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# Principal Azure Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Fuel Recruitment
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Salary:** £208,000
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Azure Active Directory, Gitlab, Build Management, Kubernetes, Hardware Infrastructure, Cloud Optimization, Devsecops, Api Management
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-07C3062E68552D0B5D/

## About the Role

* Strong Azure engineering experience, particularly networking, connectivity and platform services
 * Proven delivery experience with AKS/Kubernetes
 * Strong knowledge of Azure API Management (APIM)
 * Infrastructure as Code and automated cloud provisioning
 * CI/CD, GitLab and DevSecOps integration
 * Experience migrating workloads from AWS and/or on-premise environments into Azure
 * Microsoft Entra ID identity and access management
 * Ability to operate at Senior/Principal Engineer level and deliver production-ready solutions
 * Design and build secure, scalable Azure platform services
 * Lead Azure networking and external boundary design
 * Build and operate AKS environments
 * Implement and integrate Azure API Management
 * Support migration and decommissioning of AWS, IBM and on-prem infrastructure
 * Drive automation, security and cloud best practices across the platform

## Description

Principal Azure Platform Engineer - 9-month contract - London (2 days a week on site) - £800 per day (Inside IR35 Umbrella)
Azure/Kubernetes/AKS

Our client is a well-known and dynamic financial services consultancy, currently engaged with a large merchant bank to support an exciting project to build and modernise a strategic cloud engineering platform, supporting the migration from Legacy infrastructure, enabling modern application delivery