Junior Azure Platform Engineer
Canada Life Limited
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
8 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Junior Compensation
£ 45KJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Artificial Intelligence
Azure
Bash
Cloud Computing
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Github
Python
Powershell
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Containerization
Deployment Automation
Bicep
Terraform
Docker
Job description
We're seeking a Junior Azure Platform Engineer with experience in cloud, infrastructure or DevOps roles. This position is ideal for junior engineer who want to build deep skills in Azure, Infrastructure-as-Code, automation and platform reliability while learning from experienced engineers.
What You'll Do
- Support provisioning, configuration and operation of Azure resources.
- Contribute to secure, scalable and well-architected Azure environments.
- Apply best practices in identity, networking, monitoring and governance.
- Build cloud infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep.
- Use GitHub Copilot and AI agents to accelerate IaC, scripting and troubleshooting.
- Help develop automation reducing manual workload and increasing reliability.
- Assist with managing cloud environments across non-production and production.
- Support monitoring, alerting and observability.
- Contribute to incident investigations and platform stability improvements.
- Work with CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure delivery.
- Participate in CI/CD and deployment through ADO and GitHub.
- Learn cloud delivery patterns, change control and release automation.
Requirements
- Experience in cloud, infrastructure or DevOps.
- Understanding of Azure fundamentals.
- Basic scripting experience (PowerShell, Bash or Python).
- Familiarity with GitHub Copilot and AI agents.
- Diagnostic and troubleshooting ability.
- Strong teamwork, communication and problem-solving.
Desirable / Willing to Learn
- Experience with Terraform or Bicep.
- Azure networking fundamentals.
- CI/CD concepts and deployment automation.
- Cloud governance, FinOps or security practices.
- Containerisation basics (Docker, AKS)., * Degree in a technical, engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Azure certifications (such as AZ-900) are beneficial but not required.