Azure Platform Engineer

Azure Platform Engineer

Position Description
At CGI, you'll help deliver a critical Azure-based platform that keeps road users, transport providers and public services informed with accurate, timely and reliable road network information. Working on a service that underpins essential decision-making, you'll play a key role in improving platform resilience, security and automation while helping accelerate the delivery of data to downstream consumers. You'll collaborate with talented multidisciplinary teams, contribute innovative ideas and take ownership of meaningful technical challenges, supported by an environment that invests in your growth and empowers you to make a lasting impact.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position and you can be based anywhere in the UK. There might be some very occasional expensed travel to client/CGI offices as project demand but we try to keep this to a minimum.

Your future duties and responsibilities
In this role, you will help operate, maintain and evolve a business-critical Azure platform that collects, processes and distributes road network information from multiple data sources. Working closely with data engineers, API developers and testers, you will ensure the platform remains secure, resilient and highly available while supporting continuous improvements to automation, infrastructure and operational efficiency.

You will take ownership of key platform capabilities, contribute to infrastructure modernisation and help reduce data processing latency through automation and continuous improvement. Supported by an experienced team, you'll have opportunities to influence technical decisions, improve engineering practices and deliver high-quality solutions that create real value for our clients.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain & Optimise Azure infrastructure across multiple subscriptions.
• Develop & Enhance Infrastructure as Code solutions using Bicep.
• Build & Automate Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.
• Support & Improve a secure hub-and-spoke Azure networking architecture.
• Manage & Maintain Azure App Services and core platform services.
• Collaborate & Enable data engineering teams supporting Azure Data Factory and Databricks environments.
• