Platform Engineer - Azure DevOps / 6 months contract £545/d inside IR35

NOTE: YOU MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR BPSS

About the Role

We are seeking a Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Developer with deep expertise in Azure and Bicep to help architect, secure, and automate our enterprise Azure platform.

This is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role where you will define how Azure is built and governed across the organisation . You will partner closely with platform engineering, application teams, and enterprise architects to deliver modular, secure, and scalable deployment frameworks that enable teams to move fast-safely.

What You’ll Do

Architect & Standardise Azure Deployments

• Design and maintain enterprise-grade Bicep module libraries
• Build and manage private Bicep registries with versioning and documentation
• Define reusable deployment patterns aligned to Azure best practices

Automate End-to-End Delivery

• Integrate Bicep templates into robust Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines
• Implement validation, what‐if analysis, and controlled promotions across environments
• Enable self-service infrastructure with built-in governance

Security, Governance & Guardrails as Code

• Implement Azure Policy and Initiative definitions as code
• Enforce compliance, cost control, naming standards, and tagging automatically
• Work with security and architecture teams to embed governance by design

Platform Engineering & Azure Expertise

• Design and deploy enterprise Azure services including:
• Networking: VNETs, peering, Private DNS, routing
• Compute: VMs, Load Balancers, Scale Sets
• Identity: RBAC, Managed Identities, least-privilege access models

Modernisation & Migration

• Transition legacy ARM templates and manual builds into clean, maintainable Bicep
• Improve consistency, reliability, and auditability of Azure environments

What We’re Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience

• Extensive, hands-on experience with Bicep at enterprise scale
• Strong understanding of:
• Loops, conditions, decorators
• Subscription, management group, and tenant‐level deployments
• Deep Azure knowledge across networking, compute, and identity
• Proficiency with Git, Azure CLI, and PowerShell
• Proven ability to debug complex deployment failures and API version issues
• Experience working in regulated or large-scale environments

Desirable

• Experience with Azure Verified Modules (AVM)
• Microsoft certifications:
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

Why Join Us?

• Play a key role shaping the Azure platform strategy for a global firm
• Work on complex, enterprise-scale cloud environments
• Influence standards, patterns, and governance- not just implementations
• Collaborate with highly skilled architects and engineering teams
• Competitive compensation and benefits, with flexible working

Ready to Apply?

If you are passionate about Infrastructure as Code , enjoy solving complex platform challenges, and want to build secure, scalable Azure foundations at enterprise scale, we’d love to hear from you.