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Platform Engineer

Rebel Recruitment
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£40,000 – £50,000 pa

Salary

£40,000 – £50,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
30 Apr 2026 (2 weeks ago)
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Azure Platform Engineer

Location:

Sheffield (2–3 days per week) / Hybrid

Salary:

£40,000–£50,000

The Opportunity

You’ll be joining a growing team focused on building a modern, cloud-first platform using Azure. The environment is collaborative, hands-on, and evolving—giving you real influence over how platform engineering is shaped.

This role puts you at the centre of designing and running the cloud infrastructure that powers data-driven digital services. You’ll help create a secure, scalable, and well-governed platform that enables engineering teams to deliver faster and more reliably.

If you enjoy solving complex problems, improving developer experience, and building reusable platform capabilities, this role offers the space to make a tangible impact.

What You’ll Be Doing

Designing, building, and running Azure-based platform and infrastructure services

Creating reusable, automated solutions using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep)

Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for consistent, reliable delivery

Improving platform observability, monitoring, and operational resilience

Supporting engineering teams with best practices and self-service capabilities

Contributing to the development of an Internal Developer Platform

What You’ll Bring

You don’t need to tick every box, but experience in the following will help you succeed:

Hands-on experience with Azure in a production environment

Strong understanding of core cloud services (networking, compute, identity, security)

Experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines

Knowledge of DevOps practices and software delivery principles

Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical teams

A proactive mindset with a focus on quality, ownership, and continuous improvement

Nice to Have

Experience with containers or microservices architectures

Exposure to cloud cost optimisation (FinOps)

Familiarity with monitoring and reliability practices

Experience contributing to standards across teams

Why This Role?

This is a chance to shape how platform engineering is done in a growing organisation. You’ll have the autonomy to influence decisions, improve developer experience, and build systems that make a real difference

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