Platform Engineer

A growing, investment-backed UK Real Estate business is hiring a Cloud Platform Engineer to help build a more secure, automated and well-governed cloud environment.

This is a newly created, hands-on role with genuine ownership. An MSP currently handles much of the day-to-day infrastructure and support work, but the business wants to bring more control of its Azure platform in-house. You’ll lead platform improvements, set the technical direction for your work and draw on the MSP for support where needed.

The initial focus is Azure, Terraform and Azure DevOps: moving away from manual configuration, building reliable deployment pipelines and putting practical governance in place. There’s also scope to improve Microsoft 365 and Entra ID administration as the platform matures.

• Build and improve Azure infrastructure using Terraform and infrastructure as code
• Develop and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for platform changes
• Own Azure Policy guardrails and help organise resources into management groups
• Automate access, permissions and administrative processes across Azure and Entra ID
• Embed security checks and controls into deployment workflows
• Work with infrastructure, security, data and delivery teams, as well as the MSP
• Support platform issues when needed, while focusing primarily on building and improving the environment
• Hands- on experience building Azure infrastructure - not just supporting an existing setup
• Strong Terraform and Azure DevOps pipeline experience
• Knowledge of Entra ID, access controls, Conditional Access and Azure Policy
• A sound grasp of cloud security principles, including least-privilege access and secure service authentication
• The confidence to take ownership, work across teams and turn requirements into working solutions
• An infrastructure background alongside platform or DevOps experience would be particularly relevant

Experience with Microsoft 365 administration, Copilot or AI tooling would be useful. Kubernetes is not required; the business generally favours managed and SaaS solutions.

Cloud Platform Engineer | Why this role is interesting

You’ll join a small team at the point where it is building dedicated cloud platform capability. Rather than working through a queue of tickets, you’ll have the opportunity to shape how Azure infrastructure is deployed, governed and maintained. There’s room for someone who has already held broad ownership - or who has the hands-on skills and drive to step into it.

If you’re a Cloud Platform Engineer, Azure Engineer or infrastructure-focused DevOps Engineer who enjoys building rather than simply maintaining, please get in touch.