IT Delivery - Lead Cloud and Platform Engineer - IT1

Central Support Office - Newcastle, Central Support, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Posted Friday 26 June 2026 at 01:00

Millions of families choose Parkdean Resorts for their holidays every year and behind every unforgettable stay is technology that needs to perform seamlessly.

As we continue to grow, we're investing in our engineering platform to make it stronger, more consistent, and ready for the future. This is a rare opportunity to take real ownership of that evolution, shaping the platform that supports every digital experience across our business.

You'll take ownership of our cloud infrastructure and engineering platform, leading how applications are built, deployed, and operated across Parkdean Resorts. From Azure architecture and AKS cluster management to CI/CD pipelines, observability, and Infrastructure-as-Code, you'll bring it all together into one cohesive, scalable platform.

• Owning and evolving our cloud platform - including Azure architecture, AKS, and application infrastructure
• Designing and leading CI/CD across Azure DevOps - ensuring reliable, repeatable releases
• Driving consistency across environments - building stable, trusted platforms for all engineering teams
• Embedding observability and monitoring - with full visibility across production environments
• Implementing Infrastructure-as-Code - using Bicep and/or Terraform
• Strengthening security and governance - including secrets management, RBAC, and secure pipelines
• Leading platform engineering capability - managing people and shaping best practice across squads
• Delivering engineering insight - through metrics such as DORA, release traceability, and performance dashboards

• Designs and evolves platforms - not just configures them
• Takes a holistic view of engineering ecosystems, without drawing lines between infrastructure and platform
• Has experience supporting multiple teams with a shared platform
• Thrives on ownership, impact, and building something that genuinely improves how teams work

Well, besides the one-of-a-kind team culture, stunning locations across the UK, and the chance to work with the UK's largest holiday park organisation, we can offer:

• The chance to develop your skills and boost your career across our 65 parks - we've got your back when it comes to training!
• You're never on your own with our Employee Assistance Programme! It comes with a 24/7 confidential helpline for counselling and support - because your wellbeing is our top priority.
• A 50% discount for you and a 25% discount for friends and family when booking your holiday with us.
• A team member discount of 30%, available on everything from fabulous food to delicious drinks and even our fun leisure activities.
• Score awesome discounts! From tasty meal kits like Hello Fresh to your favourite local gyms, we've got deals on lots of brands just for you.

We want to be a force for good and caring for our parks, people, and planet is a natural component of the way we do business. We celebrate our people, communities and natural environment, enabling us to enhance the amazing memories we create for many years to come.

At Parkdean Resorts, every park is a place to start something great; a place where you can develop your skills, take on new challenges, and thrive alongside a team that supports you every step of the way.

Our parks create meaningful memories for our guests and know that great service is more than a smile - it's understanding the value of every moment. Because it's not just what we do, it's who we are. Join a team that puts heart into every holiday. Be the Heart of the Park.

Parkdean Resorts takes safeguarding seriously therefore background checks including DBS (or equivalent) will be carried out if appropriate.

We want to do all we can to create an environment and recruitment process where people feel safe and comfortable to talk about disability. For any reasonable adjustment requests as part of the recruitment and assessment process, please contact Roisin at .

Central Support Office - Newcastle, Central Support, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom