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Azure Cloud Platform Engineer @ Rise Technical Recruitment

Milton Keynes, England, GBOnsiteFull-time
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Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

  • Proven experience building Azure platforms and migrating applications or services into public cloud
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform or Bicep and CI/CD pipelines
  • Strong understanding of Azure networking, identity, cloud security and Zero Trust principles
  • Experience working in secure environments, with knowledge of NCSC, GDS and relevant UK government security frameworks
  • Comfortable working in Agile teams and communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Able to attend the Milton Keynes site three days per week
  • SC clearance required
  • Experience with Azure Migrate, AKS, App Service, Functions, Logic Apps or Container Apps is beneficial
  • Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305 or AZ-400, and knowledge of AWS, are desirable

Responsibilities

  • Design, build and maintain Azure landing zones, infrastructure and cloud services
  • Support application and infrastructure discovery, migration readiness assessments, and migration into Azure
  • Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Bicep
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps toolchains
  • Configure Azure networking, identity and access, monitoring, security logging, backup and recovery
  • Support application modernisation using Azure PaaS, containers and serverless services
  • Troubleshoot complex technical issues and improve platform performance, reliability and cost efficiency
  • Ensure delivery meets relevant UK government security requirements and technical standards
  • Provide technical advice to project teams and stakeholders

Technologies

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud
  • DevSecOps
  • Support
  • PaaS
  • Security
  • Serverless
  • Terraform
  • DevOps

More

We are recruiting for an Azure Cloud Platform Engineer to join a major digital transformation programme delivering Azure cloud services as part of a three-year technology and cyber security strategy. The role covers cloud readiness, platform build, application migration and ongoing platform support. It is an initial six-month contract with potential for extension, based in Milton Keynes with three days on site per week. The advertised rate is £(Apply online only) per day (Umbrella/Inside IR35); the final rate will depend on experience, qualifications and skills and will be determined by the end client. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates and are an equal opportunities company.

last updated 45 week of 2026

Skills

AzureTerraformBicepCI/CDDevSecOpsAzure networkingZero TrustSC clearanceAzure MigrationAKSApp Servicefunction

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