Location: Manchester Job Type: Permanent Industry: Cloud & Infrastructure Job reference: BBBH438215_1778259336 Posted: about 16 hours ago
Principal Cloud Engineer - Azure
Manchester (Hybrid - 1 day per week on-site)
Salary up to £78,000 + Bonus
We are supporting a UK-based organisation undertaking a significant, multi-year technology transformation. As part of this, they are investing heavily in their cloud platform and are seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to play a key role in shaping and delivering their Azure environment.
This position is suited to a hands-on engineer who enjoys building and improving platforms, rather than operating purely at an architectural or strategic level.
Role Overview:
The successful candidate will be responsible for evolving an existing Azure environment from an early-stage setup into a mature, secure, and scalable cloud platform.
Working closely with architecture and infrastructure teams, you will help establish best practice, implement standards, and contribute directly to the ongoing transition from on-premise infrastructure to cloud.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Mature and enhance Azure landing zones in line with Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) principles
2. Implement governance, policy, and identity standards (Entra ID)
3. Develop core platform capabilities, including:
4. API Management (APIM) and Web Application Firewall (WAF)
5. Logging, monitoring, and observability
6. Introduce and scale Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) across the environment
7. Contribute to the design and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery strategies
8. Support the migration of on-premise data platforms into Microsoft Fabric
9. Work collaboratively with architects and engineering teams to embed best practices and improve overall cloud capability
Environment:
10. Early-stage Azure environment with low current cloud maturity
11. Predominantly on-premise infrastructure transitioning to cloud
12. Developing capabilities across governance, security, FinOps, and platform engineering
13. Opportunity to influence direction and establish standards within a growing cloud function
Candidate Profile:
Strong hands-on experience in Azure infrastructure and platform engineeringProven track record of working with:
14. Azure landing zones and governance frameworks
15. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
16. Identity and access management (Entra ID / Azure AD)
17. Monitoring and observability tooling
18. Experience working in environments undergoing cloud transformation
19. Ability to operate across engineering and architecture, with a focus on practical implementation
20. Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach
Additional Information:
21. This is not a purely architectural or strategy-led role; a strong emphasis is placed on hands-on engineering capability
22. The organisation offers a collaborative environment with significant investment in cloud and long-term technology transformation
23. Hybrid working model with a requirement of one day per week on-site in Manchester
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