Senior Azure Platform Engineer: Own, Automate & Transform

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Azure Platform Engineer to own and evolve the Azure environment during a cloud-native transition. You will shape the platform, influence technical decisions and lead projects, with a focus on automation, IaC and engineering standards.

You'll work with Terraform/Bicep, PowerShell and Azure CLI, implementing governance and security controls while supporting modern data workloads and Fabric integration as the organisation modernises.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on Azure architecture and administration experience.
• Strong IaC and automation experience.
• Proven ability to lead cloud-based projects.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Azure platform architecture and design.
• Drive IaC adoption and automation across teams.
• Lead projects and influence cloud engineering decisions.
• Implement governance, monitoring and security controls in Azure.
• Collaborate with teams on Microsoft Fabric and data workloads.

Skills

Azure platform

IaC

DevOps

Automation

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Git CI/CD

Security governance

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure Policy

Key Vault

Job description

Yolk Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Azure Platform Engineer to own and evolve the Azure environment during a cloud-native transition. You will shape the platform, influence technical decisions and lead projects, with a focus on automation, IaC and engineering standards.

You'll work with Terraform/Bicep, PowerShell and Azure CLI, implementing governance and security controls while supporting modern data workloads and Fabric integration as the organisation modernises.