Azure Platform Engineer

Introduction

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, build, and maintain secure Azure cloud infrastructure across networking, compute, storage, databases, and container platforms.
• Develop and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments to support resilient, scalable application deployments.
• Architect and support hybrid and multi-cloud connectivity solutions, including VPNs, routing, and wide-area network integrations.
• Implement cloud security best practices, ensuring platforms remain secure, compliant, and operationally robust.
• Lead the development of CI/CD pipelines, enabling efficient and reliable software delivery.
• Use Infrastructure as Code and automation to improve consistency, reduce manual effort, and enhance platform reliability.
• Deliver monitoring and observability solutions that provide visibility into platform health and performance.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, delivery teams, and stakeholders to design and implement effective technical solutions.
• Manage source control and repository platforms to support development workflows and collaboration.
• Provide technical guidance to development teams on platform capabilities, standards, and best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on scalability, maintainability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, helping shape future platform capabilities.

Main Skills Needed

• Proven experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or similar roles.
• Strong expertise across Microsoft Azure services, architecture, administration, and cloud operations.
• Azure certifications such as AZ-104 and AZ-305 would be highly beneficial.
• Deep understanding of Azure networking, including Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways, BGP routing, NSGs, and Private Endpoints.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration technologies.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code capability using Terraform and related HashiCorp tooling.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or equivalent.
• Solid understanding of Git, version control practices, and repository management.
• Strong automation mindset with a track record of improving platform efficiency and reliability.
• Knowledge of cloud security principles and secure-by-design approaches.
• Exposure to JFrog tooling, Coder, AWS, or Google Cloud would be advantageous.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills.
• What’s in It for You
• Work on projects with genuine operational impact within Defence and National Security.
• Join a highly collaborative team of technology specialists, architects, and engineers.
• Exposure to complex technical challenges across cloud, security, automation, and platform engineering.
• Hybrid working model offering flexibility and balance.
• Opportunity to influence platform strategy and engineering best practices.
• Ongoing learning and development within a business that values innovation and continuous improvement.
• Be part of an organisation where technical expertise, curiosity, and ownership are genuinely encouraged.
• Big plans.
• Big impact.
• Ready to be part of it?
• We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
• We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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