Azure Platform Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by La Fosse
£550 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Azure Platform Engineer role involves building, configuring, and supporting infrastructure to facilitate solution delivery across the organization. The position requires managing the full lifecycle of infrastructure components and automating deployments to ensure secure operations. The contract is for 6 months with a potential extension, and the role is hybrid, requiring three days on-site in Central London. The position is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain infrastructure setup, configuration management and deployment automation across on-prem and Azure Cloud
- Identify and troubleshoot platform-related issues, assisting in root cause analysis and finding solutions
- Monitoring the health and performance of the platform, flagging issues for further investigation
- Work on automating routine tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual efforts
- Document platform configurations, processes and troubleshooting steps to build a knowledge base for future reference
- Follow security guidelines and contribute to implementing security measures in the platform infrastructure
Key Skills:
- Proficiency in designing scalable and reliable solutions
- Strong Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools and automation
- Experience in implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid deployment
- Ability to implement observability and troubleshoot complex issues
- Experience with on-Prem Network Deployment and Automation
- Experience with Cloud Network Deployment and Automation
- Windows administration, Linux administration
- Knowledgeable in scripting and programming languages like Bash or PowerShell for automation and customisation
- Network design and troubleshooting (including DHCP)
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role Overview
Title: Azure Platform Engineer
Contract Length: 6 Months (likely to be extended) – ASAP
Start Day Rate: £500 pd to £550 pd (Outside IR35)
Hybrid: 3 days on site (Central London)
Description: We’re looking for a Platform Engineer for an Infrastructure team to build, configure, and support infrastructure that enables teams to deliver their solutions across the estate. You’ll manage the systems and their full lifecycle of infrastructure components, and automate deployments and updates to ensure we operate securely.
Requirements:
- Create and maintain infrastructure setup, configuration management and deployment automation across on-prem and Azure Cloud
- Identify and troubleshoot platform-related issues, assisting in root cause analysis and finding solutions
- Monitoring the health and performance of the platform, flagging issues for further investigation
- Work on automating routine tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual efforts
- Document platform configurations, processes and troubleshooting steps to build a knowledge base for future reference
- Follow security guidelines and contribute to implementing security measures in the platform infrastructure
Skills Essentials:
- Proficiency in designing scalable and reliable solutions
- Strong Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools and automation
- Experience in implementing and maintaining CI\CD pipelines to enable rapid deployment
- Ability to implement observability and troubleshoot complex issues
- Experience with on-Prem Network Deployment and Automation
- Experience with Cloud Network Deployment and Automation
- Windows administration, Linux administration
- Knowledgeable in scripting and programming languages like Bash or PowerShell for automation and customisation
- Network design and troubleshooting (including DHCP)