Azure Cloud Engineer

Job title:           Azure Cloud Engineer

Location          Leeds/Hybrid

Salary:              £50-70k p.a. (Commensurate with experience)

Our client is a UK and Australia based Maximo/EAM consultancy who passionately believe in finding and delivering to what organisations really need, empowering them with practical, scalable and future friendly outcomes. Their mission is to transform EAM and adjacent technology landscapes through clarity, capability, and continuous improvement.

Role Overview

Our client is looking for a talented and experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to design, build, secure, and operate modern cloud platforms across enterprise customer environments. This role is ideal for a hands-on cloud specialist who combines deep Azure expertise with strong security awareness, modern automation practices, and the ability to deliver scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient cloud solutions.

You will work across diverse transformation projects, collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of our cloud engineering capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure aligned with best practices for performance, resilience, operational excellence, and cost optimisation.
• Implement and maintain secure cloud environments following industry and organisational security standards.
• Deliver advanced Azure network architectures, including VNETs, routing, firewalls, private endpoints, VPN/ExpressRoute, and hybrid connectivity models.
• Support deployment and runtime operations of containerisation platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift, AKS, or Kubernetes-based systems.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, and automated configuration management solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud, network, and platform issues across production and non-production environments.
• Participate in governance, observability, cost optimisation, and FinOps initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with architects, developers, security teams, and operations teams to deliver high-quality, secure, and scalable cloud solutions.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 5+ years experience as a Cloud Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineer, or similar role.
• Microsoft Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305 or equivalent) – mandatory.
• Strong hands-on experience across core Azure services (Compute, Storage, Networking, IAM, Monitoring, Security).
• Practical experience with AWS (basic to intermediate level).
• Solid experience with container platforms such as OpenShift, AKS, or Kubernetes.
• Excellent understanding of cloud security concepts including identity, encryption, segmentation, RBAC, zero trust, firewalling, and logging.
• Strong background in cloud network design (VNETs, subnets, load balancing, DNS, private link, hybrid connectivity).
• Familiarity with DevOps and IaC practices using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, GitOps, and version control systems.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting capabilities.

Desirable Skills (Bonus)

• Scripting or automation experience with PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar.
• Awareness of security frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks, NIST, or ISO 27001.
• Experience with cloud cost management principles (FinOps).
• Bonus: Knowledge of IBM Maximo, Maximo Application Suite (MAS), or integrations within the broader EAM ecosystem.

What’s on offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Continuous learning with training support and professional certification pathways.
• Opportunities to work on high-impact cloud engineering and digital transformation initiatives.
• A supportive, collaborative, and innovative technical environment where your ideas and expertise truly matter.

Industry

• Information Technology & Services