Cloud Platform Engineer – Azure

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

☁️ Cloud Engineer

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NEC Software Solutions

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5001 - 10000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

NEC Software Solutions is a company that provides software and digital services with a focus on government, healthcare, housing, and public safety sectors. They offer solutions such as business processing, digital mailroom, document management, and cloud hosting. Their services are designed to be user-centered and are aimed at making a difference in public service technology by bringing in a human touch to support organizations both in the UK and worldwide. NEC Software Solutions is committed to driving innovation and providing services that address changing needs to create stronger communities.

📋 Description

• Build and operate core public cloud platform foundations underpinning application workloads • Implement and maintain cloud landing zones, account/subscription structures, and baseline configurations • Provision and manage shared platform services, including network hubs, identity integrations, and management groups • Implement cloud IAM policies, role-based access control, and federated identity integration • Automate identity provisioning and access workflows • Build and maintain cloud networking components including VNets/VPCs, routing, DNS, gateways, and private endpoints • Support hub-and-spoke and private connectivity to on-premises environments • Develop and maintain Terraform templates and modules • Support CI/CD pipelines for platform provisioning and automation • Contribute to automation scripts, tooling, and internal platform tooling • Support self-service capabilities for application and product teams • Provide day-to-day platform operations and incident response • Apply patches, upgrades, and maintenance to platform components • Assist with onboarding new cloud environments and subscriptions/accounts • Maintain engineering documentation, runbooks, and platform patterns • Collaborate with Security, FinOps, and Platform Services teams on operational and governance controls • Implement new platform capabilities and architectural enhancements • Improve automation, self-service, and developer experience • Refactor platform components to improve security, scalability, and reliability • Report to the Cloud Platform & Services Operations Manager

🎯 Requirements

• Intermediate or advanced cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, or OCI (above Fundamentals level) • Eligible for UK Security Clearance • Experience with Azure • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, especially Terraform • Understanding of cloud networking and identity fundamentals • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools • Experience working in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering environments • Experience working within ITIL frameworks • Ability to automate repetitive tasks using Bash, Python, or PowerShell • Understanding of cloud governance basics, including tagging, policies, and cost controls • Collaborative and team-oriented approach • Ability to follow architectural standards and engineering guidance • Clear communication with engineering and operations teams • Experience designing or supporting enterprise network environments, including routing, firewalls, DNS, and private connectivity, desirable • Experience administering Windows Server environments, including Active Directory integration, patching, and hardening, desirable • Experience administering Unix/Linux systems, including RHEL, Ubuntu, or SUSE, desirable • Exposure to container platforms and Kubernetes, desirable • Experience integrating monitoring and observability tooling, desirable • Pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK • Must currently hold SC-level or higher national security vetting clearance, NPPV Level 3, or be able to gain Enhanced Security Clearance • Satisfactory vetting, references, and occupational health checks required

🏖️ Benefits

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost) • 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE) • 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost) • A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5% • A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs • Free access to LinkedIn Learning with over 15,000 courses • Reasonable adjustments and accessibility support during recruitment or interview