Cloud Engineer

Contract Duration: 6 months (strong chance of extension)

Location: Bristol, hybrid (2 days a week on site)

Day Rate: £500 to £575 per day, outside IR35

The Role:

• Help move core business systems from on-premise data centres to Azure as part of a large modernisation programme
• Design, build and look after Azure landing zones, networking and identity setup
• Build and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform and Azure DevOps pipelines
• Work with the security team to set up policies, monitoring and access controls in line with best practice
• Support the hybrid environment during migration, including VPN, ExpressRoute and DNS
• Troubleshoot performance, availability and cost issues, and suggest improvements
• Write clear documentation and runbooks so internal teams can take over once the project ends
• Work closely with project managers, architects and application owners to keep migration milestones on track

Skills Needed:

• 3+ years of hands-on Azure experience in an enterprise environment
• Strong Terraform skills (Bicep or ARM is a bonus)
• Solid networking knowledge (VNets, NSGs, ExpressRoute, DNS, firewalls)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Good grasp of Entra ID, RBAC and cloud security principles
• Scripting in PowerShell or Python
• AZ-104 or AZ-305 certification is desirable, not essential

Research indicates that men will apply to a role when they meet only 50-60% of the requirements, while women and other underrepresented groups often look for a 90-100% match. If this role excites you but you don’t tick every single box, please still apply. We’d love to hear from you.

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