Senior Azure Cloud Platform Engineer

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure to lead the redesign and modernization of a key customer’s cloud environment. The role is hands‑on, collaborating closely with engineering, security and application teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain secure, scalable Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Rebuild and optimise the existing cloud platform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Argo CD.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes‑based applications, including container, ingress and egress configurations.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Configure Azure networking components such as Front Door, Application Gateway, Private Endpoints, and Private Link Scopes.
• Manage Azure App Services, Storage Accounts, Azure Database Services (PostgreSQL), API Management and related networking.
• Collaborate with application and security teams to improve cloud governance, monitoring and automation.
• Develop automation scripts and tools using Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Continuously improve DevOps processes, deployment patterns and operational best practices.

Required profile

• Commercial experience as a Cloud or DevOps Engineer working in Azure environments.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, container deployments and networking.
• Proven ability to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and Argo CD.
• Experience using Terraform/Terragrunt for Infrastructure as Code.
• Solid understanding of cloud security, monitoring and operational best practices.

Required skills

• Microsoft Azure (App Services, Storage, Networking, Front Door, Application Gateway, Private Endpoints, Private Link, Monitor, PostgreSQL, API Management)
• Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Azure DevOps and Argo CD
• Terraform & Terragrunt
• Python, PowerShell, Bash scripting
• Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud security and monitoring
• Docker
• GitHub Actions (nice to have)
• Azure AI Services, AI Foundry, Azure AI Search (nice to have)
• Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Cache for Redis (nice to have)
• Cloud cost optimisation (nice to have)
• Hybrid or multi‑cloud environments (nice to have)