Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (Azure & AWS)

Location: Milton Keynes/Hybrid (3 days in office p/w)

Rate: £500 - £550 per day

Contract: 6 months initial

IR35: Inside IR35/Umbrella

Clearance: Active SC/DV preferred

Are you a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer with strong Azure experience and good exposure to AWS?

This is an immediately available contract role working on a secure cloud programme. The role will involve supporting the build, migration and day-to-day operation of cloud platforms across Azure and AWS.

You will be working across cloud readiness, platform build, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps tooling and ongoing cloud support. There will also be a strong focus on migrating legacy applications into cloud environments, improving platform reliability and making sure services are secure, compliant and fit for purpose.

This would suit a hands-on cloud engineer who has built and supported Azure platforms, worked with IaC tools such as Terraform or Bicep, and is comfortable operating in secure, regulated or public sector environments.

This is a strong opportunity for a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join a secure cloud programme and work across Azure, AWS, IaC, DevSecOps, migration and platform operations.

The Role:

Build, configure and support cloud platforms across Azure and AWS

Work on cloud readiness, application discovery and migration activity

Build and maintain cloud landing zones

Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep or AWS tooling

Support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps tooling

Configure cloud networking, including VNets, service endpoints, firewalls, DNS and VPN connectivity

Support monitoring, alerting, logging, backup, restore and cost optimisation

Work across cloud security, IAM, Zero Trust principles and compliance requirements

Act as a senior escalation point for complex cloud infrastructure issues

Explain technical options clearly to senior stakeholders and non-technical teams

The Person:

Strong hands-on Azure platform experience

Good AWS experience within multi-cloud or hybrid environments

Strong Terraform, Bicep or wider IaC experience

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps tooling

Cloud migration experience, ideally using Azure Migrate or AWS migration tooling

Strong understanding of cloud networking, monitoring, logging and IAM

Experience working in secure, regulated, government or public sector environments

Knowledge of NCSC, GDS, Secure by Design or UK Government technology standards would be useful

Active SC or DV clearance preferred

Relevant certifications:

Candidates should ideally hold at least one of the following:

Microsoft Azure Administrator, AZ-104

Microsoft DevOps Engineer, AZ-400

AWS Certified Associate level or above

Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AZ-305, would be beneficial

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The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates