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DevOps and Platform Jobs Built for Real Impact

DevOps, platform engineering, and SRE roles are more important than ever, yet still widely misunderstood. Job titles evolve faster than team structures, and the same role can look completely different from one organisation to another. A DevOps engineer might own end to end pipelines in one team, while acting as a release or operations lead in another. Platform engineers face similar challenges as they move between tooling, enablement, and incident work. This complexity makes devops engineer jobs harder to define and career progression less clear.

Demand continues to rise. The global DevOps market is projected to reach over 25.5 billion dollars by 2028. But employers still report common skill gaps. Many candidates rely too heavily on tool lists rather than core DevOps and SRE principles like SLOs, SLIs, risk analysis, and reducing toil. Others struggle with the collaboration and communication required for modern DevOps jobs and reliability-focused work. These gaps slow delivery and make hiring more challenging across DevOps, platform, and SRE disciplines.

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How MCS Supports DevOps, Platform, and SRE Teams

MCS Group works closely with DevOps engineers, platform engineers, and site reliability engineers across the UK and Ireland. Because we recruit in this space every day, we understand the difference between hands on tooling, true platform enablement, and the reliability work that keeps modern systems stable.

Whether you are exploring devops engineer jobs, moving into cloud-focused roles, or assessing longer-term platform or reliability career paths, we help you find environments where expectations are clear and engineering standards are taken seriously. MCS brings clarity to complex hiring needs and connects people with teams focused on long-term capability and real delivery impact.

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The DevOps, Platform, and SRE Jobs We Help You Move Into

We work with DevOps engineers, platform engineers, SRE specialists, and production engineers across the UK and Ireland. Whether you are hiring or exploring your next move, we connect you with environments where automation matters, ownership is respected, and engineering outcomes come first.

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    DevOps Engineer Jobs

    DevOps enginner roles suit people who enjoy improving delivery flow and solving problems across automation and infrastructure. We support junior and senior DevOps engineer jobs and cloud-focused positions such as AWS or Azure DevOps engineer roles. These roles typically involve CI/CD, deployment automation, IaC, optimisation, and the tooling that keeps development and operations aligned. For employers, devops engineer jobs bring specialists who unblock pipelines, reduce friction, and strengthen delivery under pressure.

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    Platform Engineer Jobs

    Platform engineering roles attracts people who want to build reusable tools, pave golden paths, and support safe, reliable delivery. We support junior platform engineer jobs, and cloud platform engineer roles focused on platform automation, Kubernetes, fast feedback loops, and developer experience. For employers, platform engineer jobs add structure to complex environments and support platforms that scale with the organisation. 

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    Site Reliability Engineer Jobs

    SRE roles are ideal for people who enjoy reliability work and want production to run smoothly. We support site reliability engineer jobs, production engineer jobs and observability engineer jobs focused on availability, incident response, SLIs, SLOs, and the tooling that keeps systems predictable. For employers, site reliability engineer jobs introduce discipline around reliability and help teams turn stability into a measurable outcome.

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Helping Hiring Teams Secure Tech Talent Others Cannot

Why Is DevOps and Platform Hiring So Hard to Get Right? Finding DevOps and platform engineers who can operate in real delivery environments is rarely straightforward. Tooling varies, pipelines evolve, and expectations shift quickly. We take the time to understand how your platforms work, where delivery slows, and what success looks like allowing us to deliver where others struggle.

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Specialist Roles With Teams That Keep Delivery Moving

MCS Group supports organisations building real DevOps, platform, and reliability capability, and helps people move into roles where they can automate, modernise, and operate systems at scale. This page connects you with the wider specialisms in Cloud, DevOps, and Infrastructure so you can explore work that aligns with your skills and direction.

Cloud engineering depends on clarity, stability, and architecture that teams can deliver against. Explore this section if you work across cloud design, platform engineering, or modern cloud delivery.

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Infrastructure and networking specialists keep systems connected, efficient, and reliable. Explore this section if you focus on infrastructure, hybrid environments, or network-heavy engineering work.

