At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage and enhance Azure platforms, driving automation and operational excellence.
- Company: Join a leading global financial services organisation with a dynamic platform team.
- Benefits: Competitive day rate, hybrid working, and exposure to cutting-edge cloud technologies.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and collaboration with top engineering teams.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a high-profile role within a large-scale Azure environment.
- Qualifications: Extensive Azure experience, expert PowerShell skills, and strong networking knowledge required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to join a leading global financial services organisation. You'll play a key role within a high-profile platform team responsible for maintaining and evolving a large-scale Azure environment that underpins critical digital services used by colleagues and customers worldwide.
This is a hands-on senior engineering position where you will act as the Azure technical authority, driving platform improvements, infrastructure automation, governance compliance, and operational excellence across a complex enterprise estate.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Extensive hands-on experience engineering and supporting Azure platforms in large-scale production environments.
- Expert-level PowerShell skills with a proven track record of developing reusable automation and tooling.
- Strong Azure networking knowledge, including VNets, NSGs, DNS, routing, load balancing, and hybrid connectivity.
- Experience managing VM image build and release processes using technologies such as Azure Image Builder, Packer, or Shared Image Galleries.
- Proven Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
- Strong understanding of Azure governance, policy implementation, RBAC, managed identities, and compliance controls.
- Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure, networking, and application issues within enterprise environments.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to produce technical documentation and mentor engineering teams.
Desirable Skills:
- Azure Landing Zones and enterprise-scale architecture
- Azure Policy authoring and remediation
- Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
- Entra ID and identity governance
- Financial services or regulated industry experience
- Microsoft Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-400
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain Azure VM image build and release processes.
- Implement Azure governance policies and remediate compliance issues.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
- Create robust PowerShell automation for platform operations.
- Configure and support Azure networking services.
- Lead the investigation and resolution of complex production incidents.
- Work closely with platform, application, and cybersecurity teams to improve platform capability and resilience.
What You'll Get in Return:
- Competitive day rate of £447 per day (Inside IR35)
- Opportunity to work within a large-scale, enterprise Azure environment
- Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days on-site in Sheffield
- Exposure to cutting-edge cloud technologies and large-scale digital transformation initiatives
If you're interested in this role, click 'Apply Now' to submit your application, or contact the Hays Technology team for a confidential discussion regarding your career.
Azure Platform Engineer employer: Hays
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