Microsoft Cloud Native Platform Engineer

Capgemini
Birmingham, United Kingdom
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Application Performance Management
Azure
Bash
Microsoft Online Services
Cloud Engineering
Encodings
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Github
Identity and Access Management
Python
Powershell
Prometheus
Azure DevOps Pipelines
Software Engineering
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Cloud Platform System
Cloud Monitoring
Grafana
SC Clearance
Containerization
Kubernetes
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Bicep
Terraform
Devsecops
Azure

Job description

Lead the design, implementation, and management of Azure DevOps pipelines and cloud platform solutions.

Define DevOps strategies and roadmaps aligned to client business objectives.

Act as the primary technical advisor and stakeholder contact for DevOps and platform engineering initiatives.

Lead and mentor teams of DevOps and Platform Engineers across large-scale delivery programmes.

Drive adoption of DevSecOps practices across software development and infrastructure lifecycles.

Cloud Platform Engineering & Automation

Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and related automation technologies.

Deliver Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates.

Build and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient Azure cloud environments.

Implement GitOps practices and infrastructure automation capabilities.

Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to improve release velocity and platform reliability.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

Champion platform modernisation and cloud-native ways of working.

Explore and implement AI-enhanced capabilities across CI/CD, testing, observability, and operational workflows.

Promote monitoring, observability, and operational excellence through modern tooling and best practices.

Contribute to engineering standards, reusable accelerators, and DevOps reference architectures.

Requirements

Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale Azure DevOps and Platform Engineering solutions, including CI/CD pipeline design and automation using Azure DevOps, GitHub, or GitHub Actions.

Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates, alongside scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.

Deep understanding of Azure cloud services, cloud-native architectures, containerisation, and Kubernetes, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and automation.

Experience embedding DevSecOps practices, Azure security controls, identity management (Entra ID), and governance frameworks within cloud delivery programmes.

Strong knowledge of monitoring, observability, and GitOps practices, leveraging tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with experience leading engineering teams, mentoring colleagues, and engaging with clients in complex delivery environments.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme.

As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who: Declare they have a disability, and Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role., To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements. Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

About the company

Capgemini ist einer der weltweit führenden Anbieter von Management- und IT-Beratung, Technologie-Services und Digitaler Transformation. Als ein Wegbereiter für Innovation unterstützt das Unternehmen seine Kunden bei deren komplexen Herausforderungen rund um Cloud, Digital und Plattformen.

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