Senior Platform Engineer
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Salary
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£52,300
Going rate
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This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2139 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 43% sure that is the right code. BIGHAND LIMITED is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Likely 2139 (Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified) · 43% match
- Likely 2133 (IT business analysts, architects and systems designers) · 34% match
- Likely 2134 (Programmers and software development professionals) · 12% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2139 Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified Most likely code | £36,600 | £41,800 | £47,100 | £52,300 |
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers Also possible | £38,400 | £43,900 | £49,400 | £54,900 |
2134 Programmers and software development professionals Also possible | £38,300 | £43,700 | £49,200 | £54,700 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
BigHand offers technology solutions for busy legal professionals that provide data and insights to increase value and profits. Through our expert knowledge and innovative technology, we enable our customers to achieve enhanced efficiency, better decision-making and harness their competitive edge.
We build with tomorrow in mind, transforming ideas into action and empowering our customers to succeed in a world of constant change. We make big happen for our customers.
We are a business driven by our values and have these at the centre of everything we do. Our BigHanders are dedicated to building a culture where We Win Together, We Love to Learn, We Do the Right Thing, We Own It and We Find the Fun.
As a Platform/DevOps Engineer, you will be working with a team of great engineers, delivery managers and architects on several topics i.e., Cloud Platform Design, On-prem to Cloud Migration, Automated Deployment, Infrastructure Provisioning, Security Testing and many more.
You will work on different Platform Engineering, Platform Operations and Platform Security projects and collaborate with Product, Architecture and Software Engineering teams to deliver secure products and cloud platforms to support companywide OKRs and initiatives.
You will contribute to BigHand Platform Engineering, Operations and security research and bring new knowledge inside the company
Champion DevSecOps: Promote secure ways of working and best practice across your team and the wider business. Build security into every stage of the project lifecycle.
Drive our cloud journey: Move on-prem services to a multi-region, highly available Azure platform (PaaS and IaaS). Help build our Azure landing zone and grow our container setup on Azure Kubernetes and Docker.
Automate and build reusable tooling:
Keep global platforms healthy: Set up and manage monitoring, enterprise-grade dashboards and usage and uptime reporting, so issues and risks are found and fixed quickly.
Own incidents and maintenance: Prioritise incidents to meet SLAs, find root causes and fix them. Take part in planned maintenance during business hours and out of hours.
Collaborate and keep improving: Work with developers, architects, platform engineers and IT operations to design and deliver secure, compliant products. Write clear operational and security guides, and keep improving our processes, tools and cloud costs.
What we’re looking for
Azure expertise: Hands-on experience with Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS across compute, networking, security and data. You’ll have built Azure Landing Zones with the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and led multi-region migrations from on-prem, covering rehosting, re-platforming and refactoring, not just lift and shift.
Infrastructure as Code and automation: Strong Terraform skills, plus scripting in PowerShell, Bash, SQL, KQL and Packer. Experience with Azure DevOps YAML pipelines and CI/CD is essential, including building security and code quality tools into those pipelines.
Containers: Experience setting up, automating and supporting Kubernetes and Docker environments, ideally on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Security engineering: Hands-on experience with WAF, security logging, monitoring and alerting, privileged access management, secrets management and vulnerability management. You’ll also know security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, open-source and container scanning) and how to apply security controls across data, infrastructure and applications.
Resilience and delivery: Experience with business continuity (BCP) and disaster recovery, and with leading complex cloud projects end to end, from requirements through to support. You’ll also know Agile methods and operations practices well.
The right mindset: A collaborative team player who loves learning, solves problems quickly and analytically, and communicates and presents clearly. You’ll also have a strong grasp of information security and cloud security best practice.
25 days holiday (exc. bank holidays) + 3 BigHand days off between Christmas & New Year
Various wellbeing benefits including private medical, vision, online wellbeing programs & webinars, access to online therapy and Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
Company-wide Wellness day, for our teams all across the globe to switch off and spend the day doing something to nourish their mental health
Opportunities to give back with company volunteer events and individual volunteer days
Career growth opportunities and study leave allowance
Family benefits including enhanced parental leave, secondary caregiver leave and fertility support
Financial benefits including pension scheme, life assurance, and salary sacrificing
Cycle to Work Scheme and Tech Scheme
Growing business with a global presence, flexible working, modern offices, and remote work options
We welcome the unique value and individuality that you can bring to BigHand. We are an equal opportunity employer and are dedicated to recruiting solely based on capability and potential regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, educational background, national origin, religion, military status or physical ability. Our BigHanders are dedicated to advancing our culture of belonging by embracing differing viewpoints, opinions, thoughts, and ideas.
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Where this offer sits in the market
Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified (SOC 2139) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~65k in sample- Middle half £38,740–66,768
- Median £52,104
- Going rate £52,300
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £36,600–47,100
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. BIGHAND LIMITED holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2139 going rate of £52,300. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.