At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage and secure cloud platforms while ensuring smooth operations and continuous improvements.
- Company: Join a dynamic tech team focused on critical business platforms and cloud infrastructure.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of cloud technology and make a real impact on platform security.
- Qualifications: Experience with Microsoft Azure, strong troubleshooting skills, and a passion for cloud technologies.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Are you passionate about cloud technologies, platform security, and keeping business-critical systems running smoothly? If so, I’d love to hear from you!
I’m looking for a
Platform Operations Engineer to join a growing technology team supporting critical business platforms and cloud infrastructure.
In this role, you'll help manage, secure and continuously improve Microsoft-based platforms, working across Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID and modern endpoint technologies.
You'll collaborate with engineering, application support, security and third-party suppliers to ensure services remain secure, resilient and high performing.
Key Responsibilities
- Administering and supporting Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID and associated cloud services.
- Managing endpoint management and security, including device configuration, compliance policies, application deployment, endpoint protection and lifecycle management.
- Supporting server, platform and infrastructure environments across production and non-production systems.
- Implementing and maintaining platform security controls, secure configurations and hardening standards.
- Supporting vulnerability remediation, security improvements and CIS Benchmark recommendations.
- Carrying out platform maintenance, security patching, upgrades and planned out-of-hours maintenance.
- Monitoring platform health, availability and performance, responding to alerts and service issues.
- Investigating and resolving platform, infrastructure and security incidents, including root cause analysis and problem management.
- Supporting Change, Incident and Problem Management processes.
- Assisting with disaster recovery testing, resilience exercises and business continuity planning.
- Developing automation and scripting solutions to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
- Working closely with Engineering, Application Support and third-party suppliers to deliver platform improvements.
- Maintaining technical documentation, operational procedures and runbooks.
- Supporting the delivery of operational, security, resilience and service improvement initiatives while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Windows Server administration
- Cloud-hosted infrastructure and business-critical platforms
- Secure configuration and platform security best practices
- IT Service Management (Incident, Change & Problem Management)
- Monitoring, alerting and service management tools
- Power Shell or similar scripting experience
- Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
- Microsoft Defender technologies and Secure Score improvements
- Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
- SQL Server administration
- VMware and virtualised infrastructure
- CIS Benchmarks, NCSC guidance or similar security frameworks
- Disaster recovery and resilience testing
- Networking, firewalls and connectivity troubleshooting
- Experience working within regulated or highly governed environments
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We think you need these skills to ace Platform Operations Engineer in Leeds
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft 365
Entra ID
Endpoint Management
Platform Security
Vulnerability Remediation
Root Cause Analysis
