Platform Engineer

Searchability®; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Searchability® in Sheffield is seeking a Platform & Infrastructure Senior Engineer to lead the migration from VMware/oVirt to a Kubernetes‑based platform. This on-site role focuses on delivering resilient, production‑grade infrastructure and drives DR/HA planning, monitoring, and automation across storage, networking and cloud services.

The successful candidate will bring deep Kubernetes production experience, Linux administration (CentOS/RHEL) and strong automation skills with Ansible or

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience managing Kubernetes in production environments.
• Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management – building, upgrading and operating clusters.
• Experience migrating workloads from VMware, oVirt / RHV or similar hypervisor environments into Kubernetes.
• Strong Linux Systems Administration experience, ideally CentOS / RHEL.
• Infrastructure automation using Ansible and / or Terraform.
• Good understanding of networking, storage, HA and DR within production infrastructure.
• Experience with technologies such as Talos Linux, Cilium, rook-ceph, BGP and / or Rancher would be particularly useful.
• Wider exposure to AWS, monitoring / observability, Git and shell or Python scripting would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Migrate real production workloads from traditional virtualization to Kubernetes.
• Design and build resilient, production‑ready infrastructure.
• Contribute to DR/HA planning and improve developer workflows.
• Produce technical documentation and act as escalation point for complex infra issues.
• Work across storage, networking, monitoring, cloud and automation as part of the migration.

Skills

Kubernetes

Platform Engineering

Infrastructure

VMware

oVirt

RHV

Talos Linux

Cilium

rook-ceph

Ceph

BGP

Rancher

Linux

CentOS

RHEL

Ansible

Terraform

AWS

EC2

VPC

HAProxy

Nginx

Git

Python

Shell

DevOps

Virtualisation

Cloud

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

PLATFORM & INFRASTRUCTURE SENIOR ENGINEER – SHEFFIELD

KEY POINTS

• Salary up to £72,000
• Sheffield based – 12-month fixed-term contract
• Major migration from VMware / oVirt environments into Kubernetes

ABOUT THE CLIENT

We’re supporting an established technology organisation in Sheffield as they embark on a major transformation of their infrastructure estate.

They’re moving away from traditional hypervisor-based environments towards a modern Kubernetes-native platform and are looking for an experienced Platform & Infrastructure Senior Engineer to play a pivotal, hands‑on role in making that transition happen.

THE PLATFORM & INFRASTRUCTURE SENIOR ENGINEER ROLE:

This is a superb opportunity for someone who has spent plenty of time working with VMware, oVirt or similar virtualisation platforms but has since moved heavily into the Kubernetes world.

You’ll play a central role in migrating real production workloads from traditional virtualisation environments into Kubernetes, helping design and build infrastructure that is resilient, maintainable and genuinely production‑ready.

It’s a broad senior infrastructure position, so alongside the migration you’ll work across storage, networking, monitoring, cloud and automation. You’ll also contribute towards DR and HA planning, improve developer workflows, produce technical documentation and act as an escalation point for more complex infrastructure issues.

There’s plenty to get stuck into here, but Kubernetes is very much at the heart of the role.

PLATFORM & INFRASTRUCTURE SENIOR ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Strong commercial experience managing Kubernetes in production environments
• Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management – building, upgrading and operating clusters
• Experience migrating workloads from VMware, oVirt / RHV or similar hypervisor environments into Kubernetes
• Strong Linux Systems Administration experience, ideally CentOS / RHEL
• Infrastructure automation using Ansible and / or Terraform
• Good understanding of networking, storage, HA and DR within production infrastructure
• Experience with technologies such as Talos Linux, Cilium, rook-ceph, BGP and / or Rancher would be particularly useful
• Wider exposure to AWS, monitoring / observability, Git and shell or Python scripting would be beneficial

KEY SKILLS

Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, VMware, oVirt, RHV, Talos Linux, Cilium, rook-ceph, Ceph, BGP, Rancher, Linux, CentOS, RHEL, Ansible, Terraform, AWS, EC2, VPC, HAProxy, Nginx, Git, Python, Shell, DevOps, Virtualisation, Cloud