Summary: As an Azure Cloud Lead Developer, you will design, develop, and deploy secure Azure-based products while mentoring a team of cloud engineers. Your role involves leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and Bicep/ARM to automate cloud operations and ensure adherence to best practices. You will collaborate with architects and business users to clarify requirements and implement security measures. Your leadership will drive a collaborative and efficient development process to deliver innovative solutions on the Azure cloud platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver cloud use cases based on defined architecture and framework.
• Develop, and maintain cloud-native applications using Azure services, adhering to best practices for scalability, reliability, and security.
• Lead team of cloud engineers, providing guidance and mentoring to help them improve their skills and work effectively.
• Peer review code, ensuring it is of high quality, well-structured, and maintainable.
• Connect with Architects and business users to clarify any feature requirements.
• Identify necessary development tools and environment to accomplish project goals.
• Execute the sprint plan based on feature release plan.
• First point of contact to interact with external teams.
• Conduct training for deployment and Operations teams on developed products.
• Implement security best practices, Identity and access management (IAM) policies, and encryption mechanisms in the product being developed, to ensure data protection and compliance with security standards.

Key Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• More than 15 years of relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of Azure well architected framework.
• Experience in building Public / hybrid cloud solutions with Azure.
• Expert in building IaC using Bicep/ARM and Terraform/Terragrunt.
• Expert in deploying and managing solutions with Containers Services (K8S, AKS, ACS).
• Very Good understanding of Cloud observability using Azure monitor, Log Analytics workspace, AppInsights.
• Experience in automation techniques and architectures using Azure Automation, Functions and Logic-Apps.
• Experience in building products using enterprise integration patterns and practices (like event-driven architectures).
• Expert in software development practices including source code management (Git), Agile principles, Scrum and Kanban.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD practices and tools with Azure and Git.
• Experience in working with Ansible and Jenkins.
• Must have Azure Developer and Solution Architect Certification.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: England

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT