Cloud Platform Engineer

Howdens Joinery; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent pension scheme

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Staff Discount

Bonus

Job summary

Howdens Joinery is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, develop, test and deploy scalable cloud and on‑premise solutions. You will automate infrastructure, workflows and monitor performance to improve developer productivity, working from Northampton or Raunds with onsite presence two days a week.

You will build secure, high‑availability systems, manage containerized deployments with Kubernetes/Docker for Azure Cloud, and drive robust CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in Azure Cloud, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps.
• Experience with on‑premise and cloud‑native architectures.
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and security monitoring.
• Strong written and verbal communication for cross‑functional teams.
• Knowledge of Cloud Security and connectivity (Key Vault, vNet, DNS, Firewalls, VPN).

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and deploy secure, high-availability systems at scale (on-prem and cloud).
• Develop and maintain operational administration, backup, disaster recovery, and security monitoring solutions.
• Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across environments for daily deployments.
• Contribute to policies, standards, governance for CI/CD usage.
• Collaborate with architects to design scalable infrastructure for complex apps.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Terraform

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

Cloud security

Infrastructure-as-code

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Docker

SonarQube

Fortify

Selenium

Job description

Cloud Platform Engineer

Howdens Joinery has an exciting new opportunity in the Cloud Team. We are looking for a new Cloud Platform Engineer to design, develop, test and deploy solutions to improve collaboration and productivity of the development teams by automating infrastructure, automating workflows and continuously measuring and improving application performance.

This is a permanent opportunity based from our offices in Northampton or Raunds working onsite 2 days per week.

What you will be doing as a Cloud Platform Engineer:

• You will be responsible for creating, maintaining and deploying secure, high-available, fault-tolerant systems at scale via on-premise and cloud-native architectures for development, testing and production environments.
• Developing and maintain solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery and security/performance monitoring
• Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments to maximize efficiency and optimise for flow therefore allowing the delivery teams to deploy new code daily.
• Help to develop policies, standards, governance, and related guidance for teams in using the CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with architects to design scalable infrastructure and systems for complex applications.
• Collaborate with Release Manager in the release planning, by identifying deployment steps and other activities that must be undertaken prior and post deployment;
• Responsible for developing and supporting container-based solutions using Kubernetes/Docker for Azure Cloud.

What we need from you:

• You must bring at least 5 years experience in:
  • Azure Cloud
  • IaC (Terraform)
  • Build and management of Kubernetes environments
  • Azure DevOps (or other CI/CD GIT platforms)
  • Cloud Security and Connectivity (Key Vault, vNet, DNS, Firewalls, Express Route / Direct Connect, VPN, GTM, NSG)
  • infrastructure-as-code and Configuration management tools e.g. Terraform
  • Practical experience with containerization and clustering technologies i.e., Docker/Kubernetes.
  • Building automated CI/CD pipelines with tools such as SonarQube, Fortify, Selenium, etc.
  • Be an excellent communicator, able to influence decision makers and work successfully in cross-functional teams
• Desirable skills include:
  • Azure Active Directory (Identity Management, Service Principles, Security Groups, Role Management, MFA)
  • Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
  • API Management
  • Cloud Monitoring
  • CDN (Akamai preferably)
  • High Availability (Zones and Regions, Service Recovery

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and annual company bonus
• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
• Staff Discount.
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events.

About Howdens:

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful FTSE 100 business, with more than 900 depots nationwide and more than 11,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values.

There is a strong entrepreneurial ethos and the opportunity to develop within a fast-paced and commercial environment. That, along with a competitive salary, development opportunities, and exciting rewards, are among the reasons why our people enjoy working for Howdens - and why we have been named one of the 10 Best Big Companies to Work For.

Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We're working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you.

Please note that candidates applying for this role must have a valid right to work in the UK, we do not offer sponsorship of employment for any depot positions at this time. We appreciate your understanding.