Cloud Platform Engineer - Azure

Salary: £43,000 - 73,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require intermediate or advanced cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, or OCI above Fundamentals level.
• We require eligibility for UK Security Clearance.
• We are looking for experience with Azure.
• We are looking for experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, particularly Terraform.
• We need understanding of cloud networking and identity fundamentals.
• We need familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• We are looking for experience working in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering environments.
• We require experience working within ITIL frameworks.
• We need the ability to automate repetitive tasks using scripting such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• We need understanding of cloud governance basics, including tagging, policies, and cost controls.
• We value a collaborative and team-oriented approach.
• We need the ability to follow architectural standards and engineering guidance.
• We require clear communication with engineering and operations teams.
• Desirable experience includes designing or supporting enterprise network environments, including routing, firewalls, DNS, and private connectivity.
• Desirable experience includes administering and supporting Windows Server environments, including Active Directory integration, patching, and hardening.
• Desirable experience includes administering and supporting Unix/Linux systems, including configuration management and security hardening.
• Desirable experience includes exposure to container platforms and Kubernetes.
• Desirable experience includes integrating monitoring and observability tooling.

Responsibilities:

• We implement and maintain cloud landing zones, account and subscription structures, and baseline configurations.
• We provision and manage shared platform services such as network hubs, identity integrations, and management groups.
• We implement cloud IAM policies, role-based access control, and federated identity integration.
• We automate identity provisioning and access workflows where possible.
• We build and maintain cloud networking components, including VNets, VPCs, routing, DNS, gateways, and private endpoints.
• We support connectivity patterns such as hub-and-spoke and private connectivity to on-premises environments.
• We develop and maintain Terraform templates and modules.
• We support CI/CD pipelines for platform provisioning and automation.
• We ensure environments are built consistently using code-driven approaches.
• We contribute to automation tooling, scripts, and internal platform tooling.
• We support self-service capabilities for application and product teams.
• We support day-to-day platform operations and incident response.
• We apply patches, upgrades, and maintenance to platform components.
• We assist with onboarding new cloud environments and subscriptions or accounts.
• We maintain engineering documentation, runbooks, and platform patterns.
• We collaborate with Security, FinOps, and Platform Services teams to embed operational and governance controls.
• We maintain landing zones, IAM integrations, networking, and IaC pipelines as part of BAU.
• We respond to platform incidents and support requests.
• We perform routine maintenance, upgrades, and configuration management.
• We implement new platform capabilities and architectural enhancements.
• We improve automation, self-service, and developer experience.
• We refactor platform components to improve security, scalability, and reliability.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Active Directory
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• IAM
• Support
• ITIL
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Network
• PowerShell
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• Unix
• Windows
• CloudWatch
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• RHEL
• Ubuntu
• VPN

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last updated 36 week of 2026