Cloud Engineer

Unify Talent - IT, Digital & Tech Recruitment; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 92,250 - 119,925; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment firm is seeking an experienced Azure Transformation Engineer for an initial 3-month fully remote contract. The role involves supporting migration and transformation of workloads in Azure, developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, and optimizing Azure DevOps pipelines. Proficiency in Microsoft Azure and strong engagement skills are essential. Immediate start available.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure across various components.
• Ability to produce and communicate light-touch design documentation.
• Experience migrating and transforming workloads in Azure.

Responsibilities

• Engage with application teams to capture needs and requirements.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Build and optimize Azure DevOps pipelines for automated deployments.

Skills

Proven experience with Microsoft Azure

Proficiency in Terraform for IaC

Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines

Strong stakeholder engagement skills

Practical experience in migration and transformation

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Ansible

PowerShell DSC

Job description

Overview

Unify have been exclusively engaged by a rapidly expanding Consulting partner, who require the services of an experienced Azure Transformation Engineer on a Contract basis for initially 3 months, starting ASAP. This is a fully remote role (must be UK based).

Role

Role: Azure Transformation Engineer to support migration and transformation of workloads from an existing Azure platform to a modernised Azure environment. Work with application teams to understand requirements, support migration activities, suggest transformations onto more modern services and enable adoption of Infrastructure as Code practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage directly with application teams to capture needs, migration/transformation requirements, and dependencies.
• Contribute to light-touch solution design to ensure workloads fit the target Azure platform.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to provision and configure Azure resources.
• Build and optimise Azure DevOps pipelines to support automated deployments and migrations.
• Support workload migration and transformation, ensuring alignment with best practices and governance.
• Provide hands-on engineering expertise to troubleshoot and resolve issues during migration.
• Share knowledge and guidance with customer teams to build confidence in the new platform.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, storage, identity, governance).
• Proven skills in Terraform for IaC and Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Ability to produce and communicate light-touch design documentation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills — able to talk directly with application teams, understand requirements, and translate into technical solutions.
• Practical experience in migration and transformation of applications/workloads in Azure.
• Familiarity with Enterprise Scale / Landing Zone concepts.
• Exposure to configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, PowerShell DSC).
• Understanding of cloud security, identity, and governance principles.

Requirements

• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, storage, identity, governance).
• Proficiency in Terraform for IaC and Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Ability to produce and communicate documentation describing technical designs at a light-touch level.
• Experience migrating and transforming applications/workloads in Azure.
• Exposure to Enterprise Scale / Landing Zone concepts and configuration management tools.

Contract & Benefits

Initial 3 Month Contract, very likely to extend into 2026. Fully remote (UK based). Start ASAP.

Location

Remote within the United Kingdom (UK based).

Application

Please apply by submitting your latest CV for immediate review by our Talent team. Thank you!

Company & Roles Labels

Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer (Azure) related postings and roles may appear; this listing is for an Azure Transformation Engineer on a contract basis.