Senior Cloud Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer | Azure | AI | Microsoft Fabric | Dev Sec Ops

Salary: £70,000-£80,000

Remote:

No Sponsorship Option:

I'm working with an innovative, technology‑led organisation that's investing heavily in AI, cloud, and data platforms to build the next generation of enterprise applications. As they scale from proof of concept into fully governed production environments, they're looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping their Azure platform.

This is an opportunity to join a business where cloud engineering is at the heart of product delivery. You'll help design, build, and evolve the Azure platform that supports AI services, business applications, and modern data solutions, ensuring everything is secure, scalable, observable, and production‑ready.

Working closely with software engineers, data specialists, and business application teams, you'll own the platform foundations that enable reliable delivery across Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI services, Dynamics 365, and the Power Platform.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Designing and improving Azure platform architecture, governance, networking, identity, and environment strategy.
• Building Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and/or Terraform
  .
• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions
  .
• Embedding Dev Sec Ops  practices including security scanning, policy checks, release gates, and automated deployments.
• Implementing monitoring and observability using tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics
  , and Datadog
  .
• Driving platform reliability, incident response improvements, and operational excellence.
• Supporting governance, compliance, and security initiatives within a regulated environment.
• Producing technical documentation, architecture standards, and operational runbooks.

You’ll have strong experience in a Cloud, Platform, or Dev Ops Engineering role with a focus on Microsoft Azure.

Key skills include:

• Azure PaaS services including Azure Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid, Key Vault
  , and Azure Monitor.
• Infrastructure as Code with Bicep and/or Terraform
  .
• CI/CD pipeline design using Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions.
• Azure identity, Entra , RBAC, Managed Identities, and cloud security best practices.
• Dev Sec Ops  tooling including secrets management, dependency scanning, and policy‑as‑code.
• Experience supporting enterprise Microsoft platforms including Dynamics 365 Sales
  , Dataverse
  , and Power Platform ALM.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, security, IT, and business stakeholders.

Experience with any of the following would be a significant advantage:

• Microsoft Fabric or Azure Data Lake
• Azure AI Foundry or Azure OpenAI services
• Datadog, Grafana, or Dynatrace
• Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, or Microsoft Sentinel
• Financial services or other regulated environments
• Microsoft certifications including AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-400

This is an opportunity to influence the design of a modern Azure platform from the ground up while working with the latest Microsoft cloud, AI, and data technologies. You'll join a collaborative engineering environment where platform excellence, automation, and innovation are genuine priorities.

If you're an experienced Azure Platform Engineer looking for a role where you can make a real impact, I'd be keen to speak with you.