Senior Azure Platform Engineer

Role Title: Senior Azure Platform Engineer

Location: Sheffield (3 days onsite)

Rate: Inside IR35 £500.00 - £525.00 pd

We're seeking a Senior Azure Platform Engineer to take ownership of a large-scale Azure platform supporting critical digital services. This is a hands‑on role for an experienced Azure specialist who thrives on automation, cloud governance, and solving complex infrastructure challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Azure platform, ensuring security, stability, and compliance.
• Manage VM image build and release processes, including patching, testing, and deployment.
• Implement Azure Policy and governance controls, driving compliance across the estate.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, Terraform, or ARM.
• Build enterprise‑grade PowerShell automation and tooling.
• Configure and troubleshoot Azure networking, including VNets, NSGs, DNS, private endpoints, load balancing, and routing.
• Lead the resolution of complex platform incidents across infrastructure, networking, and applications.
• Mentor engineers, provide technical leadership, and contribute to engineering best practices.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong hands‑on experience managing Azure platforms in production environments.
• Deep knowledge of Azure compute, storage, networking, identity, governance, ARM, RBAC, and managed identities.
• Expert PowerShell automation skills.
• Experience with VM image management using Azure Image Builder, Packer, or Shared Image Gallery.
• Proven Infrastructure as Code experience with Bicep, Terraform, or ARM.
• Strong Azure networking and troubleshooting expertise.
• Experience implementing governance and compliance controls at scale.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and mentoring skills.

Desirable

• Azure Landing Zones and enterprise‑scale architecture.
• Azure Policy authoring and remediation.
• Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Entra ID and advanced RBAC experience.
• Experience working within regulated environments.
• Azure certifications such as AZ‑104, AZ‑305, or AZ‑400.

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