Senior Azure Cloud Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & CI/CD

Howden Joinery; Northampton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

Staff discount

Onsite 2 days per week

Job summary

Howdens Joinery is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer in the UK to design, build, and operate scalable Azure cloud platforms. The role requires 5+ years in Cloud, IaC, Kubernetes, and CI/CD, with strong security and networking experience.

You will automate infrastructure, deploy secure systems, and support development and production environments. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, architects, and release managers to deliver containerized solutions using Kubernetes and Docker for

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in Azure Cloud.
• 5+ years with IaC and Terraform.
• 5+ years building and managing Kubernetes environments.
• 5+ years with Azure DevOps or other CI/CD platforms.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud security and connectivity (Key Vault, vNet, DNS, firewalls, VPN, GTM, NSG).
• Practical experience with containerization and clustering (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience building automated CI/CD pipelines with SonarQube, Fortify, Selenium.
• Excellent communicator who can influence decision makers across cross-functional teams.
• Desirable: Azure Active Directory, CAF, API Management, cloud monitoring, CDN, HA across zones/regions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy solutions that improve collaboration and productivity for development teams.
• Automate infrastructure, automate workflows, and measure/improve application performance.
• Create, maintain, and deploy secure, highly available, fault-tolerant systems at scale across on-premise and cloud-native architectures.
• Support development, testing, and production environments.
• Develop and maintain solutions for operational administration, system and data backup, disaster recovery, and security and performance monitoring.
• Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments to maximize efficiency and enable daily code deployment by delivery teams.
• Develop policies, standards, governance, and guidance for teams using the CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with architects to design scalable infrastructure and systems for complex applications.
• Collaborate with the Release Manager on release planning, including deployment steps and pre-/post-deployment activities.
• Develop and support container-based solutions using Kubernetes and Docker for Azure Cloud.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Terraform

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps/ CI-CD

Cloud security

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

SonarQube

Fortify

Selenium

Git

Job description

Howdens Joinery is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer in the UK to design, build, and operate scalable Azure cloud platforms. The role requires 5+ years in Cloud, IaC, Kubernetes, and CI/CD, with strong security and networking experience.

You will automate infrastructure, deploy secure systems, and support development and production environments. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, architects, and release managers to deliver containerized solutions using Kubernetes and Docker for