Senior Platform Engineer (AI)

VIQU IT; Leicester Forest East; Ibrido; GBP 92.000 - 111.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

VIQU IT is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer (AI) to design and evolve a new AI Platform on Azure. You will build cloud foundations, governance and automation to securely deploy AI workloads.

Responsibilities include implementing landing zones, Terraform modules, and container platforms. You will mentor engineers and drive best practices in a hybrid East Midlands setting.

Competenze

• Experience designing enterprise Microsoft Azure platforms and landing zones.
• Strong IaC and reusable Terraform modules experience.
• Hands-on with AKS and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Security and zero-trust controls across cloud platforms.

Mansioni

• Design and maintain Azure landing zones and cloud foundations.
• Develop Terraform modules and deployment frameworks.
• Deliver secure, scalable container platforms using AKS and ACR.
• Implement cloud networking and governance controls.
• Support AI platform deployment with observability and guardrails.
• Mentor engineers and promote cloud engineering best practices.

Conoscenze

Azure Landing Zones

Governance frameworks

Cloud foundations

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

AKS

Kubernetes

Azure Container Apps

Azure Container Registry

Azure DevOps

Azure networking

ExpressRoute

RBAC

Zero-trust

Observability

FinOps

n8n

Vector databases

Strumenti

Terraform

AKS

Azure Container Apps

Azure Container Registry

Azure DevOps

ExpressRoute

Private Endpoints

DNS

NSGs

Azure Firewall

Descrizione del lavoro

Senior Platform Engineer (AI) - 6 Month Initial Contract - Hybrid / East Midlands - Outside IRR35

VIQU are supporting a large organisation who are seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer (AI) to support the build and evolution of a new AI Platform. This role will focus on designing, implementing and maintaining the foundational cloud infrastructure, governance controls and automation capabilities that enable the secure deployment and scaling of AI solutions across the organisation.

Senior Platform Engineer (AI): Role Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain Azure landing zones, cloud foundations and platform services that support enterprise AI and cloud workloads.
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules, Infrastructure-as-Code standards and automated deployment frameworks.
• Deliver secure, scalable container-based platforms using AKS, Azure Container Apps and Azure Container Registry.
• Implement cloud networking, security, identity and governance controls in line with enterprise best practices and zero-trust principles.
• Support the implementation of AI solutions by introducing platform guardrails, observability, monitoring and operational controls.
• Collaborate with architects, developers and stakeholders whilst mentoring engineers and promoting cloud engineering best practices across the team.

Senior Platform Engineer (AI): Key Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience designing and supporting enterprise Microsoft Azure platforms, including Azure Landing Zones, governance frameworks and cloud foundations.
• Strong Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise, including the development of reusable modules, templates and platform standards.
• Hands-on experience with AKS, Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps and Azure Container Registry.
• Strong Azure networking experience, including Virtual Networks, ExpressRoute, DNS, Private Endpoints, NSGs, ASGs and Azure Firewall.
• Experience delivering CI/CD pipelines, platform automation and cloud engineering best practices using Azure DevOps, scripting and automation tooling.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, Entra ID, RBAC, identity management and zero-trust access control models.
• Experience working with modern AI platform technologies, including areas such as vector databases, MCP integrations, observability, FinOps, GCP and workflow orchestration tools such as n8n.

Contract details:

• Role: Senior Platform Engineer (AI)
• Duration: 6 months initial with scope to extend
• IR35: Outside
• Rate:£500 - £600 per day
• Location: Hybrid / Leicester