Azure Platform Engineer (Outside IR35)

LinuxRecruit; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech firm in the UK is seeking a senior engineer to drive the transition from VM setups to a cloud-native environment. You'll leverage your expertise in Terraform, AKS, and CI/CD pipelines to build enterprise-scale environments as part of a dynamic team. This position offers high visibility and autonomy, catering to professionals who thrive in pure engineering challenges. Join a forward-thinking company backed by Tier 1 financial institutions to transform the FX market.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building enterprise‑scale environments with Azure Landing Zones.
• Advanced skills in Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands‑on experience with AKS or Azure Container Apps.
• Mindset: A senior level engineer who thrives in high autonomy, high visibility roles.

Responsibilities

• Drive the transition from VM based setups to a cloud native environment.
• Focus on Everything as Code with a pure engineering challenge.
• Thrive in high autonomy and high visibility roles.

Skills

Azure Landing Zones

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

AKS

GitHub Actions

Tools

AKS

Azure Container Apps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Join a high growth, engineering first fintech that is transforming the global FX market by building the industry’s first independent data and analytics network. Backed by Tier 1 financial institutions, this firm is migrating to a modern Azure Kubernetes Service architecture to support massive, low latency data flows.

As a subject matter expert, you will drive the transition from VM based setups to a cloud native environment. This is a “pure engineering” challenge focused on Everything as Code, requiring deep expertise in Terraform, AKS, and GitHub Actions.

Key Requirements

• Azure Landing Zones: Proven experience building enterprise‑scale environments.
• Automation: Advanced skills in Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Containers: Hands‑on experience with AKS or Azure Container Apps.
• Mindset: A senior level engineer who thrives in high autonomy, high visibility roles.