Junior Azure Platform Engineer

Location: London, Potters Bar, Bristol or Isle of Man (Hybrid working options available)

We’re seeking a Junior Azure Platform Engineer with experience in cloud, infrastructure or DevOps roles. This position is ideal for junior engineer who want to build deep skills in Azure, Infrastructure-as-Code, automation and platform reliability while learning from experienced engineers.

What You’ll Do

• Support provisioning, configuration and operation of Azure resources.
• Contribute to secure, scalable and well-architected Azure environments.
• Apply best practices in identity, networking, monitoring and governance.
• Build cloud infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep.
• Use GitHub Copilot and AI agents to accelerate IaC, scripting and troubleshooting.
• Help develop automation reducing manual workload and increasing reliability.
• Assist with managing cloud environments across non-production and production.
• Support monitoring, alerting and observability.
• Contribute to incident investigations and platform stability improvements.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure delivery.
• Participate in CI/CD and deployment through ADO and GitHub.
• Learn cloud delivery patterns, change control and release automation.

Who You Are

Essential

• Experience in cloud, infrastructure or DevOps.
• Understanding of Azure fundamentals.
• Basic scripting experience (PowerShell, Bash or Python).
• Familiarity with GitHub Copilot and AI agents.
• Diagnostic and troubleshooting ability.
• Strong teamwork, communication and problem-solving.

Desirable / Willing to Learn

• Experience with Terraform or Bicep.
• Azure networking fundamentals.
• CI/CD concepts and deployment automation.
• Cloud governance, FinOps or security practices.
• Containerisation basics (Docker, AKS).

Qualifications

• Degree in a technical, engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Azure certifications (such as AZ-900) are beneficial but not required.