Cloud Engineering Lead (Azure)
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6 month contract, scope to extend
£600 - £625 P/D Inside IR35
Hybrid
Active SC would be advantageous
We are looking for a hands-on Cloud Engineering Lead with deep Microsoft Azure expertise to build, run and
productise an enterprise Azure platform. You will turn approved architecture into policy-governed infrastructure
delivered entirely through code and automated pipelines, make sure the platform is reliable and operationally ready,
and treat product teams as customers, giving them a clear, low-friction route onto the platform.
Key responsibilities -
Platform engineering
Lead design and build of Azure Landing Zones: management groups, subscription vending and hub-and-spoke
networking.
Own the provisioning pipelines and a reusable Terraform/Bicep module library built on Azure Verified Modules.
Enforce governance as code (Azure Policy, RBAC/PIM, Defender for Cloud) and integrate ServiceNow to
automate platform requests.
Set engineering quality standards: code reviews, branching and release strategy, pipeline quality gates.
Lead brownfield remediation of existing subscriptions and workloads onto platform standards.Reliability and operations
Define platform SLOs and track service health through observability built on Azure Monitor / Log Analytics,
integrated with Sentinel (Security Operations) and the NOC.
Drive operational readiness and acceptance, with runbooks and documentation in place before handover to Cloud
Run (BAU operations).
Lead resolution of platform incidents, feed root causes into problem management, and reduce toil through
automation as part of continual service improvement.Consumer experience and adoption
Understand the consumer journey and operate the platform "front door": intake, onboarding and the service
catalogue.
Publish paved roads with clear documentation, and run onboarding clinics to drive adoption.
Use feedback and friction analysis to improve the experience, including the AVD / engineering workspace
experience.
Apply the "rule of three": a pattern requested three or more times becomes a productisation candidate for the
catalogue.Mandatory skills & experience
Extensive hands-on Microsoft Azure experience (typically 7+ years in IT, 4+ on Azure) covering design,
architecture and implementation of enterprise platforms.
Proven delivery of Azure Landing Zones / Cloud Adoption Framework: management groups, subscription
vending, hub-and-spoke, Azure Firewall, private DNS and Private Endpoints.
Expert Terraform and Bicep: modular design, state management, testing and versioning; working knowledge of
Azure Verified Modules.
Strong Python (plus PowerShell / Azure CLI) for automation and API integration. xsabvtc
Proven ability to build and maintain multi-stage, approval-gated provisioning pipelines (Azure DevOps and/or
GitHub Actions) with Git-based workflows.
Azure security and governa...
Cloud Engineering Lead (Azure) employer: TXP
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