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Support and operations teams keep users productive and environments stable. Explore this section if you work across service desk, operations monitoring, or endpoint support.

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Business systems specialists manage the applications that sit on top of cloud and infrastructure. Explore this section if you work with business systems, CRM, ERP, or enterprise applications.

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 At MCS Group, we recruit across every major area of tech, helping businesses in Belfast, Dublin, and across the UK and Ireland find the people who move them forward.

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Not sure where to start? Tell us what you need and we’ll guide you from there.

I need to hire a DevOps or Platform Engineer.

Find specialists who streamline delivery and improve automation. MCS connect you with experienced DevOps and platform engineers who remove friction from delivery, improve system reliability, and embed automation where it matters most. From CI/CD and cloud infrastructure to observability and security, we focus on candidates who can make an immediate impact in real-world environments.

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I need to build DevOps, Platform, or SRE capability.

Get structured hiring support aligned to your engineering maturity. Whether you’re moving from ad-hoc DevOps practices to a dedicated platform function, or scaling SRE capability across teams, MCS help you design and deliver the right hiring strategy. Our approach is shaped around your current maturity, technical landscape, and long-term delivery goals.

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I need specialist DevOps or reliability support.

Access targeted capability for high-pressure, time-critical work. When delivery is under pressure or system reliability is at risk, MCS provide access to specialist DevOps and SRE professionals with proven experience in complex, fast-moving environments. This is focused, outcome-driven support designed to stabilise platforms, improve resilience, and keep critical services running.



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I am looking for DevOps engineer jobs.

Explore roles where you can shape pipelines, tooling, and delivery flow. MCS work with organisations that take DevOps seriously, giving you the opportunity to influence how software is built, deployed, and operated. From cloud-native platforms to large-scale enterprise environments, we’ll help you find roles where your expertise is valued and your impact is clear.

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I want to grow my career in platform or site reliability engineering.

Gain guidance on the tools, skills, and pathways that move your career forward. Whether you’re transitioning into platform engineering, deepening your SRE expertise, or preparing for a senior or leadership role, we offer informed career guidance. MCS help you understand where your skills fit, what to build next, and how to position yourself for long-term progression.

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I want to speak with a specialist recruiter.

Talk with someone who understands delivery, pipelines, and platform maturity. You’ll speak with a recruiter who understands modern engineering environments, not just job titles. MCS take the time to understand your challenges, goals, and constraints then guide you towards solutions that work in practice, not just on paper.

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SOC Capability Is Proven in the Moments That Matter

SOC, Threat and Incident Response teams are tested in real time. Alert volume, incomplete context and fast escalation expose gaps quickly. SOC analyst jobs, threat hunter jobs and incident response jobs differ most in how decisions are made under pressure. Hiring well means understanding those moments and finding people who can act decisively when it counts.

We work daily with DevOps engineers, platform specialists, and SREs, giving us a clear view of what keeps delivery platforms running. Pipeline health, tooling consistency, automation coverage, observability, and ownership alignment all shape whether delivery flows or stalls. We focus on what your environment actually needs.

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Pipelines block. Automation fails. Alerts increase. Incidents repeat. Platforms sprawl. These are not generic problems, and they don’t need generic hiring.

  • DevOps engineers restore flow.
  • Platform engineers add structure.
  • SREs stabilise production.

We help you identify the capability that moves delivery forward.

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Hiring across DevOps, platform, and SRE roles can become complex fast. Priorities shift, timelines tighten, and expectations change. We keep hiring structured and steady, helping teams make informed decisions that support delivery rather than disrupt it.

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Some teams need DevOps engineers to improve automation, others need platform engineers to modernise environments, or SREs to strengthen reliability. Many need a combination. We adapt to the work ahead and help organisations build capability that supports stable, scalable delivery.

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We’re proud of the partnerships we’ve built with start-ups, scale-ups, and enterprise technology teams. Clients and candidates trust us because we keep things simple, honest, and focused on results.

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Whether you are exploring DevOps engineer, platform engineer, or site reliability engineer roles, hiring engineers to support live platforms, or looking for a recruitment partner that understands modern operations, we will guide you to the right next step.

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