SECURITY CLEARANCE
Active SC clearance required.
ROLE OVERVIEW
We are seeking an experienced Azure Platform Engineering Lead to provide technical leadership for a high-performing Agile delivery team responsible for designing, building, automating and supporting secure cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure.
LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Provide day-to-day technical leadership and direction, assigning work according to priorities, capabilities, dependencies and the project plan.
- Plan platform engineering activity across sprints and delivery increments; ensure the backlog is technically ready, sequenced and aligned to milestones.
- Direct sprint planning, refinement, delivery, review and retrospectives; remove blockers and escape constraints.
- Review and approve work against acceptance criteria, engineering standards, security controls and documentation requirements.
- Maintain platform engineering items in the RAID log with owners, impacts, mitigations, target dates and escalation routes.
- Support the project plan with estimates, sequencing, dependencies, progress updates and forecasts.
- Record material technical and delivery decisions in the decision log.
- Provide governance reporting on delivery status, quality, risks, dependencies, decisions and actions.
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Liaise with Architecture to understand, challenge where appropriate, and implement the approved HLD.
- Keep solutions traceable to the HLD, security principles and project standards.
- Produce, coordinate and approve LLDs covering implementation, interfaces, networking, access controls, deployment, monitoring, support and operations.
- Identify design gaps, ambiguities or deviations early and obtain approval before implementation.
- Capture architecture decisions, exceptions and deviations in logs, plans and technical documentation.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Strong Azure platform experience: Databricks, Azure Functions, IAM/RBAC, Storage Accounts, Networking, Virtual Machines, Key Vault, Monitoring and Alerting.
- Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Azure DevOps Pipelines and CI/CD implementation.
- Azure DevOps Repos/Git and branching strategies.
- Docker and Docker Compose.
- Security and vulnerability scanning using Trivy or similar.
- Bash and/or Python scripting and automation.
- Azure networking: VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints and DNS.
- Monitoring and troubleshooting Azure environments.
- Experience in highly regulated/secure environments, including solutions without Internet access.
- Agile/Scrum delivery experience.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
Job Title: Azure Platform Lead
Location: London, UK
Job Type: Contract
Azure Platform Lead in London employer: Teksystems
As an Azure Solution Architect with us, you'll thrive in a dynamic work culture that prioritises innovation and collaboration. We offer competitive benefits, including professional development opportunities to enhance your skills in cloud technologies, all while working in a vibrant location that fosters creativity and teamwork. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking company that values your contributions and supports your career growth.
