Platform Engineer

• Role: Platform Engineer
• Location: Manchester
• Contract: Permanent

Why Us And Why This Role

Seize the opportunity to be part of a unique business with an exciting vision for the future - where we dare to be bold, discover what’s possible, and do incredible. Dare. Discover. Do.

At PZ Cussons, we offer five big reasons that people join and stay: Futureproof Our Brands, Create Your Own Impact, Accelerate Your Craft, Flexibility to Perform, And Collaborate with Intent.

As Platform Engineer, you’ll help shape the Azure Data & AI platform that powers better decisions, smarter products and new AI possibilities across PZ Cussons. You’ll build secure, scalable and reliable platform capabilities that make it easier for teams to create trusted data products and analytics. This role sits at the heart of our Global IT and Data & AI community, working closely with data, analytics, cyber, infrastructure and business teams. It’s a hands-on engineering role with real influence, helping us move faster, work smarter and build a platform that’s ready for what comes next.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build and improve Azure Data & AI platform capabilities that are secure, scalable, reliable and easy for teams to use.
• Create repeatable deployment patterns using Terraform, GitHub Actions and CI/CD, helping teams release changes with confidence and control.
• Support robust data engineering patterns across extraction, ingestion, transformation, validation and publication, so data products are trusted and fit for purpose.
• Strengthen platform reliability through monitoring, alerting, runbooks, incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Improve security, access, governance and cost management practices across the platform.
• Share standards, documentation and best practice that help colleagues adopt reusable platform capabilities and keep improving how we work.

What You'll Bring

• Experience in Azure platform engineering, DevOps automation, cloud infrastructure, data engineering or a similar hands-on engineering role.
• Practical knowledge of Azure Data & AI services, such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, storage, networking, identity, monitoring and security.
• Confidence working with Terraform, infrastructure-as-code, GitHub Actions, Git, CI/CD pipelines, release controls and automated validation.
• A strong understanding of data engineering concepts, including ingestion, orchestration, transformation, data modelling, data quality and observability.
• The ability to use tools such as SQL, Python, Azure CLI or similar to automate tasks, support workloads and solve operational issues.
• A collaborative approach, with clear communication, sound judgement and the confidence to work with data, analytics, security, infrastructure and business stakeholders.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics or a related technical field — or equivalent relevant experience. Certifications in Azure, Terraform, DevOps, data engineering, security or AI platforms would be a bonus.

What You'll Get In Return

MyBenefits brings together your total rewards in one place, giving you the flexibility to choose what matter most. Key benefits we offer include:

• Competitive annual bonus, pension, life assurance and Share Incentive Plan
• Private medical cover plus health & wellbeing support
• Flexible holiday options, including buy and accrual
• 1pm Friday finish for better work-life balance
• Hybrid/electric car scheme, cycle to work & free mortgage advice
• Discounted and complimentary PZ products
• Onsite gym where available

Our Purpose, Culture And Values

At PZ Cussons, our purpose is For Everyone, For Life, For Good. Guided by our BEST values, Bold, Energetic, Striving and Together, we nurture a culture where people feel empowered to grow, perform and make a meaningful difference every day.

We retain the pioneering spirit of our founders, by building portfolios of locally-loved brands across our key markets in the UK, ANZ, Nigeria and Indonesia, backed by the manufacturing scale and capability of a global business.

Spanning Personal, Home, and Baby Care, our products are trusted by millions of consumers worldwide, including Carex, Childs Farm, Cussons Baby, Imperial Leather, Morning Fresh, Original Source, Premier, Sanctuary Spa and St. Tropez.

Inclusion and Fairness

We’re committed to building diverse teams that reflect our consumers and communities, creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to thrive. If you need any adjustments during the process, just let us know.