We have an exciting opportunity for a Platform Engineer to join our growing Cloud Engineering and Platforms practice. This is a hands‑on role focused on designing, building, and automating secure, scalable cloud platforms—primarily on Microsoft Azure—while contributing to the development of internal frameworks, reusable components, and delivery standards.
You’ll work closely with Technical Architects, Cloud Engineers, and Consultants to deliver high‑quality, commercially aligned solutions, playing a key role across the full lifecycle from presales and discovery through to delivery and operational handover.
This role suits an engineer with strong platform engineering and DevOps expertise, who enjoys defining “what good looks like” through modern automation, IaC, CI/CD, and secure‑by‑design practices.
Due to the nature of this role, successful candidates may need to undergo security clearance. To be eligible for this role you must have lived in the UK for at least 5 consecutive years.
Responsibilities
* Design and build secure, scalable cloud platforms using IaC (Terraform, Bicep, ARM), reusable modules, and modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD and cloud‑native automation to enable consistent, high‑quality delivery.
* Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across platform services, DevOps tooling, and deployment pipelines.
* Security & DevSecOps: embed secure‑by‑design principles across identity, networking, secrets, encryption, zero‑trust architectures, and policy‑as‑code.
* Implement automated security controls and pipeline scanning aligned to organisational and regulatory standards.
* Collaboration, Delivery & Documentation: collaborate with architects and consultants to translate customer requirements into robust, well‑engineered solutions.
* Produce clear, high‑quality technical documentation and support delivery from discovery through to operational handover.
About you
* Strong hands‑on engineering capability with a passion for automation, cloud platforms and DevOps excellence.
* Confident engineering solutions on Microsoft Azure.
* Proficient with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM) and modern DevOps tooling.
* Experienced in configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
* Familiar with Agile ALM tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
* Understanding of Secure by Design principles across cloud infrastructure, identity, and networking.
* Able to articulate technical decisions, trade‑offs, and risks to colleagues and clients.
Preferred experience
* Relevant Azure certification (AZ‑400 or AZ‑305) and exposure to AWS or GCP environments.
* Client‑facing consultancy experience, with contributions to internal platform frameworks, reusable services, or automation testing (e.g. Selenium).
* Development experience in .NET and/or Python.
What we look for in our people
* Strong alignment with company values and ethos.
* Commitment to teamwork, quality and mutual success.
* Proactivity with an ability to operate with pace and energy.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
* Dedication to excellence and quality.
Benefits
* Collaborative and supportive environment to grow your career.
* The tools and opportunity to do work you can be proud of.
* Chance to work alongside some of the best people in the industry.
* Hybrid working – flexibility to work where and when you are most effective.
* Industry‑leading coaching and mentoring.
* Competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.
Equal and Fair Opportunity
FSP is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We assess applicants based on their skills, experience, and potential, without regard to age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, or any other protected characteristic.
We are committed to providing a fair and inclusive recruitment process.
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