Azure Platform Engineer
Posted 3 days ago by Hays Specialist Recruitment
£690 Per day
Inside
Remote
London, UK
Summary: The Azure Platform Engineer role requires an individual with active NPPV3 and SC clearance to support a critical program for a leading consultancy. The position focuses on leveraging Azure technologies, particularly in API management and container orchestration. The role is remote and initially set for one month, with a competitive daily rate. Candidates must have proven experience in Azure platform engineering and related technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work as an Azure Platform Engineer on a business-critical program.
- Utilize Azure API Management for mobile back-end integrations.
- Manage and support production-grade AKS clusters.
- Implement Azure networking solutions including VNets and load balancers.
- Utilize observability tools for monitoring and performance.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as an Azure Platform Engineer.
- Active NPPV3 and SC clearance.
- Strong background in Azure API Management.
- Hands-on experience with AKS, Azure Functions, Event Grid, and Service Bus.
- Solid understanding of Azure networking.
- Strong knowledge of Azure AD and Managed Identities.
- Experience with Docker and containerized workloads.
- Good working knowledge of Helm, Kustomize, or similar tooling.
- Understanding of service mesh technologies.
- Practical experience with observability tools.
Salary (Rate): £690 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Azure Platform Engineer - Active SC, NPPV3, Azure
Up to £690 per day (Inside IR35)
Remote
1 month initially
I am currently working with a leading consultancy who are looking for an NPPV3 and SC cleared Azure Platform Engineer to join a business critical programme for an end client
Key Requirements:
- Proven experience working as an Azure Platform Engineer.
- Active NPPV3 and SC clearance.
- Strong background in Azure API Management, particularly for mobile-Back End integrations.
- Hands-on experience with AKS, Azure Functions, Event Grid, and Service Bus.
- Solid understanding of Azure networking, including VNets, private endpoints, Application Gateway, WAF, and load balancers.
- Strong knowledge of Azure AD, Managed Identities, OAuth2, and OpenID Connect.
- Proven experience with Docker and containerized workloads.
- Experience managing and supporting production-grade AKS clusters.
- Good working knowledge of Helm, Kustomize, or similar tooling.
- Understanding of service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, OSM).
- Practical experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Azure Monitor.
Nice to have:
- Experience integrating mobile applications with cloud-native backends
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications
- Familiarity with zero-trust architecture principles
- Background in performance tuning or cost-optimised cloud design
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