Jobs in London - Azure Platform Engineer • Central London

Company: Data Careers

Central London

Azure Platform Engineer6 Month ContractLocation: London / Home (2 days a week onsite)Rate: £550 per day (Inside IR35) Skills: Azure, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI / CD Pipelines, SC Clearance We are looking to recruit an SC Cleared Azure Platform Engineer for a leading IT consultancy. This is a hybrid role and you will be required to work on site in Central London 2 days per week. The Engineer will be responsible for maintaining, developing, and supporting a critical Azure Core Platform and live Azure applications. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working across both DevOps engineering and Azure/.NET web application development in a dynamic enterprise environment. Key Responsibilities Maintain and develop the Azure Core Platform, ensuring high levels of reliability, performance, and security. Support and enhance live Azure applications, including infrastructure activities. Ensure environment readiness for all programme phases: development, testing, training, cutover, go-live, and Hypercare support. Apply DevOps best practices, enabling automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code. Skills & Experience Deep knowledge of Azure computing, storage, monitoring, logging, auditing, and security services. Certified or demonstrable experience with Azure cloud platforms in a production environment. Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and configuration management. Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (Git preferred). Experience of Windows and Linux administration. Familiarity with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework. (Desirable) Experience managing Kubernetes environments and containerised solutions (Azure Kubernetes Service).