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Azure Platform Engineer

Job Posted: 2 days ago

Salary: £ 447 - 447 / Day
Job Type: Contract
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Expire in: 25 days

Job Description

Azure Platform Engineer

Location: Sheffield (3 days on-site) 
Contract Length: 3 Months+ 
Day Rate: £447 per day (Inside IR35)

Clearance: BPSS Eligible 

Your New Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to join a leading global financial services organisation.

You'll play a key role within a high-profile platform team responsible for maintaining and evolving a large-scale Azure environment that underpins critical digital services used by colleagues and customers worldwide.

This is a hands-on senior engineering position where you will act as the Azure technical authority, driving platform improvements, infrastructure automation, governance compliance, and operational excellence across a complex enterprise estate.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Extensive hands-on experience engineering and supporting Azure platforms in large-scale production environments.
Expert-level PowerShell skills with a proven track record of developing reusable automation and tooling.
Strong Azure networking knowledge, including VNets, NSGs, DNS, routing, load balancing, and hybrid connectivity.
Experience managing VM image build and release processes using technologies such as Azure Image Builder, Packer, or Shared Image Galleries.
Proven Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
Strong understanding of Azure governance, policy implementation, RBAC, managed identities, and compliance controls.
Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure, networking, and application issues within enterprise environments.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to produce technical documentation and mentor engineering teams.Desirable Skills

Azure Landing Zones and enterprise-scale architecture
Azure Policy authoring and remediation
Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
Entra ID and identity governance
Financial services or regulated industry experience
Microsoft Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-400Key Responsibilities

Manage and maintain Azure VM image build and release processes.
Implement Azure governance policies and remediate compliance issues.
Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
Create robust PowerShell automation for platform operations.
Configure and support Azure networking services.
Lead the investigation and resolution of complex production incidents.
Work closely with platform, application, and cybersecurity teams to improve platform capability and resilience.What You'll Get in Return

Competitive day rate of £447 per day (Inside IR35)
Opportunity to work within a large-scale, enterprise Azure environment
Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days on-site in Sheffield
Exposure to cutting-edge cloud technologies and large-scale digital transformation initiativesWhat You Need to Do NowIf you're interested in this role, click 'Apply Now' to submit your application, or contact the Hays Technology team for a confidential discussion regarding your career.

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