Platform Engineer

Azure Platform Engineer Location: Sheffield (2–3 days per week) / Hybrid Salary: £40,000–£50,000 The Opportunity You’ll be joining a growing team focused on building a modern, cloud-first platform using Azure. The environment is collaborative, hands-on, and evolving—giving you real influence over how platform engineering is shaped. This role puts you at the centre of designing and running the cloud infrastructure that powers data-driven digital services. You’ll help create a secure, scalable, and well-governed platform that enables engineering teams to deliver faster and more reliably. If you enjoy solving complex problems, improving developer experience, and building reusable platform capabilities, this role offers the space to make a tangible impact. What You’ll Be Doing * Designing, building, and running Azure-based platform and infrastructure services * Creating reusable, automated solutions using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep) * Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for consistent, reliable delivery * Improving platform observability, monitoring, and operational resilience * Supporting engineering teams with best practices and self-service capabilities * Contributing to the development of an Internal Developer Platform What You’ll Bring You don’t need to tick every box, but experience in the following will help you succeed: * Hands-on experience with Azure in a production environment * Strong understanding of core cloud services (networking, compute, identity, security) * Experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines * Knowledge of DevOps practices and software delivery principles * Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical teams * A proactive mindset with a focus on quality, ownership, and continuous improvement Nice to Have * Experience with containers or microservices architectures * Exposure to cloud cost optimisation (FinOps) * Familiarity with monitoring and reliability practices * Experience contributing to standards across teams Why This Role? This is a chance to shape how platform engineering is done in a growing organisation. You’ll have the autonomy to influence decisions, improve developer experience, and build systems that make a real difference