Senior Azure Platform Engineer

Posted 2 days 12 hours ago by Experis Austria

Permanent
Full Time
Other
Yorkshire, Sheffield, United Kingdom, S5 9
Job Description
Role Title: Senior Azure Platform Engineer Location: Sheffield (3 days onsite) Rate: Inside IR35 £500.00 - £525.00 pd

We're seeking a Senior Azure Platform Engineer to take ownership of a large-scale Azure platform supporting critical digital services. This is a hands on role for an experienced Azure specialist who thrives on automation, cloud governance, and solving complex infrastructure challenges.

Key Responsibilities
  • Own and maintain the Azure platform, ensuring security, stability, and compliance.
  • Manage VM image build and release processes, including patching, testing, and deployment.
  • Implement Azure Policy and governance controls, driving compliance across the estate.
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, Terraform, or ARM.
  • Build enterprise grade PowerShell automation and tooling.
  • Configure and troubleshoot Azure networking, including VNets, NSGs, DNS, private endpoints, load balancing, and routing.
  • Lead the resolution of complex platform incidents across infrastructure, networking, and applications.
  • Mentor engineers, provide technical leadership, and contribute to engineering best practices.
Essential Skills & Experience
  • Strong hands on experience managing Azure platforms in production environments.
  • Deep knowledge of Azure compute, storage, networking, identity, governance, ARM, RBAC, and managed identities.
  • Expert PowerShell automation skills.
  • Experience with VM image management using Azure Image Builder, Packer, or Shared Image Gallery.
  • Proven Infrastructure as Code experience with Bicep, Terraform, or ARM.
  • Strong Azure networking and troubleshooting expertise.
  • Experience implementing governance and compliance controls at scale.
  • Excellent communication, documentation, and mentoring skills.
Desirable
  • Azure Landing Zones and enterprise scale architecture.
  • Azure Policy authoring and remediation.
  • Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
  • Entra ID and advanced RBAC experience.
  • Experience working within regulated environments.
  • Azure certifications such as AZ 104, AZ 305, or AZ 400.