Senior Cloud Engineer

Janus Henderson; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid role

Health benefits

Annual bonus

Pension

Professional development

Lunch allowance

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Janus Henderson is seeking a senior Azure Cloud Engineer in Greater London to lead hands-on cloud delivery within our Cloud COE. You will architect and operate Azure infrastructure, AKS clusters, and enterprise landing zones, while driving automation and governance across hybrid estates.

The role emphasizes strong scripting, CI/CD expertise, and collaboration with Security, Architecture, and Platform Engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on cloud engineering with Microsoft Azure.
• Terraform module design, pipelines, and governance.
• Deep knowledge of core Azure services: compute, storage, networking, identity.
• Hands-on with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Experience with Azure networking (VNet, DNS, Private Endpoints, ExpressRoute/VPN).
• Entra ID and RBAC experience.
• Experience supporting BAU operations, incident management, and troubleshooting.
• Strong scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• CI/CD pipelines using GitHub or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of cloud security, governance, and enterprise-scale environments.
• Desirable: AVS, Azure Arc, FinOps, and related certifications.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, and manage Azure infrastructure services (compute, storage, networking, backup).
• Support deployment of enterprise landing zones, shared services, and workloads.
• Implement cloud solutions aligned to architecture patterns and standards.
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules and reusable components.
• Deliver provisioning via CI/CD pipelines using GitHub or Azure DevOps.
• Ensure deployments are version-controlled, policy-compliant, and auditable.
• Manage drift detection, environment consistency, and release governance.
• Work hands-on across Azure subscriptions, RBAC, policy, VMs, storage, DR, Monitor.
• Deploy, configure, and support AKS clusters; manage scaling and upgrades.
• Support container platform operations, monitoring, and reliability.

Skills

Azure

AKS

Networking

RBAC

CI/CD

PowerShell

Python

Automation

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Job description

Salary: £80,000 - 83,000 per year

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience with Microsoft Azure
• Strong Terraform experience, including module design, pipelines, and governance
• Deep knowledge of core Azure services, including compute, storage, networking, and identity
• Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Hands-on experience with Azure networking, including VNet, DNS, Private Endpoints, and ExpressRoute/VPN
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID and RBAC
• Experience supporting BAU operations, incident management, and troubleshooting
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub or Azure DevOps
• Understanding of cloud security and governance best practices
• Experience working in enterprise-scale environments
• Experience with Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is a plus
• Experience with Azure Arc is a plus
• Exposure to FinOps or cost optimization practices is a plus
• AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-700, or Terraform certification is a plus
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments is a plus

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, and manage Azure infrastructure services, including compute, storage, networking, backup, and platform services
• Support deployment of enterprise landing zones, shared services, and workload environments
• Implement cloud solutions aligned to architecture patterns and enterprise standards
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules and reusable infrastructure components
• Deliver infrastructure provisioning via CI/CD pipelines using GitHub or Azure DevOps
• Ensure infrastructure deployments are consistent, version-controlled, and policy-compliant
• Manage drift detection, environment consistency, and release governance
• Work hands-on across Azure subscriptions, management groups, RBAC, policy, virtual machines, storage, backup, DR, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, private endpoints, and secure service exposure
• Deploy, configure, and support AKS clusters
• Manage cluster scaling, patching, upgrades, and networking integration
• Support container platform operations, including monitoring and reliability
• Collaborate with application teams for containerised workload deployments
• Support AVS environments, including connectivity, operations, and monitoring
• Assist with workload migrations and integration with Azure-native services
• Implement and manage Azure Arc-enabled servers and services
• Apply governance, policy, and monitoring across hybrid estates
• Configure and manage VNets, NSGs, UDRs, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, private endpoints, and DNS
• Troubleshoot hybrid connectivity and latency issues
• Support secure network design and segmentation
• Support Microsoft Entra ID configurations and integrations
• Implement RBAC, SSO, and least privilege access models
• Assist with security controls, compliance policies, and remediation activities
• Support BAU cloud operations across environments
• Monitor cloud services using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and alerting tools
• Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement fixes
• Maintain platform stability, uptime, and service performance
• Work closely with Cloud COE, Platform Engineering, Security, and Architecture teams
• Contribute to internal architecture boards, reusable templates, standards, and best practices
• Drive an automation-first mindset and continuous improvement

Technologies

• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• GitHub
• Incident Management
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Network
• PowerShell
• Python
• RBAC
• Security
• Terraform
• VPN
• VMware
• ASP.NET
• Architect

More

We are Janus Henderson Investors, and our mission is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We are guided by our values: Clients Come First, Execution Supersedes Intention, Together We Win, Diversity Improves Results, and Truth Builds Trust. This is a hybrid, individual contributor role within our Cloud COE, offering high technical ownership, exposure to enterprise architecture and strategic cloud programmes, and opportunities to progress toward Tech Lead or Staff Engineer. We offer generous holiday policies, excellent health and wellbeing benefits, paid volunteer time, professional development and certifications, parental leave benefits, access to Headspace, employee events and networking opportunities, subsidised lunch allowance, annual bonus opportunity, competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. We are committed to an inclusive and supportive environment and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.

last updated 36 week of 2026