Senior Azure Platform Engineer

Azure Senior Platform Engineer

Contract | Outside IR35 | Competitive Day Rate (DOE) | 4-6 Months | Extensions Likely

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Azure Senior Platform Engineer to join a major public sector digital transformation programme.

This is an opportunity to work on a high-profile project focused on modernising cloud infrastructure, strengthening governance, and enabling enterprise-wide data management capabilities.

The Role

As an Azure Senior Platform Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, building and enhancing the Azure platform. Working within a collaborative cloud engineering team, you'll help deliver secure, scalable and automated infrastructure while embedding best practice across governance, security and platform operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain enterprise Azure platform services.
• Develop and manage Azure Landing Zones.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep or ARM.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Configure Azure governance through Policy, RBAC and Management Groups.
• Work closely with architects, security teams and technical stakeholders to deliver secure cloud solutions.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement across the Azure estate.

Required Experience

• Strong commercial experience as an Azure Platform Engineer or Cloud Engineer.
• Deep understanding of Microsoft Azure infrastructure and platform services.
• Experience with Azure Landing Zones and enterprise governance.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform preferred, Bicep or ARM also considered).
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of Azure networking, identity and security.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. xwzovoh

What's on Offer

• Outside IR35 contract
• Remote working within the UK
• Competitive day rate (dependent on experience)
• Initial 4-6 month engagement
• Strong likelihood of extension
• Flexible August start date

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