Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (Azure)

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About Us

Ascent has recently been acquired by Acuity Analytics. This is both a significant milestone for us and a tremendous opportunity for you. Acuity Analytics is a business with a strong global reputation, an impressive client base and ambitious growth plans. We deliver deep insights and domain-led digital transformation to high-growth and heavily regulated organisations. To our customers, we bring a partnership that provides the talent, technology and capability to enhance performance and operational efficiency.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Cloud and Platform Engineer with strong Azure cloud infrastructure and DevOps experience to support a key customer engagement. This is a hands-on role focused on rebuilding and modernising cloud infrastructure while working closely with the wider engineering team. You'll play a key role in designing secure, scalable cloud environments, improving deployment automation and supporting enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain secure, scalable Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Support the rebuild and optimisation of the existing cloud platform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Argo CD.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes-based applications, including container deployments, ingress and egress configuration.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Configure and manage Azure networking, including Front Door, Application Gateway, Private Endpoints and Azure Monitor Private Link Scopes.
• Deploy and manage Azure App Services, Storage Accounts, Azure Database Services (Postgres), API Management and networking components.
• Collaborate with application and security teams to improve cloud governance, monitoring and automation.
• Develop automation and tooling using Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• Continuously improve DevOps processes, deployment patterns and operational best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• Commercial experience as a Cloud or DevOps Engineer in Azure environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container deployments, ingress and egress configuration.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Argo CD.
• Experience with Terraform/Terragrunt for Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong Azure experience including Storage, Networking, Azure App Services, API Management and Azure Database Services (Postgres).
• Good Python scripting and automation skills.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, monitoring and operational best practices.

Nice to Have

• Docker and Kubernetes administration.
• Azure AI Services, AI Foundry or Azure AI Search.
• GitHub Actions.
• Azure SQL, Cosmos DB and Azure Cache for Redis.
• Experience with cloud cost optimisation.
• Exposure to hybrid or multi-cloud environments.

Why join us

People are at the Heart of our Business. By investing in people, we achieve exceptional results for our clients and create new opportunities for our teams to thrive. Check out this page for more details.