Senior Azure Platform Engineer

Permanent
Location: London (hybrid – 1 day per week onsite)
Salary: £75,000 – £90,000 (plus bonus and share options)
Industry: Consultancy
SC Eligibility Required

About the Client

Our client is a specialist cloud and platform engineering consultancy and product-led organisation that helps businesses design, build, secure, and scale modern cloud platforms. They work across both public and private sectors, partnering closely with engineering teams to improve reliability, security, and developer productivity through cloud-native and DevOps-driven approaches.

With a strong focus on platform engineering, automation, and cloud foundations, they enable organisations to deliver software faster while maintaining the right balance of governance, resilience, and operational excellence.

How you’ll spend your day

As a Senior Azure Platform Engineer / Cloud Consultant, you’ll play a key role in guiding customers on their journey to cloud and DevOps maturity. This is a hands-on, client-facing role where you’ll design, implement and optimise cloud-native solutions tailored to complex, real-world environments.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Assessing client infrastructure and defining cloud and DevOps strategies aligned to business goals
• Designing and delivering scalable, resilient and secure Azure-based platforms
• Implementing CI/CD pipelines, automation and infrastructure-as-code to streamline delivery
• Leading cloud migration, optimisation and transformation initiatives
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring to engineers within project teams
• Working closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, prioritise initiatives and ensure alignment
• Contributing to Statements of Work and leading small-to-medium projects through delivery
• Staying current with cloud, DevOps and platform engineering trends and sharing knowledge internally

What you’ll bring to this role

You’ll be passionate about cloud technology, automation and modern engineering practices, with strong experience working in Agile and DevOps environments.

You’ll also bring:

• Strong Azure platform engineering experience, including secure and resilient architecture design
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible)
• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS)
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains
• Proven experience delivering cloud projects in client-facing environments
• The ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills
• A continuous-learning mindset, with relevant cloud or Kubernetes certifications highly desirable

Please note: Candidates must hold, or be eligible to obtain, UK Security Clearance (SC)

Perks & Benefits:

• 10% Bonus
• 10% Share Options
• Flexible working with core hours (10am–4pm)
• Hybrid model
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, plus an extra day for your birthday
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Private healthcare (with family cover options)
• Pension with salary sacrifice
• Cycle to Work and Electric Car schemes
• £1,000 annual learning budget
• Mental health support, therapy access and wellbeing resources
• MacBook Pro provided
• Dog-friendly office, casual dress, regular socials and team events

What happens next?

One of our Recruitment Consultants will be in touch and inform you if you’ve been successful to the next stage of the process or not, which is a qualification call where we will tell you more about the role and the client, and understand more about you, your experience and career aspirations.

Should we both wish to proceed, we will submit your details to the client and be in touch regarding the outcome and any further steps.

The interview process for this client consists of:

• Discovery conversation with Talent Acquisition
• Paired technical assessment with an Engineering team member
• Technical deep dive with Practice Leadership
• Competency-focused final interview with Engineering Leadership

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. As an employment agency for permanent and contract hires, we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from underrepresented groups to drive innovation and equality within the workplace.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments please let us know so we can accommodate for any interactions with us at Biometric Talent, but also inform the client to ensure reasonable adjustments are made to allow for a fair and equitable process.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to ian.fitzgerald@biometrictalent.com