Azure Platform Engineer

TieTalent; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Azure Platform Engineer to manage and optimize cloud infrastructure using advanced technologies such as Bicep and ARM templates. You will lead in designing, deploying, and automating software and cloud solutions while collaborating closely with various teams to ensure integration and alignment with business needs. Ideal candidates will have significant experience with Azure, DevOps principles, and a solid background in scripting.

Qualifications

• Experience with IaC, CI/CD, and DevOps, specifically Bicep and ARM.
• Expertise in Azure Networking, firewalls, and DNS.
• Familiarity with Azure services like Compute, Data, Integration and Generative AI.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage scalable cloud infrastructure using IaC.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and delivery.
• Collaborate across teams to define software requirements and solutions.

Skills

IaC

CI/CD

DevOps

Azure Networking

Scripting

Tools

Bicep

ARM templates

Jenkins

GitLab

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Join Barclays as an Azure Platform Engineer, where you’ll be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically with Bicep and ARM templates. You’ll implement CI/CD pipelines and follow DevOps principles to automate and streamline deployments, ensuring continuous integration and delivery across the organization. Additionally, you will leverage your expertise in Azure Networking, including firewalls and DNS, and work with core Azure services such as Compute, Data, Integration, and Generative AI to optimize and secure cloud solutions.

About

Join Barclays as an Azure Platform Engineer, where you’ll be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically with Bicep and ARM templates. You’ll implement CI/CD pipelines and follow DevOps principles to automate and streamline deployments, ensuring continuous integration and delivery across the organization. Additionally, you will leverage your expertise in Azure Networking, including firewalls and DNS, and work with core Azure services such as Compute, Data, Integration, and Generative AI to optimize and secure cloud solutions.

To be successful in this role, you should have experience with:

• IaC, CI/CD, and DevOps, specifically Bicep and ARM
• Azure Networking (firewalls, DNS) and services (Compute, Data, Integration, GenAI)
• Scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Python)
  
  

Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include

• Azure Policy
• Jenkins / GitLab
• Azure Certifications (Az104 - Azure Administrator, Az701 - Network Administrator, Az500 - Security Engineer)
  
  

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

Accountabilities

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
  
  

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
  
  

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Nice-to-have skills

• Azure
• DevOps
• Firewalls
• DNS
• Bash
• Powershell
• Python
• Jenkins
• Gitlab
• Risk Management
• Knutsford, England
  
  

Work experience

• Build/Release
• DevOps
• Cloud Architect
  
  

Languages

• English

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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