Azure Platform Engineer — Build Scalable Cloud Platforms

Aurora Energy Research; Oxford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Parental Support

Salary‑Exchange Pension

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Local Oxford Discounts

Cycle‑to‑work Scheme

Flu Jabs

Job summary

Aurora Energy Research seeks an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to lead design, delivery and governance of our Azure infrastructure in the Oxford office. You will drive automation with IaC and CI/CD, and own integration layers across Logic Apps, Service Bus and related services.

Responsibilities include building scalable networking, observability, and security controls, while collaborating with Internal Technology and business stakeholders to support Aurora's rapid growth.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience designing and delivering Azure infrastructure in production.
• Experience with Terraform/OpenTofu including state management, modules and multi-environment pipelines.
• Practical experience building CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Hands-on experience with Azure integration services: Logic Apps, Function Apps, Service Bus, Azure SQL and Key Vaults.
• Strong Azure networking knowledge including VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, DNS, and hybrid connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Apply a proactive, detail-focused engineering mindset to design and deliver robust Azure solutions across the platform.
• Design, implement and maintain Azure infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu and CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps.
• Develop Enterprise Service Bus and related integration infrastructure using Logic Apps, Function Apps, Service Bus, and iPaaS services.
• Design, configure and maintain Azure networking components including VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, DNS, and Landing Zone alignment.
• Implement and maintain observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Sentinel; ensure platform health and security events are tracked.
• Develop runbooks, SOPs and architecture docs; uphold governance and security/compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with Internal Technology and business stakeholders to align Azure capabilities with Aurora's growth.

Skills

Azure infrastructure design

Terraform/OpenTofu

CI/CD pipelines

PowerShell/Azure CLI

Security governance

RBAC

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Azure Logic Apps

Function Apps

Service Bus

Azure SQL

Key Vault

Job description

Aurora Energy Research seeks an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to lead design, delivery and governance of our Azure infrastructure in the Oxford office. You will drive automation with IaC and CI/CD, and own integration layers across Logic Apps, Service Bus and related services.

Responsibilities include building scalable networking, observability, and security controls, while collaborating with Internal Technology and business stakeholders to support Aurora's rapid growth.