Principal Cloud Engineer - Azure - Hybrid - Manchester

Principal Cloud Engineer - Azure

Manchester (Hybrid - 1 day per week on-site)
Salary up to £78,000 + Bonus

We are supporting a UK-based organisation undertaking a significant, multi-year technology transformation. As part of this, they are investing heavily in their cloud platform and are seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to play a key role in shaping and delivering their Azure environment.

This position is suited to a hands-on engineer who enjoys building and improving platforms, rather than operating purely at an architectural or strategic level.

Role Overview:

The successful candidate will be responsible for evolving an existing Azure environment from an early-stage setup into a mature, secure, and scalable cloud platform.

Working closely with architecture and infrastructure teams, you will help establish best practice, implement standards, and contribute directly to the ongoing transition from on-premise infrastructure to cloud.

Key Responsibilities:

• Mature and enhance Azure landing zones in line with Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) principles
• Implement governance, policy, and identity standards (Entra ID)
• Develop core platform capabilities, including:
• API Management (APIM) and Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• Logging, monitoring, and observability
• Introduce and scale Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) across the environment
• Contribute to the design and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery strategies
• Support the migration of on-premise data platforms into Microsoft Fabric
• Work collaboratively with architects and engineering teams to embed best practices and improve overall cloud capability

Environment:

• Early-stage Azure environment with low current cloud maturity
• Predominantly on-premise infrastructure transitioning to cloud
• Developing capabilities across governance, security, FinOps, and platform engineering
• Opportunity to influence direction and establish standards within a growing cloud function

Candidate Profile:

Strong hands-on experience in Azure infrastructure and platform engineering Proven track record of working with:

• Azure landing zones and governance frameworks
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• Identity and access management (Entra ID / Azure AD)
• Monitoring and observability tooling
• Experience working in environments undergoing cloud transformation
• Ability to operate across engineering and architecture, with a focus on practical implementation
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach

Additional Information:

• This is not a purely architectural or strategy-led role; a strong emphasis is placed on hands-on engineering capability
• The organisation offers a collaborative environment with significant investment in cloud and long-term technology transformation
• Hybrid working model with a requirement of one day per week on-site in Manchester

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