Platform Engineer

Searchability; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Travel expenses covered

Training & certifications

Job summary

Searchability in London is seeking Senior Platform Engineer to design, build and shape cloud platforms for critical UK government projects. You will join a leading tech consultancy delivering secure, scalable services across public sector environments.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive platform engineering best practices, optimize CI/CD, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver robust, compliant solutions that meet security standards.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps or Cloud Engineering
• Hands‑on AWS and Terraform experience
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Linux, Git and CI/CD
• Experience troubleshooting complex production environments
• For senior and lead positions, experience mentoring engineers or providing technical direction

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure, particularly across AWS
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform and configuration management tools
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
• Support reliable, highly available production environments
• Work with Kubernetes, Linux and modern DevOps tooling
• Share knowledge, mentor engineers and provide technical leadership where appropriate

Skills

Platform engineering

DevOps

Cloud engineering

AWS

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD

Linux

Job description

Senior / Principal / Lead Platform Engineer

Build and shape cloud platforms supporting major UK Government projects.

A leading technology consultancy is expanding its engineering teams and looking for experienced Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers and Cloud Engineers to work on large-scale, technically challenging projects across the UK public sector.

THE ROLE

You’ll design, build and improve cloud platforms and infrastructure, working with modern technologies to deliver secure, scalable and highly available services.

You’ll work closely with engineering teams and stakeholders, helping automate infrastructure, improve CI/CD pipelines and drive platform engineering best practices.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure, particularly across AWS

• Automate infrastructure using Terraform and configuration management tools

• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes

• Support reliable, highly available production environments

• Work with Kubernetes, Linux and modern DevOps tooling

• Share knowledge, mentor engineers and provide technical leadership where appropriate

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Strong experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps or Cloud Engineering

• Hands‑on AWS and Terraform experience

• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Linux, Git and CI/CD

• Experience troubleshooting complex production environments

• For senior and lead positions, experience mentoring engineers or providing technical direction

SALARY & BENEFITS

• London: £80,000–£110,000

• Outside London: £75,000–£105,000

• Hybrid working, with up to 6 days per month on customer sites

• Customer‑site travel expenses covered

• Training, professional certifications and career development

SECURITY CLEARANCE

• Existing SC clearance is preferred, but candidates who are eligible to obtain SC may also be considered, subject to the relevant requirements. This includes 5 years’ UK residency and British citizenship or ILR, where applicable.

• To find out more, contact Lucy Earnshaw at [e-mail] or call 07780 884 831.