DevOps & Platform Engineering
Platform Engineer Jobs & Careers
Looking for your next Platform Engineer opportunity?
HOK Consulting connects Platform Engineers with organisations building reliable, scalable and automated technology platforms across permanent, contract and interim opportunities.
Whether your experience covers Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, AWS, Azure, CI/CD or infrastructure as code, explore current opportunities or upload your CV to join HOK’s technology talent network.
Current Platform Engineer Jobs
Explore current Platform Engineer opportunities available through HOK Consulting.
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If there are currently no suitable Platform Engineer vacancies listed, upload your CV and tell us what you’re looking for. Our team can contact you when a relevant permanent, contract or interim opportunity becomes available.
What Does a Platform Engineer Do?
Platform Engineers design, build and maintain the internal technology platforms that software teams use to develop, deploy and operate applications more efficiently.
The role commonly involves cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, observability and automation, with a focus on creating reliable and repeatable services that engineering teams can use without managing every infrastructure detail themselves.
Platform Engineers often work alongside DevOps Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, Software Engineers, Cloud Engineers and security teams to reduce operational complexity and improve the developer experience.
Platform Engineer Skills & Experience
The exact technical requirements vary between organisations, but Platform Engineer roles commonly involve experience across areas such as:
- Platform Engineering
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Infrastructure as Code
- CI/CD
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- Jenkins
- Helm
- Argo CD
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Datadog
- Monitoring and Observability
Platform Engineers may specialise in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms or automation, while others work across the complete platform lifecycle.
Strong automation, troubleshooting and systems engineering skills are particularly important when creating platforms that need to be reliable, secure and easy for development teams to use.
Typical Platform Engineer Responsibilities
- Designing and building internal engineering platforms
- Managing Kubernetes and containerised environments
- Automating infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and infrastructure as code
- Supporting AWS, Azure and Google Cloud platforms
- Developing reusable deployment and infrastructure components
- Building and improving CI/CD pipelines
- Implementing monitoring, logging and observability
- Improving platform reliability, scalability and resilience
- Automating operational and configuration processes
- Supporting secure platform and software delivery practices
- Working with development teams to improve developer experience
- Contributing to platform architecture, standards and technical roadmaps
Responsibilities vary depending on the organisation, cloud environment and whether the role focuses on internal developer platforms, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure or wider platform engineering.
Platform Engineer Salary Expectations
Platform Engineer salaries vary according to experience, location, cloud platform, automation expertise, sector and the complexity of the platforms being developed.
Permanent Platform Engineer
Around £80,000 per year
UK median advertised salary
Contract Platform Engineer
Around £539 per day
UK median contract rate
Senior Platform Engineers and professionals with specialist Kubernetes, cloud architecture, developer platform, financial services or large-scale transformation experience may command higher salaries or contract rates.
Salary information is provided as a general UK market guide and can vary significantly between individual roles.
Platform Engineer Career Progression
Platform Engineering can lead into senior engineering, architecture and wider platform and technology leadership positions.
Typical Platform Engineer Career Path
Alternative Career Paths
Platform Engineers may also progress into roles such as:
- Site Reliability Engineer
- DevOps Lead
- Platform Architect
- DevSecOps Engineer
- Cloud Automation Engineer
- Head of DevOps
The right progression depends on whether you want to deepen your hands-on platform expertise, specialise in reliability or cloud automation, move into architecture or take responsibility for wider engineering teams and strategy.
Your Next Move
Looking for Your Next Platform Engineer Opportunity?
If you’re considering your next permanent position, contract assignment or interim opportunity, send HOK Consulting your CV.
Tell us about the platforms you’ve built, the cloud and automation technologies you work with and the type of opportunity you’re looking for.
Specialist Recruitment
DevOps & Platform Engineering Recruitment
Platform Engineering forms part of HOK Consulting’s wider DevOps & Platform Engineering recruitment expertise, connecting organisations with specialists across automation, cloud infrastructure, site reliability, continuous delivery and technical leadership.
Hiring?
Recruiting Platform Engineers?
HOK Consulting supports organisations looking for experienced Platform Engineers across permanent, contract and interim requirements.
Whether you’re building an internal developer platform, scaling Kubernetes, automating cloud infrastructure or improving software delivery and developer experience, speak to HOK about your requirements.