Cloud Platform Engineer

Cloud Platform Engineer

Permanent role

Salary: £75,000 per annum

Location: Hybrid (London or Newcastle upon Tyne 2 days per week) & remote

Start: ASAP

Overview:

We require a Cloud Platform Engineer for our public sector client who will be responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing management of application cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. Working closely with Development, Application Support, Security, and Cloud Platform teams, this role ensures seamless deployment pipelines and full life cycle management of cloud-based solutions.

Technical Skills & Experience required

As the Cloud Platform Engineer you will possess the following:

Strong experience with Azure cloud services and infrastructure
Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform essential)
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar
Strong Scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
Experience designing high availability and disaster recovery solutions
Knowledge of containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Familiarity with monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana)
Solid understanding of networking, security, compliance, and identity management in the cloud
Experience implementing Azure Policies
Understanding of SRE principles and practices
Exposure to FinOps and cloud cost optimisation strategies
Experience working in Agile delivery environments

Qualifications:

5+ years' experience in a DevOps or Cloud Engineering role
Experience with Azure (GCP knowledge beneficial)
Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (or similar) preferred

Key Responsibilities include:

Cloud Infrastructure Management
Design, implement, and maintain scalable Azure cloud infrastructure using IaC tools such as Terraform.

Deployment & Automation
Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate application, infrastructure, and integration deployments.

Monitoring & Reliability
Monitor system and application performance, proactively identify issues, and troubleshoot to maintain high availability. Apply Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices to improve system resilience.

Configuration Management
Manage and configure cloud environments using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.

Security & Compliance
Ensure cloud environments adhere to security best practices and comply with relevant standards and regulations.

Operations & Incident Management
Collaborate with Application Support and Cloud Platform teams to manage incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures.

Collaboration
Work closely with developers, QA, product teams, and platform engineers to embed DevOps practices across the development life cycle.

Continuous Improvement
Identify opportunities to improve processes and implement automation to increase efficiency and reduce manual overhead.

*Please be advised you will be required to be on the client's site two days per week for this role, and you can choose either their London or Newcastle upon Tyne office*

If this role is of interest please email your CV to: (see below)

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