Azure Platform Engineer

Department: Information Technology

Location: London (Hybrid – 2 days WFH, subject to business need)

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

Hours: 9:00am – 5:30pm (additional hours as required; on-call to be confirmed)

The Engineer – Platform Engineering is responsible for developing pipelines and automation scripts to deliver IT infrastructure across both public and private cloud environments, incorporating security best practices throughout.

This role partners closely with infrastructure and application teams to identify automation opportunities, design reusable solutions, and support adoption across the wider IT function. The position also provides operational support for core cloud infrastructure technologies and acts as a third-line escalation point where required.

• Work with infrastructure and application teams to identify automation opportunities and prioritise initiatives.
• Provide effort and impact assessments to support automation roadmaps.
• Design and develop standardised CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment.
• Act as a subject matter expert in infrastructure automation, mentoring colleagues and promoting best practice.
• Integrate tooling (e.g., ServiceNow) for automated provisioning and service workflows.
• Design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems.
• Maintain and optimise cloud solutions in line with security policies and best practices.
• Identify and remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities and deployment issues.
• Develop and document cloud standards, guardrails, and best practices.
• Ensure CMDB accuracy using automation wherever possible.
• Operationalise proof-of-concept solutions into production-ready platforms.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Application, and Security Architects during solution design.
• Engage with vendors to test and benchmark new technologies.
• Ensure business continuity and disaster recovery standards are embedded in infrastructure design.
• Act as third-line escalation support for IT Operations.
• Maintain accurate documentation, time tracking, and change management compliance.
• Contribute to process improvement and foster strong working relationships across IT teams globally.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Microsoft Azure certification preferred.

Required:

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience.
• Proven experience developing automation solutions from ideation to deployment.
• CI/CD tooling experience.
• Strong scripting and pipeline development capability.
• Terraform.
• Linux.
• Git version control.
• Automation across public cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of Information Security best practices.

Preferred:

• GitHub and GitHub Actions.
• Microsoft Azure.
• PowerShell.
• Kubernetes.
• Python.
• Ansible.
• Visual Studio Code.
• Windows Server and Active Directory.
• ServiceNow integrations.
• Packer (server imaging).
• VMware, Cisco UCS, Dell EMC (private cloud infrastructure).
• Cisco ACI, F5, Palo Alto (private cloud networking).

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in diverse, global teams.
• Resilient and able to work under pressure with shifting priorities.
• Self-starter with strong initiative.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organisational skills.
• Strong analytical and strategic problem-solving ability.
• Committed to continuous improvement and challenging the status quo.
• Comfortable handling sensitive information with discretion.