Azure Platform Engineer - DevOps, IaC & Observability

Consult; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Consult is seeking an experienced Azure Platform & Systems Engineer to join the team on an initial 6‑month contract, with strong potential for extension. The role will combine Azure platform engineering, DevOps automation, application infrastructure support and technical delivery.

You will be designing, deploying and supporting secure, scalable Azure environments, building CI/CD pipelines, IaC and automation, and ensuring observability, resilience and secure governance across Azure.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and operating Azure environments.
• Strong CI/CD pipelines development and deployment automation.
• Experience with IaC and automation solutions.
• Knowledge of identity, access management, security and governance in Azure.
• Experience with Azure Monitor and observability tooling.
• Networking, DNS, firewalls, and hybrid connectivity knowledge.
• Experience with SQL Server / Azure SQL backups and access.
• Experience with vulnerability management and incident response.
• Hands-on scripting in PowerShell and Azure CLI.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and support secure, scalable Azure environments.
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Support application infrastructure, integrations and production environments.
• Implement IaC and automation solutions.
• Contribute to vulnerability management and incident response.
• Ensure observability, resilience and performance of platforms.
• Manage identity and access management across Azure.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Cloud Security

SQL Server

Tools

Bicep

ARM Templates

Terraform

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Job description

Consult is seeking an experienced Azure Platform & Systems Engineer to join the team on an initial 6‑month contract, with strong potential for extension. The role will combine Azure platform engineering, DevOps automation, application infrastructure support and technical delivery.

You will be designing, deploying and supporting secure, scalable Azure environments, building CI/CD pipelines, IaC and automation, and ensuring observability, resilience and secure governance across Azure.