Azure DevOps Platform Engineer

The Role

You will join a collaborative team of six engineers, taking ownership of designing, building, and operating Azure-based platforms.

This role requires a hands-on engineer who can deliver well-structured, production-grade infrastructure using Terraform, with minimal oversight.

All infrastructure is defined as code and deployed via CI/CD pipelines, with a strong emphasis on modular design, maintainability, and alignment to business rules.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Develop reusable Terraform modules aligned to business and security requirements
• Implement and enforce Azure security controls and policies
• Lead platform security initiatives across Azure environments
• Contribute to observability, alerting, and Site Reliability Engineering practices
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver resilient and scalable solutions

Security & Platform Focus Areas

• Implement perimeter security using Azure Front Door WAF, including OWASP Top 10 protection and bot mitigation
• Analyse WAF rules, manage false positives, and work with stakeholders to refine policies
• Define and enforce Azure Policies for consistent firewall and network security standards
• Secure AKS environments, including container scanning, alerting, and remediation
• Transition from Azure security defaults to structured Conditional Access policies with staged rollout
• Implement Entra ID P2 controls for risky sign-ins, including monitoring and alerting
• Secure CI/CD pipelines through network restrictions and managed identities
• Audit and respond to risky sign-ins and identity threats
• Analyse and remediate Microsoft Defender high and critical vulnerabilities
• Implement and manage Azure Sentinel for security monitoring and auditing
• Consolidate security auditing into unified reporting frameworks

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (certification required)
• HashiCorp Terraform certification and proven expertise in Terraform
• Kubernetes certification and experience with AKS
• Deep understanding of DevOps and platform engineering principles
• Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and SRE concepts

Why Apply

£600 per day, Outside IR35

Fully remote within the UK

Work with a mission-driven, highly respected health tech organisation

Modern cloud environment with cutting-edge tooling

High-impact work within a supportive and skilled engineering team