Salary: £62,000 - 90,000 per year Requirements: Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure core services (networking, compute, storage) and platform services (AKS, App Services, API Management, Event Hub/Service Bus) Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (essential) and/or Bicep (optional) Solid CI/CD background using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions (pipelines, environments, approvals, templates) Kubernetes experience in production (AKS): cluster operations, node pools, networking (CNI), ingress, secrets, RBAC and workload identity Experience with GitOps and container build pipelines (e.g., ACR, OPA policies, image scanning) Working knowledge of observability tooling (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Datadog/Grafana) Understanding of the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, Azure Landing Zones and the Well-Architected Framework Familiarity with DevSecOps practices: threat modelling, dependency and container scanning, SBOM management, and shift-left security Excellent communication, documentation and stakeholder management skills; able to lead by influence and mentor others Qualifications: Microsoft AZ-104 (Administrator) required, AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert), AZ-305 (Solutions Architect), CKA/CKAD, HashiCorp Terraform Associate desired, ITIL 4 Foundation or SRE Foundation desired Responsibilities: Design, build and operate the Azure-based Internal Developer Platform as a product Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or Bicep) modules and reusable templates for AKS, networking, storage, databases, and app runtimes Implement and evolve CI/CD pipelines with quality gates, automated testing, security scanning, and progressive delivery Introduce and run GitOps for Kubernetes, patterns and multi-environment promotions Own platform observability: metrics, logs and traces using Azure Monitor / Log Analytics / Application Insights, plus Datadog/Grafana Embed security by design: Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, secrets management, SBOM and image scanning Drive reliability using SRE practices: define SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, capacity planning, chaos testing, incident response and blameless post-incident reviews Partner with application squads to remove toil, improve developer experience (DX), and reduce lead time for changes through automation Implement cost visibility and optimisation across the platform: tagging, budgets/alerts, rightsizing, autoscaling and usage reporting Maintain platform documentation, runbooks and service catalog entries; contribute to onboarding guides and demo sessions for platform consumers Participate in an on-call rota for critical platform services and lead/coordinate incident response when required Technologies: API Architect Azure CI/CD Cloud Datadog DevSecOps DevOps GitHub GitOps Grafana ITIL Kubernetes RBAC Security Terraform NodeJS IAM Support Serverless More: At Hargreaves Lansdown, we are scaling our Platform Engineering capability to advance our digital transformation. We are seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design and operate our Internal Developer Platform on Microsoft Azure. Our vision is to enable product teams to ship quickly and safely with best-in-class automation and security practices. Located in Bristol, we are the UKs number 1 investment platform for private investors. We offer a hybrid flexible working pattern, an inclusive workplace, and a culture that emphasizes service, quality, innovation, and opportunity. We provide competitive benefits including a discretionary annual bonus, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, enhanced parental leave, private medical insurance, wellness programs, and more. last updated 6 week of 2026