Job Specifications
Shape modern engineering and transform how organisations build and run digital platforms.
Join a growing consulting team that helps major organisations and Government departments modernise their cloud, DevOps, and platform engineering capabilities. If you enjoy solving complex problems, influencing senior stakeholders, and working end-to-end, from strategy through delivery, this is an outstanding opportunity to accelerate your career.
The Opportunity
As a Cloud and Platform Engineering Advisory Consultant, you’ll work with high-profile clients to improve engineering effectiveness, modernise operating models, and unlock the full value of cloud and platform technologies.
You’ll help your customers adopt platform-as-a-product thinking, embed DevOps capabilities, and implement modern engineering practices that drive real business outcomes.
You’ll be hands-on with strategy, design and delivery, while also developing as a consultant through structured training, exposure to leadership and certification pathways.
What You’ll Work On
Platform & DevOps Transformation
Assess and design DevOps capabilities that drive speed, innovation and agility
Shape platform engineering strategies and operating models
Advocate platform-as-a-product principles and user-centric design
Develop maturity roadmaps for DevOps, SRE, CI/CD and cloud engineering
Product-Centric Delivery
Own/advise across the full lifecycle of platform products
Define OKRs, KPIs and processes to improve engineering performance
Maximise clients’ existing tool investments across ITSM and automation
Emerging Tech & Innovation
Work with modern concepts such as internal developer portals, platform orchestration, and AI/ML integration
Bring thought leadership on generative AI and next-generation engineering practices
Collaborative Leadership
Drive cross-functional collaboration across product, engineering, operations and security
Lead workstreams or projects depending on level (Consultant → Managing Consultant)
What You’ll Bring
You are a strategic problem solver with a grounding in modern engineering and a passion for improving how teams build software. You may have experience in:
DevOps, SRE, CI/CD, DevSecOps, cloud and hybrid architectures
Agile transformation and coaching
Observability and monitoring best practices
Designing operating models, processes and automation
Working directly with clients in delivery or consulting environments
Candidates with platform product management experience are especially encouraged to apply.
Why You’ll Love It
Fast-paced consulting growth: Work directly with experienced leaders, gain real responsibility early, and sharpen both your technical and strategic skills.
End-to-end impact: See your ideas through, from concept to execution, as you help clients transform how they deliver technology.
Investment in your development: Access industry-recognised training and certifications across AWS, Azure, GCP, ServiceNow and more.
Culture & community: Regular team events, knowledge-sharing sessions, showcases, thought-leadership forums and leadership meetups.
Flexibility & wellbeing: Hybrid working, flexible arrangements, and access to wellbeing support programmes.
Security Requirements
This role requires UK Security Check (SC) clearance, and eligibility for Developed Vetting (DV). Candidates must have lived in the UK continuously for at least the last 10 years; some roles require sole UK nationality.
About the Company
We are an independent, purpose-driven recruitment consultancy who exist to help build great businesses.
We partner with organisations across consulting and technology , connecting good people to create and scale the businesses shaping tomorrow.
Our team are trusted to deliver critically important projects in both the Public and Private sectors focusing on developing technology to make the UK a safer place.
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