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We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Platform Engineer to drive critical platform and connectivity uplifts within our Microsoft Azure environment. This is a broad cloud platform role with a strong networking flavour: you’ll modernise legacy infrastructure, take applications that were originally “lifted and shifted” and re-architect them into true cloud-native solutions, and along the way design and uplift the secure, scalable Azure networking foundations those workloads run on. You will work in a high-demand, high-throughput, highly regulated environment, leveraging your deep Azure knowledge to increase availability, streamline services, strengthen connectivity, and reduce operational costs.
If you’re a strong Azure platform engineer who enjoys getting into the networking layer — or a networking-leaning engineer who wants to broaden into cloud-native platform work — this role is built for you.
Key Responsibilities
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Platform Uplift: Lead the transformation of legacy, lift-and-shift environments into modern, scalable cloud architectures using Azure.
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Cloud Networking & Connectivity: Design, build, and uplift core Azure networking — hub-and-spoke topologies, ExpressRoute, VPN/site-to-site connectivity, Azure Firewall, NSGs/UDRs, DNS, and load balancing – to keep high-throughput workloads secure, performant, and well-connected.
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High-Performance Engineering: Design and maintain Azure environments capable of handling high Transactions Per Second (TPS) loads seamlessly.
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Cloud Optimisation: Leverage native Azure capabilities (e.g., AKS, Azure Functions) to streamline operations, reduce compute costs, and drive system efficiency.
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Landing Zones & Governance: Build and uplift Azure Landing Zones (Cloud Adoption Framework), using management groups, Azure Policy, and RBAC to enforce guardrails as code and maintain continuous compliance.
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Containers & Orchestration: Design and operate Kubernetes workloads (AKS), including container networking, to run platform services reliably at scale.
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CI/CD & Automation: Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation that deliver platform and network changes safely and repeatably.
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Secure by Design: Embed zero-trust principles, segmentation, and secure perimeter controls into platform and network design, partnering with security teams on policy and firewall workflows.
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Infrastructure as Code: Deliver platform and network changes through Terraform with peer-reviewed, version-controlled, automated pipelines.
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Migrations: Support and execute complex environment migrations with minimal disruption to business operations.
What We Want From You
- Deep expertise in Azure products and services, with a proven track record of cost and performance optimisation.
- Experience engineering and operating high-performance platforms with high TPS loads.
- Solid hands-on Azure networking skills — hub-and-spoke, ExpressRoute, VPN/site-to-site, Azure Firewall, NSGs/UDRs, DNS, and load balancing — or a genuine appetite to grow deep in this area.
- Experience delivering infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred) through automated, peer-reviewed pipelines.
- Network security and zero-trust experience, ideally in a regulated/finance environment.
- Hands-on experience with Azure Landing Zones / Cloud Adoption Framework, Kubernetes (AKS), and configuring CI/CD pipelines.
Nice to Have (Bonus)
- Bonus: AWS cloud and deployment experience.
- Bonus: Proven experience executing complex environment migrations.
- Bonus: Experience designing architectures that achieve 5 9s availability.
What We Offer
- Meaningful, hands-on engineering work across complex, enterprise-grade platforms and networks.
- Clear growth pathways from Staff and beyond.
- A low-ceremony, delivery-focused environment that values engineers who own outcomes.
- Competitive remuneration and benefits.
- The opportunity to work alongside highly experienced engineers on challenging, high-impact systems.
