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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Platform Engineer - **Company:** SMG - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Domain Name System (DNS), Role-Based Access Control, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Datadog, Data Logging, Containerization, Bicep, Bitbucket, Cloud Migration, Terraform - **Published:** September 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://careers.smg.team/jobs/8460138-senior-cloud-platform-engineer ## About the Role * You've designed, built and run production cloud infrastructure for a SaaS product, not just the pipelines that deploy to it. * Hands-on Azure landing zone experience: management groups, hub-spoke networking, private endpoints and private DNS, Azure Policy, Entra ID/RBAC. * Hands-on AWS experience sufficient to operate existing workloads and migrate workloads off it * IaC expertise (Terraform strongly preferred; experience with Bicep / ARM is a plus). * Pipeline authoring in any mainstream CI tool (we use Azure DevOps and Bitbucket). * Observability tooling: metrics, tracing and logging stacks and experience translating those into SLIs/SLOs, specifically using Datadog. * Incident management experience, running on-call and leading blameless postmortems. * Strong scripting and automation skills; comfortable in at least one programming/scripting language. * Strong documentation skills. Desirable * Certifications: AWS and/or Azure certifications (AZ-305 or AZ-700 especially) * Azure Landing Zones or the Cloud Adoption Framework * Container platforms such as ACA or AKS * Hands-on cloud migration experience * Certifications: AWS and/or Azure certifications (AZ-305 or AZ-700 especially) * Azure Landing Zones or the Cloud Adoption Framework * Container platforms such as ACA or AKS * Hands-on cloud migration experience We're looking for people who enjoy the buzz of change, the satisfaction of building something better, and the joy of working with a close-knit, values-driven team. If you love variety, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and embrace change with energy, this could be your right role. ## Description We are looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to design, build and operate the cloud platform that SMG's products run on. The role works in two directions: day to day, you will embed with product squads from discovery to go-live, building the production infrastructure their products need and migrating our remaining AWS workloads into our Azure landing zone. Alongside that, you'll help set the long-term direction of the platform itself: the landing zone, reusable Terraform modules, and the observability and reliability practices that let every squad ship safely without waiting on us. Platform is currently a small, embedded function. We plan to grow it into a dedicated Platform squad, and you'll be one of the engineers who shapes what that squad becomes. What you'll do * Own and evolve our Azure landing zone and cloud foundations required for SMG's existing products and future platforms and lead the migration of remaining AWS workloads into it. * Operate observability and SRE tooling: metrics, tracing and logging. Integrate SMG's chosen observability platform, with clear SLO dashboards, into all products. * Contribute to the platform roadmap: spot recurring needs across squads and turn them into shared platform capabilities, prioritised with engineering leadership. * Build the Terraform modules and pipelines that let squads provision and ship into the landing zone safely. * Security, compliance and cost governance: embed security best practices, participate in audit remediation, manage cloud cost optimisation and tagging/governance. * Platform networking and identity: design and operate private networking across the landing zone (hub-spoke VNets, private endpoints, private DNS, ingress) and workload identity (managed identities, workload identity federation for pipelines, Entra ID RBAC). * Embed with product squads from discovery onwards, shaping infrastructure design before it becomes a delivery problem. * Enable developer self-service and ownership: mentor engineering teams on SRE practices so teams can reliably operate and own their infrastructure. * Author clear, actionable, version-controlled runbooks, incident playbooks and onboarding guides that enable developer self-service. ## Related Videos - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [GitOps for the people](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/461-gitops-for-the-people) - [The Memory Leak That Ate Our Cluster: A Postmortem](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2057-the-memory-leak-that-ate-our-cluster-a-postmortem) - [Back(end) to the Future: Embracing the continuous Evolution of Infrastructure and Code](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/440-back-end-to-the-future-embracing-the-continuous-evolution-of-infrastructure-and-code) - [Improving Developer Happiness with GitOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/54-improving-developer-happiness-with-gitops) - [Debugging in the Dark](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1658-debugging-in-the-dark) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [7 Most Popular Web Developer Jobs in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/163-7-most-popular-web-developer-jobs-in-europe) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers)