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# Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** Peaple Talent
- **Location:** Leeds, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Github, Python (Programming Language), Windows Servers, Windows PowerShell, Delivery Pipeline, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Bicep, Cloud Migration, Terraform, Azure Resource Manager, Vmware
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815181865-cloud-engineer

## About the Role

* Strong infrastructure engineering background with a cloud-first mindset and experience designing and managing Azure environments at scale.
 * Proven experience delivering cloud migration and transformation projects, including Azure tenant migrations and VMware-to-Azure migrations.
 * Hands-on expertise with Azure governance, landing zones, networking, identity, security, and hybrid connectivity.
 * Experience using Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell, or Python.
 * Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub, with strong Windows Server experience and some Linux exposure desirable.

## Description

Peaple Talent have partnered with a rapidly growing energy company at the heart of the transition to a low carbon future. They are looking for an Azure Cloud Engineer to join the team and lead the design, setup, and day-to-day management of the organisation's Microsoft Azure environment, with a focus on cloud governance, landing zone architecture, and operational best practice.

The Role:

 * Design, implement, and manage the organisation's Microsoft Azure environment, including landing zones, governance, security, networking, and monitoring standards.
 * Manage and optimise Azure services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM, while ensuring performance, reliability, cost control, and compliance.
 * Support DevOps and automation initiatives by helping teams adopt CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and infrastructure automation best practices.
 * Lead cloud migration projects, including moving acquired Azure environments and on-prem VMware workloads into Azure with minimal disruption.
 * Provide technical leadership and operational support by resolving complex issues, improving processes through automation, maintaining documentation, and delivering infrastructure projects with stakeholders.

The Candidate:

 * Strong infrastructure engineering background with a cloud-first mindset and experience designing and managing Azure environments at scale.
 * Proven experience delivering cloud migration and transformation projects, including Azure tenant migrations and VMware-to-Azure migrations.
 * Hands-on expertise with Azure governance, landing zones, networking, identity, security, and hybrid connectivity.
 * Experience using Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell, or Python.
 * Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub, with strong Windows Server experience and some Linux exposure desirable.

The Package:

 * Performance bonus
 * Private Medical
 * 25 days holiday


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