Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Azure Platform engineer
Azure Platform engineer at Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd, based in Sheffield, Yorkshire and Humberside, paying £500 - £530 per day. This is a permanent role with hybrid working.
- Pay
- £500 - £530 per day
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · Hybrid
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and Humberside
- Closing date
- Sector
- DevOps Engineer
Bang in line with the market for devops engineer
Reference 57500269
About the role
£530 per day - Inside IR35
Sheffield - 3 days a week on site
3 months initially
Key Skills & Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience engineering and supporting Azure platforms at scale, including compute, storage, networking, identity, governance, RBAC, managed identities, ARM, and Azure Policy.
- Expert-level PowerShell automation experience, developing reusable modules, tooling, testing frameworks, and automation used across production environments.
- Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM, including CI/CD pipeline integration, code reviews, module design, and state management.
- Proven background managing Azure VM image build and release processes, including Azure Image Builder, Packer, Shared Image Gallery, patching, hardening, versioning, and deployment automation.
- Strong knowledge of Azure Networking, including VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, DNS, load balancing, routing, traffic management, and hybrid connectivity.
- Experience implementing and responding to Azure governance and compliance controls, assessing policy impacts, remediating non-compliance, and ensuring estate-wide adherence to security standards.
- Ability to troubleshoot and lead resolution of complex production issues across infrastructure, network, and application layers, acting as an escalation point for technical teams.
- Desirable experience with Azure Landing Zones, Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, Entra ID, Azure Policy authoring, enterprise-scale architecture, regulated environments, and Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-400.
Please apply with your up to date CV, no sponsorship offered.
Reference: 57500269 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 9 Dec 2026 · Listed via Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
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