Azure Platform Engineer

Azure Platform Engineer
£400 to £450 Per Day, Inside IR35
Hybrid, 1 Day Per Week, On-site
3 Months Contract
Cardiff

Your new company
A large organisation based in Cardiff.

Your new role
We are seeking a hands-on Azure Cloud Platform Engineer to support, focusing on delivery of a greenfield environment into an existing Azure environment to host multi-terabytes of data and the establishment of a secure, scalable cloud data platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer and execute large-scale data transfer and migration of datasets into Azure.
• Design and implement Azure-based storage solutions (Blob, ADLS Gen2) appropriate for high-volume, high-throughput data.
• Configure and manage secure data ingestion patterns, including private networking, firewalls, and endpoint controls.
• Implement role-based access control (RBAC) and data access segregation aligned to governance and IG requirements.
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code for the platform using Terraform or Bicep.
• Support platform components required for downstream analytics and HPC-style workloads (without owning analytics design).
• Produce clear technical documentation covering architecture, data flows, and operational processes.
• Work within agile delivery methods and collaborate closely with architects, engineers, and delivery leads.

What you'll need to succeed
Required Skills and Experience

• Strong hands-on experience as a Cloud Engineer or Platform Engineer.
• Significant experience designing and operating Microsoft Azure environments.
• Proven experience migrating large-scale datasets (tens to hundreds of TB) into cloud platforms.
• Deep understanding of Azure storage services, particularly Blob Storage and ADLS Gen2.
• Strong experience with Azure networking, including private endpoints, VNET integration, and firewalling.
• Practical experience implementing RBAC, managed identities, and least-privilege access models.
• Experience using Terraform and/or Bicep for automated infrastructure provisioning.
• Ability to troubleshoot performance, throughput, and reliability issues during data transfer.
• Strong communication skills, able to work across technical and non-technical teams.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Familiarity with Azure HPC, batch processing, or compute-heavy data platforms.
• Experience working in the NHS, public sector, or highly regulated environments.
• Experience with Azure DevOps for source control, CI/CD, and work tracking.
• Exposure to hybrid or on-prem to cloud data transfer patterns (e.g. Data Box, AzCopy, private links).

What you'll get in return
£400 to £450 Per Day, Inside IR35.

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