Azure Platform Engineer
Posted Today by Prism Digital
£500 Per day
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Azure Platform Engineer will play a crucial role in enhancing the Azure security posture of a global business through the implementation of Zero Trust remediations. This execution-focused contractor position requires expertise in Azure platform engineering and Terraform, with a strong emphasis on hands-on engineering and collaboration. The role involves working with modern Azure tooling and ensuring production stability while addressing a clearly defined backlog. The position is remote and offers a day rate of £500 outside IR35 for a 3-month fixed-term contract with a strong likelihood of extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver Azure security and Zero Trust remediations as part of a critical programme.
- Implement private networking patterns and harden identity and access controls.
- Upgrade key Azure services to modern security standards.
- Engage in hands-on engineering and collaborative problem-solving.
- Represent changes through formal CAB processes.
Key Skills:
- Azure platform engineering expertise across production environments.
- Experience with Azure IAM: Azure AD, managed identities, RBAC, conditional access.
- Knowledge of Azure Private Endpoints and private networking architecture.
- Proficiency in Terraform development, including writing, testing, and maintaining modules and IaC workflows.
- Experience implementing Zero Trust design patterns in cloud environments.
- Excellent communication skills and confidence collaborating with senior stakeholders.
Salary (Rate): £500 daily
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Azure Platform Engineer | Azure, Terraform, Zero Trust | Secure-by-Design Transformation Project
Day rate: £500 OutsideIR35 3-month FTC with strong likelihood of extension
Remote: UK
Start date: early January 2026
The Role
You will join an established cloud engineering function as a contractor to deliver a critical programme of Azure security and Zero Trust remediations. This is an execution-focused role where you will hit the ground running against a clearly defined backlog, strengthening the organisation’s Azure security posture while ensuring production stability. You will implement private networking patterns, harden identity and access controls, and upgrade key Azure services to modern security standards. Expect a mix of hands-on engineering, collaborative problem-solving, and representing changes through formal CAB processes.
What They’re Looking For (Non-Negotiables)
- Azure platform engineering expertise across production environments
- Azure IAM: Azure AD, managed identities, RBAC, conditional access
- Azure Private Endpoints and private networking architecture experience
- Terraform development: writing, testing, maintaining modules and IaC workflows
- Experience implementing Zero Trust design patterns in cloud environments
- Excellent communication skills and confidence collaborating with senior stakeholders
What You’ll Work With
You’ll be hands-on across modern Azure tooling including:
- Azure Private Endpoints and private networking
- IAM: managed identities, RBAC, conditional access
- Terraform modules, state management, and IaC pipelines
- Production workloads across Azure PaaS services such as Service Fabric Clusters, CosmosDB, Event Hubs and SQL Managed Instance
- Zero Trust architectural patterns and security controls
- Change management processes and documentation (CAB submissions, runbooks, operational guides)
Why Join / Projects
You’ll be stepping into a high-impact role where your work immediately strengthens the security foundation of a global business. You will:
- Deliver meaningful, production-grade security improvements across a complex Azure footprint
- Work directly with a Principal Engineer on an organisation-wide Zero Trust transformation
- Influence architectural decisions and ensure engineering teams can operate securely at scale
- Represent your work through structured processes that value clarity, collaboration and operational rigour
- Be part of a supportive, collaborative environment shaped by shared values: being metrics-driven, accountable, customer-centric and inclusive
Azure Platform Engineer | Azure, Terraform, Zero Trust | Secure-by-Design Transformation Project