Senior Platform Engineer (Azure)

Yolk Recruitment Limited; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced Azure Engineer, Cloud Engineer or Platform Engineer to own and evolve a growing Microsoft Azure estate. This is a hands-on senior role with direct involvement in architecture and deployment across Azure services.

You will drive automation and infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or Bicep, PowerShell and Azure CLI, with a focus on security, RBAC, governance and monitoring. Experience with Fabric and data platform workloads is a bonus.

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Azure architecture and administration.
• Strong hands-on Azure networking, identity and RBAC.
• Experience with Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Proficient with PowerShell and Azure CLI.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Git for CI/CD.
• Knowledge of Azure security, governance and monitoring.
• DevOps engineering practices and automation experience.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric and data platforms is a bonus.
• Exposure to Entra ID, Defender, Purview or Power Platform is useful.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of engineering across a growing Azure estate.
• Design and improve Azure infrastructure, networking, identity and security.
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Work with Terraform and/or Bicep, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Git and CI/CD.
• Implement Azure governance, monitoring and security controls.
• Support the engineering platform behind Microsoft Fabric and modern data workloads.
• Lead technical projects and influence cloud architecture decisions.
• Help replace legacy and manual processes with modern, automated solutions.
• Act as a senior technical escalation point for the platforms we build.

Skills

Azure technology

Cloud engineering

DevOps practices

RBAC

Automation

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Git

CI/CD

Azure Policy

Key Vault

Private Endpoints

Defender

Fabric

Databricks

Job description

Salary: £56,000 - 96,000 per year

Requirements

• We are looking for an experienced Azure Engineer, Cloud Engineer or Platform Engineer with strong hands-on Microsoft Azure experience.
• We ideally want experience across Azure architecture and administration.
• We ideally want experience across Azure networking, identity and RBAC.
• We ideally want experience with Terraform and/or Bicep.
• We ideally want experience with PowerShell and Azure CLI.
• We ideally want experience with Infrastructure as Code.
• We ideally want experience with Git and CI/CD.
• We ideally want experience with Azure security, governance and monitoring.
• We ideally want experience with automation and DevOps engineering practices.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric would be a big advantage, but it is not essential.
• Experience with Azure Databricks, Synapse, Data Lake, data pipelines or lakehouse architectures would also be valuable.
• Exposure to Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Defender, Purview or Power Platform would also be useful.

Responsibilities

• We will take ownership of engineering across a growing Microsoft Azure estate.
• We will design and improve Azure infrastructure, networking, identity and security.
• We will drive greater adoption of Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• We will work with Terraform and/or Bicep, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Git and CI/CD.
• We will implement Azure governance, monitoring and security controls.
• We will work with technologies including Azure Policy, Key Vault, Private Endpoints and Defender.
• We will support the engineering platform behind Microsoft Fabric and modern data workloads.
• We will lead technical projects and influence cloud architecture decisions.
• We will help replace legacy and manual processes with modern, automated solutions.
• We will act as a senior technical escalation point for the platforms we build.

Technologies

• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Databricks
• DevOps
• Fabric
• Git
• Support
• Microsoft 365
• PowerShell
• RBAC
• Security
• Terraform
• Office 365

More

We are going through a significant technology transformation, moving towards a predominantly cloud-native environment built around Azure and the wider Microsoft ecosystem. This is a genuinely hands‑on senior engineering role with real technical ownership, direct involvement in architecture and the freedom to improve how cloud infrastructure is engineered and deployed. We also offer exposure to Microsoft Fabric and modern data platforms as they become an increasingly important part of our technology estate, plus a senior technical career path without having to move into people management.

last updated 40 week of 2026