Cloud Platform Engineer - Azure

As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you will build and operate NEC’s core public cloud foundations, enabling all application workloads. You’ll implement landing zones, IAM and networking, and IaC frameworks, collaborating with senior platform teams. The role blends hands-on engineering with strong automation and DevOps practices to improve platform reliability and self-service for product teams. You’ll work across Security, FinOps, and Platform Services to embed governance and scale cloud capabilities. This is a hybrid/remote role with monthly office visits.

• Private medical cover for employees
• 25 days paid holiday (option to buy/sell)
• Life assurance 4x salary
• Group pension up to 8.5% employer contribution
• Flexible benefits
• LinkedIn Learning access

• Implement and maintain cloud landing zones, account/subscription structures, and baseline configurations
• Provision and manage shared platform services (network hubs, identity integrations, management groups, etc.)
• Implement cloud IAM policies, RBAC, and federated identity integration; automate provisioning and access workflows
• Build and maintain cloud networking components (VNets/VPCs, routing, DNS, gateways, private endpoints) and support hub-spoke and on-prem connectivity
• Develop and maintain Terraform templates/modules; support CI/CD pipelines for provisioning and automation
• Contribute to automation tooling, scripts, and internal platform tooling; enable self-service for teams
• Provide day-to-day platform operations support and incident response; apply patches and maintenance
• Maintain engineering docs, runbooks and platform patterns; collaborate with Security, FinOps, and Platform Services

• Intermediate or advanced cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, or OCI
• Eligible for UK Security Clearance
• Experience with Azure
• Experience with Terraform
• Understanding of cloud networking and identity fundamentals
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools
• Experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering environments
• ITIL framework experience
• Ability to automate repetitive tasks using Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Understanding of cloud governance basics (tagging, policies, cost controls)

• Collaborative and team-oriented
• Clear communicator
• Ability to follow architectural standards and guidance
• Azure
• Terraform
• CI/CD pipelines