Microsoft Cloud Native Platform Engineer

Capgemini Sogeti
London, UK
23 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Application Performance Management Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Microsoft Online Services Cloud Engineering Encodings Continuous Integration DevOps Github Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language)
+16 more
Windows PowerShell Prometheus Azure DevOps Pipelines Software Engineering Scripting Cloud Platform System Cloud Monitoring Grafana SC Clearance Containerization Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Bicep Terraform Devsecops Azure Resource Manager

Job description

Lead the design, implementation, and management of Azure DevOps pipelines and cloud platform solutions.

Define DevOps strategies and roadmaps aligned to client business objectives.

Act as the primary technical advisor and stakeholder contact for DevOps and platform engineering initiatives.

Lead and mentor teams of DevOps and Platform Engineers across large-scale delivery programmes.

Drive adoption of DevSecOps practices across software development and infrastructure lifecycles.

Cloud Platform Engineering & Automation

Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and related automation technologies.

Deliver Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates.

Build and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient Azure cloud environments.

Implement GitOps practices and infrastructure automation capabilities.

Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to improve release velocity and platform reliability.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

Champion platform modernisation and cloud-native ways of working.

Explore and implement AI-enhanced capabilities across CI/CD, testing, observability, and operational workflows.

Promote monitoring, observability, and operational excellence through modern tooling and best practices.

Contribute to engineering standards, reusable accelerators, and DevOps reference architectures.

Requirements

Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale Azure DevOps and Platform Engineering solutions, including CI/CD pipeline design and automation using Azure DevOps, GitHub, or GitHub Actions.

Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates, alongside scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.

Deep understanding of Azure cloud services, cloud-native architectures, containerisation, and Kubernetes, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and automation.

Experience embedding DevSecOps practices, Azure security controls, identity management (Entra ID), and governance frameworks within cloud delivery programmes.

Strong knowledge of monitoring, observability, and GitOps practices, leveraging tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with experience leading engineering teams, mentoring colleagues, and engaging with clients in complex delivery environments.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme.

As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who: Declare they have a disability, and Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role., To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements. Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

About the company

Capgemini’s Cloud Native Hyperscaler Azure team is seeking an experienced and passionate Microsoft Azure DevOps / Platform Engineer to help deliver enterprise-scale cloud transformation programmes for some of the world’s leading organisations. This role combines deep technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, enabling you to shape DevOps strategy, drive platform engineering excellence, and influence cloud-native delivery across complex client environments.

You will play a key role in designing and implementing secure, scalable, and automated Azure platforms, leading engineering teams, and acting as a trusted advisor to clients. Working closely with delivery teams, architects, developers, operations specialists, and Microsoft partners, you’ll help clients accelerate software delivery while embedding security, quality, and reliability into every stage of the development lifecycle.

As a senior member of our Azure practice, you’ll also contribute to capability growth, support pre-sales activities, mentor engineers, and help shape the future of DevOps, platform engineering, and AI-enhanced delivery within Capgemini., You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements

You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 12 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Capgemini. Make it real.

Why you should consider capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

Make it real www.capgemini.com

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