead the strategy and execution for Infrastructure Platforms across the firm.  

This role will report to the Head of Infrastructure who is globally accountable for the delivery of Infrastructure, IT Operations and Support services across the firm. You will focus on the design and build of core infrastructure platform services, drive innovation and automation, and will coach an engineering chapter in delivering a secure, scalable infrastructure foundation that supports the development of technology solutions.

The successful candidate will act as the Product Owner for the delivery of infrastructure into our technology solutions teams , engaging with stakeholders to understand requirements, creating and delivering a roadmap that enables the rapid development of solutions. You will lead a chapter of Infrastructure Dev Ops and Cloud Engineers working across multiple delivery squads, with a strong emphasis on Azure Cloud Infrastructure, Dev Ops practices and modern engineering principles.

** What will you do:
*** Product Owner for our Cloud infrastructure, delivering a stable, secure, well architected infrastructure platform to support the demands of the product delivery teams.
* Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing infrastructure product engineering chapter, building technical capability based on Infrastructure as code, software engineering practices and a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
* Support transformation programmes by enabling secure, scalable, and well-instrumented infrastructure foundations.
* Lead the design and build of infrastructure platform services. Work with our Infrastructure architects to develop the solution designs and optimization for our Azure based infrastructure.
* Drive automation across infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment using modern tooling and software development techniques.
* Continually improve our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and tooling.
* Drive CI/CD pipeline automation and deployment tools and strategies.
* Ensure infrastructure services meet performance, availability, and security standards.
* Champion engineering best practices and guide solutions teams on platform observability, data protection, and incident response.
* Implement robust identity and access management (IAM) and data protection measures.
* Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and internal security policies.
* Optimise infrastructure services for cost and resilience.
* Foster strong collaboration across Product engineering squads, architecture, and operations to ensure cohesive delivery.
* Partner with Product Managers, Architects, and other Engineering Managers to deliver high-quality solutions across the whole portfolio.
* Communicate technical concepts effectively to non-technical interested parties.
** What we are looking for:
*** Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
* Product management mindset

- Experience of Software engineering product management would be advantageous.
* Excellent leadership skills, proven experience of infrastructure engineering management or technical leadership in an enterprise environment.
* Deep experience with cloud platforms and cloud-native infrastructure services (Ideally Azure with others advantageous).
* Expert in infrastructure automation coding and tooling (e.g. Terraform/Bicep), pipelines and CI/CD integration.
* Understanding of containerisation and orchestration.
* Understanding of infrastructure security protocols and vulnerability management.
* Experienced in Observability, monitoring and log analytic tools and platforms.
* Well versed in working in Scrum teams, adept at refinement, estimation, velocity, retrospection and other scrum techniques.
* An energetic…