Azure Platform Engineer

Investigo; Greater London; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 113,000; Part time

Job summary

Investigo is seeking an experienced Azure Platform Engineer for a Banking sector engagement in Sheffield. The role is 3 days a week on site, Inside IR35, at a daily rate of £530. Initial contract for 3 months with potential extension.

You will lead Azure platform engineering at scale, implement IaC with Terraform/Bicep/ARM, manage VM image pipelines, and ensure secure, compliant estate-wide operations across networking and governance controls.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience engineering and supporting Azure platforms at scale, including compute, storage, networking, identity, governance, RBAC, managed identities, ARM, and Azure Policy.
• Expert-level PowerShell automation experience, developing reusable modules, tooling, testing frameworks, and automation used across production environments.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM, including CI/CD pipeline integration, code reviews, module design, and state management.
• Proven background managing Azure VM image build and release processes, including Azure Image Builder, Packer, Shared Image Gallery, patching, hardening, versioning, and deployment automation.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Networking, including VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, DNS, load balancing, routing, traffic management, and hybrid connectivity.
• Experience implementing and responding to Azure governance and compliance controls, assessing policy impacts, remediating non-compliance, and ensuring estate-wide adherence to security standards.
• Ability to troubleshoot and lead resolution of complex production issues across infrastructure, network, and application layers, acting as an escalation point for technical teams.
• Desirable experience with Azure Landing Zones, Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, Entra ID, Azure Policy authoring, enterprise-scale architecture, regulated environments, and Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-400.

Skills

Azure platform engineering

PowerShell automation

Infrastructure as Code

Azure VM image pipelines

Azure networking

Governance and security

Troubleshooting complex issues

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Packer

Shared Image Gallery

Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions

Job description

Azure Platform Engineer - Banking £530 per day - Inside IR35 Sheffield - 3 days a week on site 3 months initially

Key Skills & Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience engineering and supporting Azure platforms at scale, including compute, storage, networking, identity, governance, RBAC, managed identities, ARM, and Azure Policy.
• Expert-level PowerShell automation experience, developing reusable modules, tooling, testing frameworks, and automation used across production environments.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM, including CI/CD pipeline integration, code reviews, module design, and state management.
• Proven background managing Azure VM image build and release processes, including Azure Image Builder, Packer, Shared Image Gallery, patching, hardening, versioning, and deployment automation.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Networking, including VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, DNS, load balancing, routing, traffic management, and hybrid connectivity.
• Experience implementing and responding to Azure governance and compliance controls, assessing policy impacts, remediating non-compliance, and ensuring estate-wide adherence to security standards.
• Ability to troubleshoot and lead resolution of complex production issues across infrastructure, network, and application layers, acting as an escalation point for technical teams.
• Desirable experience with Azure Landing Zones, Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, Entra ID, Azure Policy authoring, enterprise-scale architecture, regulated environments, and Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-400.