Cloud Platform Engineer

CLOUD OPERATIONS ENGINEER

Leading Investment Firm | London | 12-month contract position

3 days in Office

THE ROLE

Own day-to-day Azure infrastructure operations for a leading alternative investments firm. You'll manage subscriptions, patch management, security posture, and identity infrastructure balancing operational efficiency with a security-first approach in a regulated environment.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Administer Azure environment (compute, networking, storage, IAM)
• Manage patch and vulnerability remediation; maintain emergency CVE runbook
• Automate infrastructure using PowerShell/Terraform/Bicep
• Support cloud security posture management (Wiz, GitHub Advanced Security)
• Maintain AVD environment and session host management
• Configure Entra ID, conditional access, and identity governance
• Maintain and test disaster recovery runbooks
• Monitor Azure infrastructure using Monitor and Log Analytics

WHO YOU ARE

Essential:

• Hands-on Azure administration (compute, networking, storage, IAM)
• Strong PowerShell scripting
• Patch and vulnerability management experience
• Azure Monitor and Log Analytics familiarity
• Network security concepts (NSGs, segmentation, private endpoints)
• Entra ID and conditional access configuration
• Security-first mindset
• Comfortable with change management processes
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Financial services or regulated environment background

Desirable:

• Bicep or Terraform experience