Principal Cloud Engineer

TieTalent; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 81,415 - 103,619; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays

Holiday trading scheme

Matching employer pension contribution

Colleague mortgage opportunities

Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric cars

Commitment to training and development

Private medical insurance

Paid volunteering days

Diverse and inclusive colleague networks

Cycle to work initiative

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

A leading building society in Skipton is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to oversee their Azure Cloud infrastructure. This role focuses on leading a team, implementing best practices, and driving cloud strategy. Ideal candidates will possess deep expertise in Azure services and skills in automation and solution architecture, allowing them to mentor teams and enhance operational efficiency. The position supports hybrid working and offers competitive benefits including an annual bonus and up to 30 days of leave.

Qualifications

• Expert level knowledge in Azure Cloud services is essential.
• Experience with Azure networking, integration, and data services is required.
• Hands-on experience with cloud security, identity management, and access control is expected.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical expert in Azure Cloud solutions and inform design decisions.
• Define and enforce best practices for Cloud Engineering teams.
• Drive adoption of DevOps and SRE principles for improved efficiency.
• Engage with teams to shape cloud strategy and align investments.
• Advise on Azure cost management and drive financial accountability.
• Mentor engineering teams and ensure compliance with regulations.

Skills

Expert level knowledge in Azure cloud services

Core Azure services proficiency

Automation and infrastructure as code expertise

Excellent communication skills

Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities

Strong solution architecture skills

Strategic thinking

Passion for learning and innovation

Tools

Powershell

Terraform

Bicep

Azure DevOps pipelines

Job description

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We are recruiting for a Principal Cloud (Azure) Engineer to provide a key role in the development, implementation and optimisation of our Azure Cloud infrastructure. If you are a strategic but hands on technical leader, who thrives working in a fast paced and agile environment where technology is at the centre of our organisational goals, then this may be the job for you!

Who Are We?

Not just another building society. Not just another job.

We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members.

Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do.

Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.

You will be working within our IT function as part our Cloud Engineering teams on our Azure Platform, ensuring it is fit for purpose, resilient, scalable and provides the capabilities needed to deliver value at pace. The teams consist of around 20 engineers who you will support as overall lead technical authority and decision maker. The teams work very closely with the rest of the IT function and our software and data engineering teams who are building cutting edge solutions within our Azure Platform.

Whats In It For You?

Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.

We have a range of other benefits available to you including;

• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
• Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days
• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
• Colleague mortgage (conditions apply)
• Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car
• A commitment to training and development
• Private medical insurance for all our colleagues
• 3 paid volunteering days per annum
• Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
• We care about your health and wellbeing we provide a range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership
  
  

What Will You Be Doing?

As part of our hybrid cloud strategy we are migrating many services from our data centres into Azure, as well as developing greenfield solutions and products within the Azure platform. We have a large and complex change portfolio with technology related change right at the centre. You will be providing expertise to multiple teams who are involved with the continual evolution of the Azure platform in the following ways:

• Serving as the leading technical expert in Azure Cloud solutions, infrastructure as code (IaC), automation, and security, informing critical design and implementation decisions.
• Defining and enforcing best practices, ensuring that Cloud Engineering teams adopt cutting-edge Azure methodologies and adhere to industry standards for security, compliance, and performance.
• Driving the adoption of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to improve operational efficiency, resilience, and service reliability.
• Engaging with Senior Leadership, IT Teams, Security teams, Engineering teams and Data teams to shape cloud strategy ensuring that cloud investments align with the Societys digital transformation goals.
• Advising on Azure cost management approaches, implementing strategies to drive efficiency and financial accountability in cloud resource usage.
• Championing continuous learning by mentoring engineering teams, embedding technical excellence, and ensuring adherence to regulatory and legislative requirements.
  
  

What Do We Need From You?

You will need to hold an expert level of knowledge in Azure cloud services to be a credible technical decision-making authority across the platform. Your technical skills will cover core Azure services such as Azure networking, integration and data services and you will have a deep proficiency in automation and infrastructure as code using technologies such as Powershell, Terraform, Bicep and Azure Devops pipelines. Hands on experience of Azure cloud security, identity management and access control is expected. You will also need:

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills to translate technical concepts into business value.
• Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities, capable of driving technical excellence and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Strong solution architecture skills capable of designing scalable, high performance and resilient cloud solutions.
• Strategic thinking and the ability to work across teams to build a shared vision empowering engineers to achieve technical excellence.
• A passion for learning and innovation, driving continuous improvement in cloud engineering practices.
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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