Azure Cloud Engineer

Azure Cloud Engineer | £65,000 - £70,000 | Hybrid (2-3 Days Per Month) | Thames Valley

I'm excited to be partnering exclusively with an established organisation operating within the UK's utilities sector as they continue to invest heavily in their Digital & Cloud capability.

This is an opportunity to join a business playing a critical role in supporting the UK's evolving energy infrastructure. They're undergoing significant digital transformation and are looking for an Azure Cloud Engineer to help build, secure and operate the cloud platform that powers a real-time, business-critical environment.

What you'll be doing

• Designing and implementing Azure infrastructure using Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Building and managing Azure services including IoT Hub, Service Bus/Event Hubs, Azure Functions, App Services and Storage.
• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure Dev Ops and/or Git Hub Actions.
• Supporting real-time data pipelines and event-driven architectures.
• Monitoring and optimising cloud performance, reliability and cost.
• Embedding secure-by-design principles across Azure environments.
• Managing RBAC, Managed Identities, Azure Key Vault and cloud security best practice.
• Supporting deployments across multiple production environments and regions.
• Collaborating closely with software, data and infrastructure teams to deliver a resilient cloud platform.

What we're looking for

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Azure Dev Ops and/or Git Hub Actions.
• Experience with Azure IoT Hub, Service Bus/Event Hubs, Azure Functions and App Services.
• Experience building or supporting event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of production monitoring, alerting and cloud reliability.
• Strong understanding of Azure security, governance and access management.

Desirable

• Docker or containerisation experience.
• Exposure to time-series databases such as QuestDB or InfluxDB.
• Experience working with IoT platforms or industrial systems.
• Previous experience within utilities, infrastructure, manufacturing or other regulated industries.
• Azure certifications including AZ-104, AZ-500, AZ-204, AZ-305 or AZ-400.

What's on offer?

• £65,000-£70,000 basic salary.
• Hybrid working with just 2-3 office days per month.
• The opportunity to work on large-scale cloud infrastructure supporting critical UK infrastructure.
• A collaborative engineering environment with significant investment in cloud technologies.
• Excellent long-term career progression as the technology function continues to grow.

If you're an Azure Cloud Engineer looking to work on modern Azure technologies, complex cloud infrastructure and projects that genuinely make a difference, I'd be keen to speak with you. Apply today or send me a direct message for a confidential conversation.