Azure Cloud Engineer - 12 Month FTC (Fixed Term Contract)

Azure Cloud Engineer - 1 Year Fixed Term

Location: Carlisle (On-site 1 day per month)
Working Model: Hybrid (Predominantly remote)
Employment Type: 1 year FTC (Fixed Term)

Overview

A leading organisation is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to join its growing technology function. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping and supporting a modern cloud-first environment while maintaining strong integration with on premise infrastructure.

You will take ownership of designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud solutions in Azure, leveraging strong Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines, with a major focus on security, scalability, and automation. The role also involves supporting legacy on prem systems and ensuring seamless hybrid integration.

Key Responsibilities Azure & Cloud Engineering

• Design, build, and optimise solutions within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
• Apply Microsoft cloud design patterns and architectural best practices to deliver scalable and resilient services.
• Manage Azure resources including compute, storage, networking, IAM, monitoring, and security.

On Premise Infrastructure

• Support and enhance existing on prem infrastructure, ensuring reliable hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Oversee on prem networking, server administration, firewalls, and identity services.

Networking

• Manage and troubleshoot networking across cloud and on prem environments (VPN, routing, subnets, firewalls, DNS).
• Ensure secure and reliable connectivity between environments.

CI/CD & Automation

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern tooling (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions (Terraform, Bicep, ARM preferred).
• Champion automation across provisioning, deployment, configuration, and testing.

General Responsibilities

• Collaborate with architects, developers, and platform teams to deliver high quality solutions.
• Maintain strong documentation, operational excellence, and security standards.
• Troubleshoot incidents across cloud, hybrid, networking, and infrastructure layers.
• Contribute to continuous service improvements and engineering best practices.

Key Skills & Experience Essential

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, security, governance).
• Solid understanding of Microsoft cloud design patterns and architectural frameworks.
• Proven experience supporting on prem infrastructure in a hybrid model.
• Strong networking knowledge (TCP/IP, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, routing).
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
• Strong IaC experience using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Scripting/automation skills (PowerShell, Bash, or Python).
• Excellent problem solving ability and experience supporting production environments.

Desirable

• Azure certifications (AZ 104, AZ 305, AZ 400 or similar).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Grafana, Prometheus).
• Familiarity with containerisation (Docker, AKS).
• Experience in enterprise, financial services, or regulated environments.

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