Azure Cloud Developer
Location: Basingstoke (100% onsite)
Contract: 9 Months
Rate: £600 to £675 per day
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Working Pattern: Full-time, onsite
Clearance: DV Clearance required
Azure Cloud Developer - 9-Month Contract - Up to £675 per day
Are you an experienced Azure Cloud Developer looking for your next contract opportunity?
We are seeking a highly capable Azure Cloud Developer to join a technically focused team delivering cloud-based solutions within a complex enterprise environment.
This is a hands-on development role for someone who knows the Microsoft Azure ecosystem inside out and can design, build, develop and optimise cloud-native solutions. You'll play an important role in developing robust, scalable and secure cloud services, working across the full development life cycle.
With a 9-month initial contract, an attractive day rate of up to £675 and Outside IR35 status, this is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Azure specialist.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and implement cloud-based applications and services using Microsoft Azure.
- Build and maintain scalable, secure and resilient Azure cloud solutions.
- Develop and integrate cloud services, APIs and application components.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated deployment processes.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and support DevOps practices.
- Optimise cloud performance, availability, security and cost efficiency.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide effective solutions.
- Work collaboratively with architects, engineers and wider technical teams.
- Ensure solutions follow cloud engineering best practice and security standards.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong commercial experience developing solutions within Microsoft Azure.
- Hands-on Azure development and cloud engineering experience.
- Experience with Azure services, cloud architecture and distributed applications.
- Strong programming and Scripting skills.
- Experience developing and integrating REST APIs and microservices.
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform or Bicep.
- Experience with Azure DevOps, Git and CI/CD pipelines.
- Understanding of cloud security, identity management and access controls.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
Desirable Skills
- Azure Functions and serverless development.
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerisation.
- Azure App Services and Azure Storage.
- Microsoft Entra ID.
- PowerShell, Python or C#.
- Docker and Kubernetes.
- Monitoring and observability tools.
The Opportunity
- 9-month initial contract.
- Day rate up to £675
- Outside IR35.
- Full-time onsite working in Basingstoke.
- Opportunity to work on technically challenging Azure cloud development.
If you're an experienced Azure Cloud Developer with strong hands-on Microsoft Azure development skills and are available for your next contract, we'd like to hear from you.