Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (Azure)

TL;DR

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (Azure): Designing, building, and governing a large-scale Azure environment for a greenfield platform with an accent on automation, security, and FinOps. Focus on driving Infrastructure as Code adoption, optimizing cloud spend, and ensuring operational excellence for business-critical infrastructure.

Location: Hybrid in Manchester (2 days/week)

Salary: £500–£550 per day (Outside IR35)

Company

hirify.global is a recruitment partner specializing in technical and engineering placements.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate scalable Azure cloud platforms.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Bicep.
• Improve cloud security, compliance, and platform governance.
• Optimize Azure spend through active FinOps practices.
• Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Support containerized infrastructure and improve monitoring and observability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a senior Cloud Platform, DevOps, or SRE role.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure.
• Strong knowledge of Azure networking (VNETs, WAF, Load Balancers, ExpressRoute).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Bicep) and scripting (PowerShell or Bash).
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipeline management.
• Strong understanding of Azure security, identity, and compliance frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Contract role outside IR35.
• Opportunity to shape a major greenfield platform from the ground up.
• High level of ownership over architecture, security, and reliability.
• Collaborative environment working with architects and product teams.