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Senior Azure Platform Engineer

Fuel Recruitment
Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 7JT, United Kingdom
Last week
£70,000 – £80,000 pa

Salary

£70,000 – £80,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
20 May 2026 (Last week)
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Fuel Recruitment is working with a leading technology organisation in the defence industry who are looking for a Senior Azure Platform Engineer to help design, build and deliver secure digital solutions in highly secure environments, working alongside engineers, architects and delivery specialists.

We are looking for someone who will design and maintain Azure infrastructure across Azure Kubernetes Service, Virtual Machines, Application Gateways, Database, Storage and Networking Services. You will architect and manage hybrid multi-cloud connectivity, ensure and apply security best practices for cloud infrastructure and support both on-premise and cloud platforms, ensuring consistency, reliability and maintainability through automation and Infrastructure as Code.

We are looking for someone with a strong background in Azure, Azure networking, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, JFrog products (Artifactory/XRay/Runtime) and proven track record of driving automation initiatives.

Security Clearance

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be UK sole nationals and hold or be eligible for SC clearance

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