Junior Azure Platform Engineer

Irish Life; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in the UK seeks a Junior Azure Platform Engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure and DevOps. The role involves supporting Azure resources, developing automation strategies, and contributing to a secure platform. Ideal candidates should possess cloud experience, Azure fundamentals, and some scripting knowledge. The company offers competitive compensation and professional growth opportunities through training and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive reward package

Generous pension and bonus scheme

Private medical insurance

Income protection

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud, infrastructure or DevOps.
• Understanding of Azure fundamentals.
• Familiarity with GitHub Copilot.

Responsibilities

• Support provisioning, configuration, and operation of Azure resources.
• Contribute to secure, scalable Azure environments.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure delivery.

Skills

Cloud experience

DevOps familiarity

Basic scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in technical, engineering, or scientific discipline

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Overview

Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.

Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.

Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers.

Job Summary

We’re seeking a Junior Azure Platform Engineer with experience in cloud, infrastructure or DevOps roles. This position is ideal for junior engineer who want to build deep skills in Azure, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, automation and platform reliability while learning from experienced engineers.

What You’ll Do

• Support provisioning, configuration and operation of Azure resources.
• Contribute to secure, scalable and well‑architected Azure environments.
• Apply best practices in identity, networking, monitoring and governance.
• Build cloud infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep.
• Use GitHub Copilot and AI agents to accelerate IaC, scripting and troubleshooting.
• Help develop automation reducing manual workload and increasing reliability.
• Assist with managing cloud environments across non‑production and production.
• Support monitoring, alerting and observability.
• Contribute to incident investigations and platform stability improvements.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure delivery.
• Participate in CI/CD and deployment through ADO and GitHub.
• Learn cloud delivery patterns, change control and release automation.

Who You Are

Essential

• Experience in cloud, infrastructure or DevOps.
• Understanding of Azure fundamentals.
• Basic scripting experience (PowerShell, Bash or Python).
• Familiarity with GitHub Copilot and AI agents.
• Diagnostic and troubleshooting ability.
• Strong teamwork, communication and problem‑solving.

Desirable / Willing to Learn

• Experience with Terraform or Bicep.
• Azure networking fundamentals.
• CI/CD concepts and deployment automation.
• Cloud governance, FinOps or security practices.
• Containerisation basics (Docker, AKS).

Qualifications

• Degree in a technical, engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Azure certifications (such as AZ‑900) are beneficial but not required.

Benefits of working at Canada Life

We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that’s regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, you’ll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.

How we work at Canada Life

Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us. We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures. Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others. Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.

We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces. That’s why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.

Diversity and inclusion

Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us. We are proud of the progress we’re making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.

“At Canada Life we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives coming together to build better futures. Emerging talent is crucial to our growth and creating an environment that continues to inspire us all.” Nick Harding, Chief People Officer, Canada Life UK

We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities. We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for you.