Cloud Engineering Lead (Azure) - Birmingham (Hybrid) - £850 PD

Cloud Engineering Lead (Azure) - Birmingham (Hybrid) - £850 PD

Posted 2 days ago by Eames Consulting

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£850 Per day
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Summary: The Cloud Engineering Lead (Azure) role in Birmingham is a pivotal position focused on leading cloud strategy and modernization efforts for a specialist insurer during a paternity leave cover. The position requires a blend of technical expertise in Azure, Terraform, and DevOps, along with strong leadership skills to mentor a team of engineers. The role involves designing secure Azure infrastructures, implementing CI/CD practices, and ensuring compliance and cost optimization. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in cloud services and a strategic mindset to drive the company's cloud initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead Cloud Strategy & Execution: Own and evolve the cloud adoption and modernization roadmap.
  • Architect Scalable Infrastructure: Design and implement secure, multi-region Azure environments using Terraform.
  • Champion DevOps & GitOps: Enforce CI/CD best practices, GitHub Actions pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code standards.
  • Security & Compliance: Implement strong security postures using RBAC, PIM, Azure Policies, and Defender for Cloud.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with InfoSec, networking, and platform teams to ensure seamless delivery.
  • Production Troubleshooting: Resolve complex issues across infrastructure, networking, and security layers.
  • FinOps & Cost Optimisation: Monitor cloud spend, implement tagging strategies, and support financial tracking.
  • Team Leadership: Mentor a team of 6 engineers, lead code reviews, unblock delivery, and uphold engineering excellence.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Represent the cloud team to senior stakeholders, manage escalations, and align with business goals.
  • AI/ML Enablement: Prototype and deploy AI workloads using Azure OpenAI and ML endpoints.
  • Observability & Monitoring: Build dashboards and alerts using Azure Monitor, KQL, and SIEM tools.

Key Skills:

  • Deep expertise in Azure cloud services and architecture.
  • Strong Terraform skills (modular, reusable, production-grade code).
  • Experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Familiarity with AKS, Azure Container Apps, and Docker.
  • Strong understanding of cloud security (RBAC, PIM, Key Vault, Defender, Policies).
  • Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and KQL.
  • Proven leadership and mentoring experience in engineering teams.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and networking issues.

Salary (Rate): £850 daily

City: Birmingham

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Cloud Engineering Lead (Azure) - Birmingham (2 to 3 days per week) Azure, Terraform, AKS, GitHub, Docker etc. Infra & DevOps skills + Architecture on the same tech stack Insurer - ideally someone with insurance experience. Contract - 6 months / Birmingham (2 to 3 days per week in the office) £850 per day inside IR35

My client is a leading Specialist Insurer and they are seeking an experienced and versatile Cloud Engineering Lead to step into a pivotal role for paternity leave cover. This is a high-impact position responsible for leading my client's cloud strategy, driving modernisation efforts, and ensuring the secure, scalable, and cost-effective operation of their Azure-based infrastructure.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead Cloud Strategy & Execution : Own and evolve our cloud adoption and modernisation roadmap.
  • Architect Scalable Infrastructure : Design and implement secure, multi-region Azure environments using Terraform.
  • Champion DevOps & GitOps : Enforce CI/CD best practices, GitHub Actions pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code standards.
  • Security & Compliance : Implement strong security postures using RBAC, PIM, Azure Policies, and Defender for Cloud.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration : Work closely with InfoSec, networking, and platform teams to ensure seamless delivery.
  • Production Troubleshooting : Resolve complex issues across infrastructure, networking, and security layers.
  • FinOps & Cost Optimisation : Monitor cloud spend, implement tagging strategies, and support financial tracking.
  • Team Leadership : Mentor a team of 6 engineers, lead code reviews, unblock delivery, and uphold engineering excellence.
  • Stakeholder Engagement : Represent the cloud team to senior stakeholders, manage escalations, and align with business goals.
  • AI/ML Enablement : Prototype and deploy AI workloads using Azure OpenAI and ML endpoints.
  • Observability & Monitoring : Build dashboards and alerts using Azure Monitor, KQL, and SIEM tools

Your Experience

We’re looking for someone who’s hands-on, strategic, and deeply technical. You should be comfortable switching between architecture discussions and debugging Terraform or AKS issues.

Must-Have Skills:

  • Deep expertise in Azure cloud services and architecture
  • Strong Terraform skills (modular, reusable, production-grade code)
  • Experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipelines
  • Familiarity with AKS , Azure Container Apps , and Docker
  • Strong understanding of cloud security (RBAC, PIM, Key Vault, Defender, Policies)
  • Experience with Azure Monitor , Log Analytics , and KQL
  • Proven leadership and mentoring experience in engineering teams
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and networking issues
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