Principal Platform & Identity Engineer
Identity | Engineer | Admin | Architecture | Entra ID | Terraform | Azure | Cloud | On Prem
đ Principal Platform & Identity Engineer (HandsâOn, Hybrid Architect Role)
Location: London / Hybrid
Salary: ÂŁ90,000 + bonus + benefits
Industry: Enterprise / Retail / Large-Scale Environment
Type: Permanent
đ The Role
Are you tired of roles that force you to choose between pure support and pure architecture?
This opportunity sits right in the middle. Youâll design, build, operate, and evolve a modern enterprise platform, taking full ownership of identity, automation, and infrastructure services across both onâprem and cloud environments.
This is a hands-on technical leadership position within a large, highâprofile organisation undergoing significant infrastructure transformation over the next 3â5 years.
If you want a role where you wonât get boxed in, where you can use your breadth across identity, cloud, automation, and infrastructure, this is the one.
đŻ What Youâll Work On
- Own & evolve enterprise identity + infrastructure strategy
- Design, build & operate the nextâgen platform
- Drive IaC & automation (Terraform, Ansible, GitLab)
- Partner with Security & Architecture
- Act as senior technical authority during incidents
- Support shift to modern âasâaâserviceâ models
đ§ What You Bring
Identity (priority):
Entra ID, AD, Azure SSO, Conditional Access, App Registrations, One Identity AR, JIT/ZTNA, ideally zScaler
Infra & Platform:
VMware (VCF), Linux, Microsoft stack, data centre fundamentals, networking
Automation:
Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD
Plus strong communication, stakeholder influence, and the ability to think in platforms, not tickets.
đ© Want to know more?
If youâre a Senior Engineer with architectural capability, or a hands-on architect who still enjoys real engineering, apply directly for immediate consideration
Identity | Engineer | Admin | Architecture | Entra ID | Terraform | Azure | Cloud | On Prem