Cloud Native Azure Platform Engineer – Cardiff
Reference Code: 461356-en_GB
Contract Type: Permanent
Professional Communities: Software Engineering
Your role
* Guide engineering teams, promoting platform engineering practices, self‑service enablement, and a strong operational mindset (SRE/DevOps).
* Hands‑on Azure architecture experience aligned to the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Azure Well‑Architected Framework (WAF), producing pragmatic reference architectures and design decisions.
* Design, build, and operate enterprise‑scale Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) platforms, providing hands‑on Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting across clusters and workloads, including upgrades, capacity planning, reliability engineering, incident response, and ingress or service mesh technologies (e.g., Envoy and ingress controllers).
* Define and implement Git‑driven delivery models (GitOps) for Kubernetes workloads and platform configuration, using tools such as Flux and Argo CD.
* Support governance and operational controls across Azure estates, including Azure Policy, cost management/FinOps practices, logging/monitoring standards, and secure‑by‑default configurations.
* Design cloud‑native architectures (microservices and containerised workloads) with appropriate Azure networking (hub‑and‑spoke, VNets, peering, private endpoints) and identity/access using Microsoft Entra ID, suitable for public sector and regulated environments.
You can bring your whole self to work. Inclusive environment supported by Capgemini.
Your skills and experience
* Proven experience as a senior Azure practitioner, applying CAF and WAF to real‑world delivery scenarios with architectural rigor and pragmatism.
* Hands‑on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in complex, enterprise environments, including design for scale, resilience, and long‑term operability.
* Kubernetes expertise with ability to diagnose and resolve platform and workload‑level issues across networking, ingress, service‑to‑service communication, and performance or reliability concerns.
* Experience applying AI‑assisted tooling within DevOps and platform engineering contexts, such as GitHub Copilot and AIOps capabilities.
* Real‑world delivery of Azure governance, policy, and cost management (FinOps) principles, with hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Bicep) and GitOps‑based delivery models for AKS.
We are a Disability Confident Employer
Capgemini is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. All candidates meeting the minimum essential criteria for the role are invited to a disability‑inclusive interview. Please opt‑in during the application process.
Your security clearance and pre‑employment checks
To be appointed to this role you must obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. SC clearance requires residence in the UK for the last five years and other criteria. All applicants will undergo pre‑employment checks, including identity, nationality, employment history, and unspent criminal record check (Disclosure and Barring Service).
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