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# Senior Platform Engineer (AI)

- **Company:** VIQU Ltd
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £120,000.0 - £144,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control, Cloud Services, Zero Trust Network Access, Firewalls (Computer Science), AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Azure AKS, Terraform, Container Apps
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5957057861

## About the Role

* Proven experience designing and supporting enterprise Microsoft Azure platforms, including Azure Landing Zones, governance frameworks and cloud foundations
 * Strong Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise, including developing reusable modules, templates and platform standards
 * Hands-on experience with AKS, Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps and Azure Container Registry
 * Strong Azure networking experience, including Virtual Networks, ExpressRoute, DNS, Private Endpoints, NSGs, ASGs and Azure Firewall
 * Experience delivering CI/CD pipelines, platform automation and cloud engineering best practices using Azure DevOps, scripting and automation tools
 * Strong understanding of cloud security, Entra ID, RBAC, identity management and zero-trust access control models
 * Experience with modern AI platform technologies, such as vector databases, MCP integrations, observability, FinOps, GCP and workflow orchestration tools such as n8n

## Description

* Design, build and maintain Azure landing zones, cloud foundations and platform services for enterprise AI and cloud workloads
 * Develop and maintain Terraform modules, Infrastructure-as-Code standards and automated deployment frameworks
 * Deliver secure, scalable container-based platforms using AKS, Azure Container Apps and Azure Container Registry
 * Implement cloud networking, security, identity and governance controls in line with enterprise best practices and zero-trust principles
 * Support AI solution implementation by introducing platform guardrails, observability, monitoring and operational controls
 * Collaborate with architects, developers and stakeholders, mentor engineers and promote cloud engineering best practices across the team

Technologies:

 * AI
 * Azure
 * CI/CD
 * Cloud
 * DevOps
 * Firewall
 * GCP
 * Support
 * Kubernetes
 * MCP
 * RBAC
 * Security
 * Terraform
 * n8n, We are supporting a large organisation in hiring a Senior Platform Engineer (AI) to help build and evolve a new AI platform. This is an initial six-month contract, with scope to extend, based in Leicester with hybrid working. The rate is £500-£600 per day, and the role is outside IR35. We welcome referrals; a reward of up to £1,000 may be available for a successful referral, subject to terms.