Junior Azure Platform Engineer

Canada Life Limited; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance and financial services company in the City of Westminster is looking for a Junior Azure Platform Engineer. This role involves supporting the provisioning and configuration of Azure resources, contributing to secure Azure environments, and building cloud infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep. Ideal candidates should have some experience in cloud or DevOps roles, basic scripting skills, and a good understanding of Azure fundamentals. This is a great opportunity to learn from experienced engineers while developing your skills in automation and platform reliability.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Support provisioning and operation of Azure resources.
• Contribute to secure and well-architected Azure environments.
• Build cloud infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure delivery.

Skills

Cloud experience

Infrastructure knowledge

DevOps familiarity

Basic scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

Teamwork and communication

Diagnostic and troubleshooting

Education

Degree in a technical, engineering or scientific discipline

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Overview

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

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