Azure Platform Engineer

Digital Skills Ltd; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital services provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to work on cloud infrastructure with a focus on migration and optimization. The role requires strong skills in microservices and containerization, primarily using Kubernetes and Terraform. The position offers a generous salary along with benefits such as flexible working, a company car allowance, and private healthcare. Candidates must have lived in the UK for the past 5 years and be eligible for SC Security Clearance.

Benefits

26 days holiday

Flexible working

Generous pension

Company car/car allowance

Yearly bonus

Private Healthcare

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage microservices using Kubernetes.
• Automate deployments using Terraform and Ansible.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Azure infrastructure.
• Support customers effectively.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Linux

Cloud Security

Strong Azure Platform/DevOps experience

Job description

Azure Platform Engineer

• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Linux

Perm £75,000 - £80,000 per annum plus excellent benefits package

Hybrid working, remote and 2-3 days needed to be onsite in Worcester

You must be eligible for SC Security Clearance, lived and worked in the UK for the past 5 years

Digital Skills are working with a large, Digital business, based in Worcester. The client is growing and are looking for an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to help with migration, optimisation and tuning for an Azure platform.

The client is a private sector organisation, however support Government and Military organisations and as such are looking for candidates who have the ability to undergo SC Security Clearance.

The role:

You will work on Azure infrastructure, helping the client to scale their platform integrating with end client services in an agile way. You will work heavily in Microservices and will be responsible for:

• Designing and managing microservices (Kubernetes)
• Automating using Terraform, Ansible, and GitOps.
• Monitoring and troubleshooting
• Supporting customers

This role will be to join a large team who are geographically spread cross the world, however as you will be primarily focused on one UK Government client, you will be based in the UK.

About you:

The role is customer facing, as such you will be a strong communicator, with great interpersonal and written/verbal skills. You will be data savvy and happy working as part of a team, or under your own initiative.

Technical Skills

• Strong Azure Platform/DevOps experience
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Familiar with Linux systems
• Experience with databases
• Cloud Security experience and understanding

About the client:

The client is a European company who are undergoing rapid growth. They produce expert Digital Services which are built upon and integrated within Azure. The company offer superb career growth and benefits which include:

Benefits:

• 26 days holiday
• Flexible working
• Generous pension
• Company car/car allowance
• Yearly bonus
• Private Healthcare

Due to the nature of the end client, candidates must be eligible for SC Security Clearance, meaning permanent resident in the UK. Minimum 5 years of continuous living in the UK