Senior Azure Platform Engineer
hace 4 días
City of London
Senior Azure Platform Engineer | Azure, Terraform & Kubernetes | Cloud & Platform Consulting • Salary: £75,000–£90,000 + bonus & equity, • Location: Hybrid working – c. 1 day per week in office, • Requirement: UK Security Clearance eligibility required, • Permanent, full-time position We’re hiring an Azure Platform Engineer to join a fast-growing cloud and platform engineering consultancy delivering complex enterprise and public sector programmes. This is a hands-on consulting role where you’ll design, build, and improve modern Azure platforms while working closely with client engineering teams. The business is scaling across platform engineering, DevOps, governance, and cloud-native delivery, offering a strong growth environment with real influence over technical standards and delivery practices. The Role As an Azure Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in cloud and DevOps transformation initiatives. In this role, you will: • Design and build secure, scalable Azure platform foundations and landing zones, • Assess client environments and identify opportunities for cloud and DevOps improvement, • Define and implement Infrastructure as Code for repeatable platform delivery, • Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to support cloud-native development, • Embed platform engineering and DevOps best practices into delivery teams, • Work across the full consulting lifecycle: discovery, design, build, and handover, • Engage directly with stakeholders through workshops, design sessions, and technical reviews What They’re Looking For (Non-Negotiables) • Azure cloud engineering experience in production environments, • Terraform infrastructure as code experience, • CI/CD pipelines and automation experience, • Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, and resilience patterns, • Experience working in client-facing or consulting-style environments, • Eligibility for UK Security Clearance (British citizen or ILR, UK resident for the last 5 years) What You’ll Work With • Microsoft Azure platform engineering, • Terraform infrastructure as code, • CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling, • Kubernetes and container orchestration (AKS preferred), • Cloud-native security, governance, and networking patterns Nice to Haves • Experience in a cloud, DevOps, or platform consultancy, • Kubernetes experience beyond the fundamentals, • Experience leading small projects or workstreams, • Enjoyment of mentoring engineers and sharing best practices, • Azure or Kubernetes certifications Why Join / Projects • High-impact enterprise and public sector cloud programmes, • Projects typically running 3–12 months, keeping work varied and challenging, • Opportunity to influence platform standards and delivery approaches, • High technical bar combined with a collaborative, people-first culture, • Strong focus on learning through real delivery, workshops, and shared problem-solving Employee Benefits • Performance-related bonus, • Equity or share scheme, • £1,000 annual learning & development budget, • Funded cloud certifications, • Flexible hybrid working with minimal office requirement, • Private healthcare and wellbeing support, • Enhanced parental leave, • Pension and additional lifestyle benefits Senior Azure Platform Engineer | Azure, Terraform & Kubernetes | Cloud & Platform Consulting