Azure Platform Lead: Build a Scalable Cloud

Fruition Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Hybrid working

Job summary

Fruition Group in Glasgow is seeking a Cloud Platform Lead to design and build the Azure platform from the ground up, leading a team as it scales. You will report to the Head of Infrastructure & Service, shaping engineering standards for resilience, security and performance.

This is a hands-on build role focused on migration, hybrid integration with on-prem, and embedding FinOps and IaC practices. Deep Azure expertise and automation passion are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on Azure platform engineering experience.
• Proven delivery of cloud migration and modernization programs.
• Experience with Terraform, Bicep or ARM and end-to-end CI/CD.
• Strong networking, identity (Entra ID) and cloud security knowledge.
• Experience in ITIL-aligned service organisations.
• Desirable Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305) and FinOps exposure.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the Azure platform - landing zones, reference architectures, hosting and automation.
• Help set engineering standards for resilience, security, scalability and performance.
• Lead cloud migration and modernisation, including hybrid integration with the legacy on-prem estate.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD adoption across the organisation.
• Build platforms secure by design, aligned to ISO27001 and Cyber Essentials.
• Embed cost visibility and FinOps practice into platform design.
• Define runbooks, monitoring and alerting so everything you build is properly supportable.
• Work alongside infrastructure, workplace, security and data teams to remove friction and enable delivery.

Skills

Azure platform

Cloud migration

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Networking & security

ITIL aligned

Azure certs

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Job description

Fruition Group in Glasgow is seeking a Cloud Platform Lead to design and build the Azure platform from the ground up, leading a team as it scales. You will report to the Head of Infrastructure & Service, shaping engineering standards for resilience, security and performance.

This is a hands-on build role focused on migration, hybrid integration with on-prem, and embedding FinOps and IaC practices. Deep Azure expertise and automation passion are essential.