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Cortex IT Recruitment
Central London

Join an internationally recognised organisation operating at the intersection of creativity and innovation. This is an engaging and rewarding environment in which to develop your career, offering opportunities across both specialist and operational roles. Teams work collaboratively towards a shared purpose, balancing respect for established practices with a commitment to continuous improvement and new ideas.

With a long-standing history, the organisation is guided by core values centred on integrity, excellence, innovation, responsibility, and collaboration. You will work alongside highly skilled professionals who are leaders in their disciplines, fostering a culture that encourages learning, ambition, and the pursuit of high standards.

Benefits & Perks

  • Private medical, dental, and family coverage
  • Annual wellbeing allowance for health or hobbies
  • Hybrid, flexible work options
  • Generous leave and enhanced family time, plus company breaks and your birthday off
  • Pension and life assurance from day one
  • Exclusive events and learning opportunities
  • Paid volunteering days and donation matching

Why This Role Matters

Now seeking to hire a Lead Cloud Engineer with strong expertise in Microsoft Azure, particularly Platform as a Service (PaaS) technologies, to join a platform engineering function. This is a strategic, hands-on role focused on designing, building, and maintaining scalable and secure PaaS solutions that support modern application architectures.

As a technical leader, the role contributes to shaping the cloud platform, supporting and mentoring engineers, and driving high standards across development, operations, and security.

How You’ll Make an Impact

  • Design and implement scalable, resilient Azure PaaS architectures, including App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, and API Management.
  • Enable cloud-native application development by advising engineering teams on best practices for cloud adoption, DevOps, and infrastructure as code.
  • Drive automation using Azure-native tooling such as ARM, and Bicep for resource provisioning and configuration.
  • Define and implement governance, security, and compliance controls for Azure PaaS environments.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, security, service management, and architecture.
  • Mentor engineers and promote knowledge sharing across teams.

**What We’re Looking For**

  • Strong experience in architecting and delivering Azure PaaS solutions.
  • Deep knowledge of services including: Azure App Services, Functions, API Management, CosmosDB and Azure SQL.
  • Proficient with infrastructure-as-code tools (Bicep, ARM).
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps).
  • Solid scripting knowledge in PowerShell and use of Azure CLI.
  • Strong understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, RBAC, and Azure Policies.
  • Strong understanding with networking in Azure (VNETs, private endpoints, network security groups, VNET peering and firewalls)
  • Demonstrated experience in leading cloud engineering initiatives or projects
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert and/or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

Job Owner: d.prosser

Tagged as: Azure , C# , SQL

Posted 2025-12-15

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