Cloud Platform Engineer

In this role, you will own the Azure cloud platform, delivering secure, scalable, and cost‑effective solutions within the Cloud & Infrastructure team. You’ll drive automation and IaC to improve operations, security, and resilience while supporting migration and modernization initiatives. You collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to raise operational maturity and service quality. The position offers the chance to influence cloud strategy and governance in a global industrial group. You will thrive in a collaborative, inclusive culture that values continuous learning and practical engineering excellence.

• competitive salary
• discretionary bonus
• flexible working
• 27 days holiday
• private healthcare
• enhanced pension plan

• Design, implement, support, and optimise Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services
• Deliver secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions aligned to business requirements
• Provision and manage Azure resources using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, Terraform) and automation tools
• Support cloud migration, modernisation, and transformation initiatives
• Implement and maintain cloud security, identity, access controls, and governance standards
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve Azure platform incidents, problems, and service requests
• Maintain backup, recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities
• Implement monitoring, alerting, performance, capacity, and availability management across the Azure estate
• Optimise cloud performance, utilisation, operational efficiency, and cost
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures
• Collaborate with internal teams and third-party suppliers to deliver high-quality cloud services
• Contribute to continual service improvement, automation, and operational maturity initiatives

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure infrastructure, networking, storage, security, and platform services
• Proven experience supporting and administering enterprise Azure environments
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies including Bicep and Terraform
• Automation and scripting skills using PowerShell or similar technologies
• Experience migrating workloads from on-premises environments to Azure
• Strong understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, and governance principles
• Knowledge of FinOps, cloud consumption management, and cost optimisation techniques
• Experience with monitoring, performance management, backup, and disaster recovery solutions
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across technical teams and third-party providers
• Commitment to continuous learning, service improvement, and engineering best practice

• collaborative
• strong communication
• problem-solving
• Microsoft Azure
• Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, Terraform)
• PowerShell scripting