Azure Platform Engineer
| Posting date: | 23 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £600.0 to £690.0 per day |
| Additional salary information: | up to £690pd (Inside IR35) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, London, ec2v 6dn |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4773419_1771858835 |
Summary
Azure Platform Engineer - Active SC, NPPV3, Azure
Up to £690 per day (Inside IR35)
Primarily remote
I am currently working with a leading consultancy who are looking for an NPPV3 and SC cleared Azure Platform Engineer to join a business critical programme for an end client
Key Requirements:
- Proven experience working as an Azure Platform Engineer.
- Active NPPV3 and SC clearance.
- Strong background in Azure API Management, particularly for mobile‑backend integrations.
- Hands‑on experience with AKS, Azure Functions, Event Grid, and Service Bus.
- Solid understanding of Azure networking, including VNets, private endpoints, Application Gateway, WAF, and load balancers.
- Strong knowledge of Azure AD, Managed Identities, OAuth2, and OpenID Connect.
- Proven experience with Docker and containerized workloads.
- Experience managing and supporting production‑grade AKS clusters.
- Good working knowledge of Helm, Kustomize, or similar tooling.
- Understanding of service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, OSM).
- Practical experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Azure Monitor.
Nice to have:
- Experience integrating mobile applications with cloud‑native backends
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications
- Familiarity with zero‑trust architecture principles
- Background in performance tuning or cost‑optimised cloud design
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