IT Cloud Platform Network Engineer

Abacus Recruitment; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Cash plan

Dental insurance

Pension

Life assurance

Income protection

Critical illness cover

Annual leave and bank holidays

Cycle to work

Gym discounts

Job summary

Abacus Recruitment seeks a Cloud & Platform Network Engineer to join our Belfast team. You will design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on Azure, focusing on scalability and security.

You will collaborate with product owners, developers and stakeholders to drive automation, provide advanced IT support, and ensure robust cloud network solutions. A strong background in Azure security and DevOps is essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of Azure security and best practices.
• Background in infrastructure, network administration or DevOps.
• Proficiency in coding languages.
• Experience maintaining vulnerability management solutions and remediation.
• Experience with BGP/OSPF routing protocols.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust, SD-WAN, and cloud technologies (Azure/AWS).
• Strong communication and team collaboration skills; ability to work under pressure.
• ITIL familiarity and readiness to travel to other offices.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain our network infrastructure across on-premises and cloud.
• Deploy scalable cloud solutions in Azure with development teams.
• Design cloud architecture focusing on scalability, performance and security.
• Create and maintain cloud network security documentation.
• Manage vulnerability management tools and remediation per policy.
• Ensure patching aligns with policy and change schedule.
• Troubleshoot edge connection issues and document steps.
• Provide advanced technical support to other departments.
• Monitor systems with IT department tools.
• Liaise with vendors and partners.
• Ensure business continuity and disaster recovery coverage.
• Back up configurations per policy.

Skills

Azure security

Infrastructure knowledge

Network administration

DevOps

Coding languages

Vulnerability management

Zero Trust

SD-WAN

Azure & AWS

Cloud computing

Communication

Teamwork

Time management

Cybersecurity

ITIL knowledge

Willingness to travel

Weekend work

Azure AKS

Azure Functions

Terraform

F5 knowledge

Tools

Terraform

AKS

Azure Functions

IAC tools (Terraform)

F5

Job description

Salary: £54,000 - 94,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven extensive knowledge of Azure and best practices in Azure security.
• Background in infrastructure, network administration, or DevOps.
• Proficiency in coding languages.
• Extensive proven working experience of maintaining vulnerability management solutions and remediating system vulnerabilities.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.
• Experience with Zero Trust networking principles.
• Experience with SD-WAN technologies.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure, AWS, and other cloud computing technologies.
• Strong team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure, as well as part of a wider team.
• Effective time management skills.
• Proven knowledge of managing and maintaining cybersecurity products.
• Strong knowledge of security best practices and industry standards such as CIS and ISO27001.
• ITIL foundation certification or knowledge of ITIL processes.
• Willingness to work weekends as required.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Willingness to travel to other offices as required.
• Desirable: knowledge of Azure tools including AKS, Azure Functions, and IAC tools such as Terraform.
• Desirable: experience with network application load balancing products such as F5 or equivalent.
• Desirable: knowledge and hands-on experience of Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain our network infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Deploy and create scalable cloud solutions in collaboration with development teams using Azure services.
• Design cloud architecture that aligns with our organisation strategies, with a focus on scalability, performance, and security.
• Create and maintain solution documentation for cloud network security.
• Manage and maintain our vulnerability management solutions and remediate vulnerabilities in line with our policies.
• Ensure that infrastructure is patched in line with our patching policy and change schedule.
• Troubleshoot and fix server edge connect-related issues, recording all troubleshooting steps and information in our IT Service Management tool.
• Provide advanced technical support to other department teams.
• Ensure systems and services are proactively monitored using the tools utilised by our IT Department.
• Liaise with vendors and external partners.
• Ensure all systems and services have adequate business continuity and disaster recovery protection in place.
• Ensure all configurations are backed up in line with our backup policy.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• ITIL
• Load Balancing
• Network
• Security
• Terraform
• Abacus
• Architect

More:

We are seeking a Cloud & Platform Network Engineer to join our growing team in Belfast. This is a key opportunity to help design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on Azure while contributing to highly scalable, secure, cloud-based solutions. You will work closely with product owners, developers, key stakeholders at all levels, and data engineers, using your creativity and technical expertise to drive the design, automation, and continuous improvement of our platform processes and services. We offer a competitive salary package and a strong range of perks and benefits, including private healthcare, a cash plan, dental insurance, pension, life assurance, income protection, critical illness cover, annual leave and bank holidays, cycle to work, gym discounts, and more. We are committed to diversity and a positive, flexible culture, and we are looking for ambitious people who can help us grow and continue our success.

last updated 36 week of 2026