Senior Azure & Microsoft 365 Platform Engineer

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. Act as the technical owner of the Azure platform .

Posted 9/29/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 platform engineering, focusing on identity and access management, disaster recovery, and service-health monitoring. Proficient in Terraform, Azure DevOps, and technical documentation to ensure secure and stable operations.

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Microsoft Azure Platform EngineeringIdentity And Access ManagementDisaster Recovery AssessmentAzure Monitor And Log AnalyticsTerraform Configuration Management

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Hard Skills

Azure Platform EngineeringMicrosoft 365 AdministrationEntra IDConditional AccessAzure RBACKey Vault ManagementDisaster Recovery ProceduresAzure NetworkingPowerShell ScriptingKQL

Soft Skills

Technical JudgementCollaborationClear Communication

Tools & Technologies

Azure DevOpsApplication InsightsTerraformAzure PolicyLog Analytics

Industry Keywords

Cloud ArchitectureBusiness-Critical Production EnvironmentsService-Health MonitoringCost ManagementSecurity Audits

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudRTOSTerraformVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as the technical owner of the Azure platform
Work closely with external development and engineering partners
Ensure deployed systems align with intended architecture and support secure, stable operations
Improve ownership across Identity and Access Management, Disaster Recovery, and Monitoring and Observability
Oversee Azure subscriptions, landing zones, networking, compute, databases and Microsoft 365 tenant configuration
Validate deployed infrastructure against documented architecture and security requirements
Review Entra ID, Conditional Access, authentication flows, RBAC, PIM, emergency access, service identities and guest/B2B and client-facing identities
Ensure least-privilege access, effective joiner/mover/leaver processes, recurring access reviews and removal of orphaned identities
Reconcile permissions and access dependencies across Microsoft 365, Azure, Azure DevOps and applications
Oversee Key Vault, secrets, certificates and rotation
Assess and improve disaster recovery, including recovery units, shared dependencies, RTOs/RPOs, backups, database replication, point-in-time restoration and multi-region design
Run restore and failover exercises, maintaining runbooks, responsibilities and test evidence
Improve service-health monitoring using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, KQL and Application Insights
Map services to monitoring signals, tune alerts, and distinguish customer-facing status from operational diagnostics
Troubleshoot production issues across infrastructure, applications, APIs and integrations
Maintain practical runbooks and technical documentation
Maintain Terraform configurations, modules and state; detect configuration drift
Support Azure DevOps pipelines and permissions, and develop PowerShell scripts and automation
Apply Azure Policy and landing-zone guardrails
Maintain tagging, naming and subscription standards
Improve cost management, including telemetry retention and access
Act as the internal technical counterpart to external providers, challenge proposed changes, and communicate gaps, risks and recommendations

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong hands-on experience with both Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, including Azure platform engineering, Microsoft 365 tenant administration and security configuration, Active Directory servers, and email security/spam filtering (Mimecast)
Experience spanning cloud architecture, engineering and operations in business-critical production environments
Strong knowledge of Entra ID, Conditional Access, Azure RBAC, PIM, Key Vault and identity and access governance across connected platforms
Practical knowledge of Azure networking, ingress, compute and databases, including backup, replication and restoration
Experience assessing and validating disaster recovery, including dependency mapping, RTOs/RPOs, recovery procedures, restore testing and regional failover
Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, KQL and Application Insights, including service-health monitoring, alert tuning and troubleshooting distributed, API-driven services
Practical Terraform experience covering modules, state management and drift detection, alongside Azure DevOps CI/CD, access controls, PowerShell scripting and Azure Policy
Strong technical documentation and runbook-development skills, with the ability to distinguish verified findings from assumptions and recommendations
Ability to work independently, exercise sound technical judgement, collaborate with and challenge external providers, and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Desirable: Familiarity with Bicep or ARM templates and cloud cost optimisation / FinOps
Desirable: Experience supporting security audits
Desirable: Familiarity with AI tools and their practical application in Microsoft 365 or IT operations
Desirable: Experience working with multiple external technology suppliers

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working - hybrid mode
Working on exciting cutting-edge technology projects
Competitive salary
Medical insurance package
Generous paid time off
Professional development and training
Professional certification exams sponsored by the company