Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Moneycorp; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global payments company in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to enhance Azure platform services and lead automation initiatives. The position involves operational ownership, project delivery, and collaboration with DevOps teams to ensure stability and compliance. The ideal candidate has experience with Azure, Windows, and Linux systems, as well as knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform. This role offers an opportunity to shape the company's technology strategy in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Inclusive workplace culture

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud operations and infrastructure on Azure.
• Strong Windows and Linux administration skills.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Operate and improve Azure platform services.
• Implement security and reliability patterns.
• Contribute to the development of reusable platform modules.

Skills

Azure platform operations

Windows Server administration

Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform

Configuration-as-Code with Ansible

Scripting with PowerShell

CI/CD using Azure DevOps

Azure networking fundamentals

Container exposure

Observability and reliability

Cost optimisation practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure DevOps

Bicep

Job description

Welcome to Moneycorp

We’re delighted you’re interested in being a part of Moneycorp.

In the last decade, Moneycorp has transformed from a largely domestic, consumer-focused provider of foreign exchange to an end-to-end global payments’ ecosystem.

With two banking licenses and operations across the entire value chain of the international payments and foreign exchange sectors, we enable businesses, institutions, and individuals to thrive beyond borders.

We help our clients realise their growth ambitions by providing them with worldwide reach, relentless regulatory excellence, and tailored, relevant solutions that resiliently optimise their financial operations.

We’re fervent about pursuing our goals, making substantial contributions to the payments industry, and consistently offering unwavering support to our clients at every stage of their journey.

Moneycorp is a place where energy, commitment to our shared success and collaboration are core to our DNA. We’re restless in our drive to surpass the expectations of our clients and unlock opportunities to support them at every stage of their journey.

The foundation of our success is our people, and nurturing a culture of belonging for all of our colleagues is central to our journey as a global business.

Find out more about Moneycorp’s offering, global footprint and capabilities here: About Us | moneycorp

Your Next Challenge

Our Technology Journey:

We’re at an exciting stage in our evolution. Having built strong foundations in traditional infrastructure and networking, we’re now moving towards a cloud-native future – re‑imagining how we design, build, and run platforms that scale with the business. This is more than a technology shift – it’s a strategic transformation.

We’re modernising core services, adopting automation and DevOps practices, and building resilient, secure platforms ready for the future.

Why This Matters For You:

Joining us now means you’ll help shape our direction, not just maintain it. You’ll influence how we evolve from IaaS to cloud-native, work with modern technologies, and contribute to a collaborative team driving change. This journey will bring challenges, but with challenge comes opportunity – for innovation, for growth, and for making a lasting impact.

As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, you’ll take ownership of day‑to‑day operations, and deliver impactful projects across Azure and IaaS (Windows and Linux). You’ll enhance landing zones, build reusable modules, and drive automation to strengthen our cloud platform. Working closely with DevOps and SRE teams, you’ll implement secure, reliable, and cost‑efficient patterns, while mentoring engineers and promoting best practices. Your focus will be high‑quality execution, ensuring stability, performance, and compliance, while contributing to continuous improvement and collaborating across teams to deliver a scalable, resilient platform that powers business growth and innovation

Key Responsibilities

Operational Ownership (BAU)

• Operate and improve Azure platform services and IaaS workloads across Windows and Linux for stability, performance, and compliance
• Implement hardening baselines and patch orchestration, and maintain desired state with DSC or Ansible
• Enforce secure RBAC, Azure Policy, and identity patterns with AAD and PIM across subscriptions and management groups
• Own observability runbooks and baselines, including alerting, metrics, logs, dashboards, backups, and DR drills to reduce MTTR
• Administer Windows Server (AD, GPO, IIS) and provide Linux support including systemd, patching, and log management

Project Delivery and Engineering

• Contribute to landing zones and reusable platform modules using Bicep and Terraform
• Implement secure connectivity per the platform blueprint: hub‑and‑spoke or vWAN, Private Endpoints, DNS, and hybrid links via ExpressRoute or VPN
• Support VMware‑to‑Azure migrations from readiness through cutover, rollback, and DR patterns
• Deliver CI/CD pipeline templates in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions with policy gates, secrets scanning, and SBOM generation
• Enable the Internal Developer Platform to support IaC/CaC‑based self‑service environment provisioning

Security, Reliability & Cost Controls

• Embed secure‑by‑default patterns, integrate Defender and Conditional Access, and shift‑left security for images and IaC in pipelines
• Apply SRE practices such as SLOs and error budgets, and codify operability standards for new capabilities
• Support FinOps guardrails with tagging, budgets, and alerts; analyse usage and implement cost optimisations without impacting SLAs

Collaboration, Mentoring and Governance

• Mentor and coach platform engineers through pairing, PR reviews, runbook creation, and knowledge sharing
• Partner with DevOps and SRE to standardise container and registry patterns for AKS or ARO, deployments, and environment parity across stages
• Contribute to technical governance forums, propose incremental improvements, and document decisions and reusable patterns
• Collaborate with Principals and architecture boards on architectural approvals where required

Skills, Qualifications and Experience Required

• Azure platform operations across enterprise IaaS and PaaS, including landing zones, subscriptions, RBAC, policy, and governance
• Strong Windows Server administration (AD, GPO, IIS) with practical Linux experience (RHEL/Ubuntu) for broader support
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code with Terraform and/or Bicep, using reusable modules and Git‑based workflows
• Configuration‑as‑Code with Ansible and/or DSC to maintain hardened, compliant desired state
• Automation and scripting with PowerShell and Bash, with Python desirable for tooling
• CI/CD using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, including quality gates, secrets/security scanning, and SBOM generation
• Azure networking fundamentals: VNets, vWAN, ExpressRoute, VPN, Private Endpoints, and DNS, plus hybrid connectivity patterns
• Containers and Kubernetes exposure (AKS or ARO), image registry practices, and environment provisioning/on‑demand environments
• Observability and reliability: monitoring, logging, alerting baselines, SRE concepts (SLOs, error budgets), backup/DR, and patch orchestration
• Security and compliance: Zero Trust, identity and access management (AAD, PIM), and integration with Defender and vulnerability scanning
• Cost optimisation using FinOps practices, tagging strategies, budgeting, and guardrails

Desirable (not essential)

• Experience supporting VMware‑to‑Azure migration
• Any experience working with Temenos or similar core banking platforms would be advantageous

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Desirable (not essential): Relevant Azure certifications – Microsoft Azure Administrator AZ 104, Azure Solutions Architect/Identity/Security (AZ-305/AZ-500), DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400), FinOps Certified Practitioner, ITIL 4 Foundation

Interested

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Fostering a culture of belonging and inclusivity

We’re committed to creating a workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and included. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we actively cultivate an inclusive culture where diversity thrives, and we empower our colleagues to drive meaningful change within our organisation through initiatives like our DE&I focus groups and value champion network.

Like many of our peers, we recognise that fostering inclusivity is an ongoing journey, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to progress. By measuring our efforts through regular assessments and listening to the feedback of our employees, we strive to ensure that our initiatives are impactful and responsive to the evolving needs of our workforce.

Together, we want to build a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, as we believe this is the foundation of innovation, creativity, and collective success.

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