Principal Cloud Engineer - Azure
Manchester (Hybrid - 1 day per week on-site)
Salary up to £78,000 + Bonus
We are supporting a UK-based organisation undertaking a significant, multi-year technology transformation. As part of this, they are investing heavily in their cloud platform and are seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to play a key role in shaping and delivering their Azure environment.
This position is suited to a hands-on engineer who enjoys building and improving platforms, rather than operating purely at an architectural or strategic level.
Role Overview:
The successful candidate will be responsible for evolving an existing Azure environment from an early-stage setup into a mature, secure, and scalable cloud platform.
Working closely with architecture and infrastructure teams, you will help establish best practice, implement standards, and contribute directly to the ongoing transition from on-premise infrastructure to cloud.
Key Responsibilities:
- Mature and enhance Azure landing zones in line with Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) principles
- Implement governance, policy, and identity standards (Entra ID)
- Develop core platform capabilities, including:
- API Management (APIM) and Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- Logging, monitoring, and observability
- Introduce and scale Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) across the environment
- Contribute to the design and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery strategies
- Support the migration of on-premise data platforms into Microsoft Fabric
- Work collaboratively with architects and engineering teams to embed best practices and improve overall cloud capability
Environment:
- Early-stage Azure environment with low current cloud maturity
- Predominantly on-premise infrastructure transitioning to cloud
- Developing capabilities across governance, security, FinOps, and platform engineering
- Opportunity to influence direction and establish standards within a growing cloud function
Candidate Profile:
Strong hands-on experience in Azure infrastructure and platform engineeringProven track record of working with:
- Azure landing zones and governance frameworks
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
- Identity and access management (Entra ID / Azure AD)
- Monitoring and observability tooling
- Experience working in environments undergoing cloud transformation
- Ability to operate across engineering and architecture, with a focus on practical implementation
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach
Additional Information:
- This is not a purely architectural or strategy-led role; a strong emphasis is placed on hands-on engineering capability
- The organisation offers a collaborative environment with significant investment in cloud and long-term technology transformation
- Hybrid working model with a requirement of one day per week on-site in Manchester
Call Experis IT on 0121 712 8715 for more Information