Senior Azure Platform Engineer
Job Location:
Cheltenham - UK
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Job Summary
Job Description
Senior Azure Platform Engineer - Farnborough (Hybrid) - SC Cleared - Salary up to 65000
Were looking for a Senior Azure Platform Engineer to join a growing engineering team delivering secure cloud-native platforms for highly regulated and mission-critical environments. This is an opportunity to work with modern Azure technologies Kubernetes Infrastructure as Code and automation helping to build resilient platforms that support some of the UKs most important programmes.
The Role
As a Senior Azure Platform Engineer youll take ownership of designing building and supporting secure Azure infrastructure while working alongside architects software engineers and delivery teams to create scalable resilient cloud platforms.
Youll play a key role in improving platform reliability security and automation while helping shape technical direction across cloud infrastructure.
What Youll Be Doing
- Designing and maintaining Azure infrastructure across Kubernetes Virtual Machines networking storage and databases
- Building secure hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity using technologies such as Virtual WAN VPNs and BGP routing
- Implementing Azure security best practices including RBAC Key Vault Defender for Cloud and network segmentation
- Designing and maintaining Kubernetes environments for secure scalable application deployments
- Building and improving CI/CD pipelines to accelerate software delivery
- Developing Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and automation tooling
- Implementing monitoring and observability across cloud platforms
- Driving automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort
- Supporting engineering teams with platform best practices and cloud adoption
- Continuously improving platform performance resilience and security as the environment evolves.
What Were Looking For
Youll ideally have:
- 5 years experience in Platform Engineering Site Reliability Engineering or similar cloud infrastructure roles
- Strong Azure expertise ideally supported by AZ-104 and AZ-305 certifications
- Excellent knowledge of Azure networking including Virtual WAN ExpressRoute VPN Gateways BGP NSGs and Private Endpoints
- Strong Kubernetes and container orchestration experience
- Experience with Terraform and HashiCorp tooling such as Vault or Packer
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD or similar
- Strong Git and version control knowledge
- A passion for automation and modern DevOps practices
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams
Experience with JFrog products Coder or additional cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud would be advantageous but isnt essential. Above all were looking for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and continuously improving the platforms they build.
Whats On Offer
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid working
- Annual bonus
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Generous pension contribution
- Ongoing professional development and training support
- Modern office facilities including on-site gym café restaurant and collaborative breakout spaces.
Security Clearance
Due to the nature of the work applicants must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.
Senior Azure Platform Engineer - Farnborough (Hybrid) - SC Cleared - Salary up to 65000
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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