Azure Cloud Engineer (Platform Engineering)

Our client is seeking a Cloud Platform Operations Engineer with strong experience in Microsoft Azure to support the design, operation and continuous improvement of secure and reliable cloud environments. Key Responsibilities • Design, implement and manage secure cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, in line with government policies, security standards and frameworks such as IM8 and Zero Trust. • Oversee contractors managing cloud-hosted application systems, ensuring high availability, performance, reliability and operational stability. • Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices to enable efficient and reliable application deployments. • Implement and manage monitoring, logging and observability solutions to proactively identify and address system issues. • Manage incidents, problems and changes in accordance with ITIL processes, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis and implementation of preventive measures. • Ensure cloud platforms and systems comply with security, governance, risk and audit requirements. • Plan and execute change management activities, ensuring operational changes are properly assessed, documented and implemented in accordance with governance requirements. Requirements • At least 4 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud environments. • Experience in cloud infrastructure, platform operations and production support. • Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps practices and deployment automation. • Experience with cloud monitoring, logging and observability tools. • Knowledge of ITIL-based incident, problem and change management. • Understanding of cloud security, governance, compliance and audit requirements. • Experience working in government or regulated environments will be good to have.