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# Cloud Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Yorkshire Building Society
- **Location:** Leeds, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Github, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Services, Cloud Platform System, Git Flow, Terraform
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9a7760cde515e157

## About the Role

You'll be a skilled cloud engineer with a strong focus on platform engineering, automation, and secure cloud delivery within modern technology environments.

 * Strong hands-on Azure engineering experience, including networking, IAM, policies, and cloud platform services
 * Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation tooling such as Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps approaches
 * Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and deliver high-quality outcomes
 * Solid understanding of SRE principles, observability, and operational best practices within cloud environments
 * Security-first mindset with experience applying enterprise cloud security practices and governance controls

## Description

Join a hands-on engineering role where you'll deliver and continuously improve a modern Azure cloud platform. This is an opportunity to drive engineering excellence, enhance developer experience, and shape secure, scalable cloud capabilities that enable wider teams to deliver software efficiently., As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you will deliver, operate, and continuously improve the organisation's Azure cloud platform, ensuring secure and scalable cloud capabilities.

 * Build, manage, and enhance Azure foundational services and implement automation using tools such as Terraform, GitHub Actions, and GitOps to support platform engineering and operations
 * Operate and maintain platform services including AKS clusters, observability tooling, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliability, performance, and continuous improvement
 * Collaborate with engineering, security, and technology teams to support platform adoption, embed best practices, and deliver secure, compliant cloud solutions
 * Contribute to continuous improvement by developing reusable modules, templates, and engineering patterns that support cloudnative delivery
 * Troubleshoot complex platform issues, perform root cause analysis, and support incident reviews to improve platform stability and performance.


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