Overview
We are seeking an experienced Azure Platform Engineer for a contract role to deliver a new cloud sandbox platform for a leading London Market insurer. The successful contractor will focus on building and automating a secure Azure environment that supports varying development and testing initiatives, taking ownership of the technical implementation and delivery process. This role emphasizes hands-on engineering and collaboration with technology teams to ensure operational readiness.
Responsibilities
- Build and configure Azure infrastructure to support secure, isolated sandbox environments.
- Develop reusable Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks to automate infrastructure provisioning.
- Implement automated deployment workflows using GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions.
- Configure Azure networking, identity, access controls and security policies.
- Automate environment creation, shutdown, expiry and decommissioning.
- Implement Azure cost management, monitoring and governance controls.
- Support Microsoft Dev Box, Azure Virtual Desktop and other development environments where appropriate.
- Deliver technical documentation, operational runbooks and knowledge transfer.
Requirements
- Strong commercial experience delivering Microsoft Azure infrastructure and platform solutions.
- Advanced Terraform skills, including Infrastructure as Code automation.
- Experience with GitHub Actions and automated infrastructure deployment.
- Strong Azure networking knowledge, including VNets, DNS, routing and firewall controls.
- Experience with Azure Policy, RBAC, Entra ID and subscription management.
- Proven experience building secure, automated cloud infrastructure.
- Ability to take ownership of technical delivery with minimal supervision.
- Desirable: Experience with Azure Landing Zones, Microsoft Dev Box, Azure Virtual Desktop, Ansible, and cloud security tooling.