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# Senior Azure Platform Engineer - Security Focus

- **Company:** EPLACEMENT LIMITED
- **Location:** Redhill, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £80,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Github, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Policy as Code, Key Vault
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840599785-senior-azure-platform-engineer--security-focus

## About the Role

* Strong experience with Microsoft Azure (particularly PaaS environments)
 * Proven experience implementing Azure security controls hands-on (not just designing or advising)
 * Strong experience implementing and enforcing Azure Policy at scale (policy-as-code, guardrails, compliance)
 * Solid understanding of Azure networking and security controls (NSGs, ASGs, Private Endpoints, VNet design)
 * Experience with tools such as Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, Sentinel
 * Familiarity with CI/CD tooling (Azure DevOps, GitHub)
 * Ability to assess risks and drive remediation through to completion
 * Comfortable operating independently and owning outcomes

You should be able to clearly articulate what you have personally built and implemented across Azure platform security., * AZ-500 Azure Security Engineer

 * SC-100 Cybersecurity Architect
 * AZ-305 Azure Solutions Architect
 * CCSP

## Description

We're hiring a Senior Azure Platform Engineer with a strong security focus to join a major UK enterprise organisation undergoing large-scale cloud transformation.

This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role within the Platform Engineering function, working at the intersection of platform, architecture, and cyber security to strengthen the organisation's Azure security posture.

You'll collaborate closely with Cyber Security (including SOC teams), Architecture, and Engineering to ensure the platform is secure by design and compliant by default.

The role is engineering-led and focused on hands-on implementation - not just governance or policy definition.

The Opportunity

You'll take ownership of platform security posture - analysing risks, prioritising improvements, and driving adoption of secure standards across a complex Azure environment.

Working extensively with Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, identity controls, networking, and Infrastructure-as-Code tooling, you'll help establish secure platform foundations for multiple engineering teams., * Establishing and enforcing Azure security baselines and policies

 * Implementing and scaling policy-as-code and platform guardrails
 * Reviewing technical designs and assessing security posture
 * Working with SOC and cyber teams to identify and remediate platform risks
 * Defining and implementing secure standards for infrastructure and services
 * Supporting compliance across internal and customer-facing systems
 * Partnering with architects and engineering teams to embed security into delivery

The role combines day-to-day platform ownership (BAU) with project-driven improvements as the platform continues to evolve.


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