Azure Platform Engineer - London, United Kingdom - Appvia

Description

Senior Azure Platform Engineer - Appvia Location: London, UK

At Appvia, we're committed to helping our customers navigate their journey to Cloud and DevOps maturity.

We dedicate ourselves to building a cloud infrastructure layer that allows platform engineering teams to manage, monitor and update with ease - at the same time, offering devs the flexibility to deploy their apps in the cloud without a hassle.

As a Senior Azure Platform Engineer and Cloud Consultant, you will play a crucial role in guiding our customers on their journey to cloud and DevOps maturity.

You'll be passionate about new technology and automation, and experienced in leading an Engineering Team in Agile and DevOps best practices.

Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment practices
Project Management experience

Collaborate with clients to assess their current infrastructure, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop tailored cloud and DevOps strategies.

Lead the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices to streamline development and deployment processes.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.

Provide input to Statements of Work (SOW) and lead on small projects, ensuring deliverables are met within scope, budget, and timeline.

Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in cloud computing and DevOps, contributing to internal knowledge sharing and thought leadership initiatives.

Terraform, Ansible) and scripting languages (e.g. Python, Ruby).

Understanding of cloud services, architecture, and best practices in one or more major public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).

DevOps Practices:

Project Leadership:
Demonstrated experience delivering cloud migration, optimisation, or transformation projects.
Commitment to staying abreast of industry trends, participating in professional development activities, and obtaining relevant certifications.

Certification in relevant cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) at an associate level is highly desirable, e

g:

Microsoft Certified:
Azure Network Engineer Associate

Microsoft Certified:

AWS Certified: We are a self-funded, London based startup; We are on a mission to enable organisations to make cloud-based software delivery simple and efficient, whilst having the insights into costs, security and cadence.

With us our customers, like the UK's Home Office & Bank of England, are harnessing cloud-native technologies, limiting the challenges of infrastructure management and rapidly delivering digital products.

We are generous - you'll be compensated fairly for your role (dependant on role this could mean a blend of salary, commission, stock options & company bonus)

We celebrate you - you'll get the day-off for your Birthday, plus your 25 days annual leave and the 8 bank hols

We win together - non commission based roles receive a company & individual performance based bonus

We take health & wellbeing seriously - you'll get health Insurance including a dental element for yourself, and can choose to add family members to your policy.

Life assurance, enhanced Employee Assist Programme, cycle to work scheme and a paid subscription to Headspace App

We're mindful - you'll have flexibility to work from our dog-friendly Barbican office, your home
or a combination of both - with flex hours to make work & home, work well

We want you to grow - you'll be joining an exceptional team who will help you shape the career you're dreaming of, each Appvian has access to an individual training budget

We're fun - we sponsor regular team socials, board game nights, Cloud Unplugged, meetups and more

But don't just take our word for it, you can check out what our Appvians say about us on Glassdoor and by following us on LinkedIn, Twitter and TikTok.