Azure Cloud Engineer

Levy Global; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Levy Global in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Platform Engineer to join a large-scale Azure environment. The role focuses on building, automating and evolving a modern cloud platform supporting critical business services.

This hands-on engineering position covers platform engineering, automation, security, networking and cloud operations in a hybrid setup with 2 days on-site in Yorkshire.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure in large enterprise environments.
• Proficient in Terraform IaC for platform services.
• Experience with Landing Zones, policy and governance.
• Knowledge of Entra ID, RBAC and PIM.
• Strong networking, security controls and monitoring capabilities.
• Experience with GitHub or Azure DevOps for CI/CD.
• Understanding of FinOps and Azure cost optimisation.
• Experience with container technologies and cloud-native apps.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and enhance Azure platform services at scale.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Improve Azure Landing Zones, governance and security controls.
• Automate cloud deployments and operational processes.
• Manage Azure networking, connectivity and platform resilience.
• Enhance monitoring, logging and observability across the platform.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver scalable cloud capabilities.
• Support cloud modernisation initiatives and adoption of Azure AI services where appropriate.

Skills

Azure platform engineering

Automation & IaC

Governance & security

RBAC & PIM

Networking & connectivity

Observability

Collaboration with teams

FinOps / cost optimisation

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Azure Landing Zones

Azure AD / Entra ID

ExpressRoute

Azure Front Door / WAF

Container Apps

Job description

Contract | Outside IR35 | Hybrid (2 days per week on-site in Yorkshire Area)

• Long-term contract opportunity
• Participation in an on-call support rota

Seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Platform Engineer to join our client. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a large-scale Azure environment, helping to build, automate and evolve a modern cloud platform that supports critical business services.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on platform engineering, automation, security, networking and cloud operations

The Role

You'll play a key role in designing, building and supporting enterprise Azure platform services while driving automation, governance and operational excellence across a complex cloud estate.

Key responsibilities include:

• Building, maintaining and enhancing Azure platform services
• Developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Improving Azure Landing Zones, governance and security controls
• Automating cloud deployments and operational processes
• Managing Azure networking, connectivity and platform resilience
• Enhancing monitoring, logging and observability across the platform
• Collaborating with engineering teams to deliver scalable cloud capabilities
• Supporting cloud modernisation initiatives and adoption of emerging Azure technologies, including AI services where appropriate

Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience with Microsoft Azure in large enterprise environments
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Azure Landing Zones, Policy and Governance
• Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
• Azure Networking including Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, Private Endpoints and DNS
• Azure Firewall, Web Application Firewall (WAF) and Azure Front Door
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and observability tooling
• GitHub and/or Azure DevOps
• Strong platform engineering and automation experienceFinOps or Azure cost optimisation
• Azure Container Apps or container technologies
• Experience working within large, complex enterprise environments