Azure Senior Platform Engineer

TXP; Southampton; On-site; GBP 88,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

TXP is seeking a hands-on Azure Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and support secure, scalable cloud platforms. You will drive platform automation, IaC, CI/CD, governance, and cloud operations in close collaboration with engineering, security, and delivery teams.

You will have strong hands-on Azure experience, Terraform IaC, and implement pipelines with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps, plus AKS and edge security tooling.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure platform services.
• Expert knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, security, identity, monitoring, and governance.
• Experience with Kubernetes/AKS, containers, and modern platform engineering practices.
• Knowledge of Cloudflare, WAF, CDN, Zero Trust, and edge security solutions would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support secure, scalable cloud platforms.
• Automate platform provisioning and governance using IaC.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and maintain code delivery processes.
• Collaborate with engineering, security and delivery teams.
• Triage and troubleshoot enterprise cloud environments.

Skills

Azure platform

Terraform IaC

CI/CD pipelines

Azure networking

Kubernetes/AKS

Edge security

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Azure Senior Platform Engineer

Rate - 550 a day Inside IR35

Start date October 2026 to June 30, 2027

Location - Southampton - 2 x a month on site - Wednesday and Thursday

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Azure Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and support secure, scalable, and resilient cloud platforms. You will play a key role in platform automation, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, governance, and cloud operations, working closely with engineering, security, and delivery teams.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure platform services.
• Expert knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, security, identity, monitoring, and governance.
• Experience with Kubernetes/AKS, containers, and modern platform engineering practices.
• Knowledge of Cloudflare, WAF, CDN, Zero Trust, and edge security solutions would be advantageous.
• Ability to troubleshoot, automate, and optimise enterprise cloud environments