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Retained Recruitment for DevOps / Platform Engineers

DevOps and Platform Engineers build and maintain the infrastructure, pipelines, and platforms that allow software teams to ship reliably and at scale. We find the professionals your team needs through dedicated retained search — not job boards.

Retained Only 21–35 Day Placement 90-Day Guarantee $110,000 – $185,000
DevOps EngineerSite Reliability EngineerSREPlatform EngineerInfrastructure EngineerCloud Engineer

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What Does a DevOps / Platform Engineer Do?

Designing and managing cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, implementing infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.), managing containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), monitoring system reliability and incident response, and enabling developer self-service capabilities.

What We Screen For

Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider, infrastructure-as-code proficiency, container and orchestration experience, and strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, etc.). SRE roles additionally require incident management and SLO/SLA definition experience.

💡 Hiring Insight

DevOps engineers who have built infrastructure from scratch at a scaling organisation are significantly more impactful than those who have only maintained existing platforms. Ask specifically about what they built vs. what they inherited.

Typical Compensation
$110,000 – $185,000
Kubernetes specialists, cloud architecture depth, and SRE background command the top of this range.
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DevOps EngineerSite Reliability EngineerSREPlatform EngineerInfrastructure EngineerCloud Engineer

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Recruiting a DevOps / Platform Engineer — FAQ

Most DevOps / Platform Engineer searches through our retained model are completed within 21 to 35 business days. DevOps engineers who have built infrastructure from scratch at a scaling organisation are significantly more impactful than those who have only maintained existing platforms. Ask specifically about what they built vs. what they inherited. We provide a realistic timeline at the start of every engagement.
Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider, infrastructure-as-code proficiency, container and orchestration experience, and strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, etc.). SRE roles additionally require incident management and SLO/SLA definition experience.
The best DevOps / Platform Engineers are almost always employed and not browsing job boards. DevOps engineers who have built infrastructure from scratch at a scaling organisation are significantly more impactful than those who have only maintained existing platforms. Ask specifically about what they built vs. what they inherited. A retained search means one dedicated recruiter works your role exclusively — conducting passive candidate outreach, pre-screening technically, and presenting only candidates who genuinely match your brief.
Every permanent retained placement includes a 90-day guarantee. If the placed professional departs or is released within 90 days for reasons covered under our guarantee terms, we conduct a full replacement search at no additional fee.
Compensation for DevOps / Platform Engineer roles typically ranges from $110,000 – $185,000. Kubernetes specialists, cloud architecture depth, and SRE background command the top of this range. We include real-time compensation benchmarking in every retained search.
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