Principal Platform Engineer - AWS & Cloud Leadership (SC Eligible)

Searchability NS&D; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 94,500 - 115,500; Full time

Job summary

Searchability NS&D is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to join a leading UK technology consultancy delivering large-scale AWS platforms for public sector programmes.

You will shape platform strategy, set engineering standards, guide architecture decisions and provide hands-on technical leadership across multiple delivery teams, with SC Clearance eligibility required.

This permanent, hybrid role offers Midlands-based offices and a salary up to £105,000 DOE.

Qualifications

• Senior/Principal Platform Engineer with hands-on AWS experience.
• Experience leading platform teams in large enterprise environments.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build enterprise-scale AWS platform solutions.
• Remain hands-on across Linux, Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams.
• Influence platform architecture and cloud strategy.

Skills

AWS architecture

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Hands-on cloud engineering

Cloud governance

Tools

Git

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Searchability NS&D is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to join a leading UK technology consultancy delivering large-scale AWS platforms for public sector programmes.

You will shape platform strategy, set engineering standards, guide architecture decisions and provide hands-on technical leadership across multiple delivery teams, with SC Clearance eligibility required.

This permanent, hybrid role offers Midlands-based offices and a salary up to £105,000 DOE.