Junior Azure Platform Engineer

Canada Life Limited; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Bristol seeks a skilled candidate to support and build Azure cloud infrastructure, applying best practices in DevOps. Responsibilities include provisioning Azure resources, utilizing Terraform for infrastructure, and participating in CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will have a degree in a technical field, essential cloud experience, and basic scripting skills. Opportunities for learning and applying new technologies such as GitHub Copilot and AI tools are offered.

Qualifications

• Understanding of Azure fundamentals is essential.
• Basic scripting experience is required.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and deployment automation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support provisioning and operation of Azure resources.
• Build cloud infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep.
• Participate in CI/CD and deployment through ADO and GitHub.

Skills

Azure resources provisioning

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

Teamwork

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Degree in a technical, engineering or scientific discipline

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Copilot

Azure DevOps (ADO)

Job description

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.