Platform Engineer

Platform EngineerOutside IR35Fully remote

We’re looking for a strong Azure Platform Engineer for a contract role focused on building and supporting secure, scalable internal engineering platforms.

This is not a standard data engineer role.

The work sits across Azure platform engineering, Databricks, Terraform, CI/CD, governance, identity, and secure access environments. You’ll be helping shape and improve core cloud services used by engineering teams across the business.

What you’ll be doing

• Build and improve secure, scalable Azure platform services
• Support and enhance Azure Databricks environments with a focus on governance, access, cost control and operational stability
• Develop and maintain Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and platform changes
• Improve CI/CD platforms and engineering workflows
• Help design and manage secure access environments for internal users, remote teams and contractors
• Work across platform, security and engineering teams to reduce risk and improve operational standards
• Drive automation and standardisation with a cattle not pets mindset
• Support identity, RBAC and governance controls across Azure services

Tech stack

• Azure
• Azure Databricks
• Terraform
• Azure DevOps / CI/CD
• Python
• SQL
• Apache Spark / PySpark
• Entra ID / RBAC / governance
• Networking / platform security / automation

What we’re looking for

• Strong experience in Azure platform engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform
• Good experience with Azure Databricks
• Background in CI/CD, automation and infrastructure as code
• Experience working in secure, regulated or enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of governance, access controls, platform reliability and operational risk
• Good communication skills and ability to work with both engineers and wider stakeholders

Nice to have

• Experience with AVD, landing zones, hub/spoke networking or enterprise Azure foundations
• Experience supporting internal developer platforms or build services
• Financial services / fintech experience

This is a good fit for someone who has worked as a:

• Azure Platform Engineer
• Cloud Platform Engineer
• Azure DevOps Engineer
• Databricks Platform Engineer
• Platform / DevOps Engineer with strong Azure and Terraform experience

If relevant please apply to be considered and if you profile is a fit we will aim to respond in 24 hours.