Cloud Platform Engineer

We’re looking for people to join the Access family, who share our passion for believing in better, and who will help us continue to grow. Love Work. Love Life. Be You. - is central to our success and how we give our customers the freedom to do more of what's important to them. What does Access offer you? We offer a blended approach to office working, encouraging you to collaborate and connect in one of our thriving offices. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We’ll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career. On top of a competitive salary, our wellbeing days taking you to 25 days leave a year and a health contribution, you’ll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We’re an organisation that likes to give back, so you’ll also have three charity days allocated to support a cause that matters to you. We’re looking for people to join the Access family, who share our passion for believing in better, and who will help us continue to grow. Love Work. Love Life. Be You. - is central to our success and how we give our customers the freedom to do more of what's important to them. What does Access offer you? We offer a blended approach to office working, encouraging you to collaborate and connect in one of our thriving offices. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We’ll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career. On top of a competitive salary, our wellbeing days taking you to 25 days leave a year and a health contribution, you’ll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We’re an organisation that likes to give back, so you’ll also have three charity days allocated to support a cause that matters to you. About you:   As part of our Public Cloud Platform team, you will play a key role in owning, governing, and evolving our cloud platform across Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). You will act as a technical authority for cloud governance, security posture, identity, networking, and core platform services. This role combines hands-on engineering with platform ownership and influence, working closely with local and global stakeholders to continuously improve how cloud services are designed, operated, and governed. Day-to-day, you will:   Cloud Governance, Compliance & FinOps • Own and evolve cloud governance and compliance frameworks across Azure and AWS, covering policies, landing zones, account structures, and guardrails • Ensure environments remain secure, compliant, and cost efficient through CSPM tooling, policy enforcement, and FinOps practices • Partner with stakeholders to remediate compliance risks and support internal and external assessments Identity & Access Management • Own enterprise identity and access management across Azure and AWS, including SSO, federation, Conditional Access, and MFA • Enforce least privilege access and oversee user and application lifecycle management • Maintain integration between on premises Active Directory and cloud identity platforms Cloud Networking & Connectivity • Design and operate secure, scalable cloud and hybrid networking across Azure and AWS • Own core networking components, connectivity patterns, and security controls • Act as an escalation point for complex networking and connectivity issues Monitoring, Reliability & Incident Response • Define observability standards and ensure effective monitoring, alerting, and operational visibility • Participate in on call and major incident response, driving root cause analysis and long term reliability improvements Compute & Platform Operations • Own lifecycle management of Windows and Linux virtual machines across Azure and AWS • Ensure configurations, backup, and disaster recovery align with organizational standards • Drive automation and standardization to reduce operational overhead Continuous Improvement & Collaboration • Act as a trusted technical partner to application and platform teams • Contribute to platform standards, documentation, and architectural decisions • Continuously improve security, reliability, and operational efficiency Your skills and experiences might also include: Core Requirements • Strong hands on experience operating production workloads in Microsoft Azure and/or AWS • Proven experience with cloud governance and compliance frameworks (Azure Policy, Management Groups, AWS Organizations, SCPs) • Solid background in identity and access management, including SSO, federation, Conditional Access, and MFA • Strong networking fundamentals with practical experience designing cloud and hybrid networking architectures • Experience monitoring and operating cloud platforms at scale, including incident response and problem management • Ability to troubleshoot complex, multi layer cloud infrastructure issues under pressure Technical Proficiency • Azure: ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Azure Firewall, Private Endpoints, Virtual WAN, Azure Monitor, KQL • AWS: VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, CloudWatch, AWS Config, Security Hub • Compute: Windows & Linux VM lifecycle management in Azure and AWS • Automation & IaC: PowerShell, Bash, Python, Terraform, Bicep (or equivalent) What are we all about? The Access Group is one of the largest UK-headquartered business management software providers. It provides solutions that empower more than 160,000 small and mid-sized organisations in commercial and non-profit sectors across Europe, USA and APAC, giving every employee the freedom to do more of what's important. Its innovative cloud solutions and integrated AI software experience across multiple Access products transform how business technology is used. With over 9,300 talented individuals driving innovation and customer excellence, we’re shaping the future of work. And we want you to be part of it. At Access, people…