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# Azure Platform Engineering Consultant

- **Company:** Morgan McKinley
- **Location:** Newbury, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £75,000.0 - £85,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Prometheus, Data Logging, Cloud Monitoring, Grafana, Build Management, Deployment Automation, Cloud Optimization, Terraform
- **Published:** July 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/azure-platform-engineering-consultant/57145881

## About the Role

* 10+ years of hands-on experience in IT, Cloud, or DevOps Engineering.
 * Deep Azure Expertise: Core compute, networking, storage, identity, security, and platform services.
 * Infrastructure as Code: Strong proficiency with Terraform AND Terragrunt using modular, reusable implementation patterns.
 * DevOps & Observability: Strong experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions) and monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, etc.).
 * FinOps: Practical knowledge of cloud cost optimization, tagging strategies, and right-sizing.
 * Consulting Mindset: Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills in an enterprise setup.

## Description

You will work on a high-profile platform initiative (TaaZure), co-delivering reusable, production-ready platform capabilities, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, and FinOps practices., * IaC & Platform Delivery: Design and build production-ready IaC using Terraform and Terragrunt, creating modular, reusable Azure platform templates and landing zone patterns.

 * CI/CD & Automation: Build and refine automated deployment pipelines, environment management, and release practices.
 * Platform Quality: Embed observability (monitoring, logging, alerting), resilience, security, and FinOps principles directly into platform assets.
 * Co-Delivery & Knowledge Transfer: Work closely alongside client engineering teams to pair, document patterns, and upskill internal engineers so they can operate the platform independently.


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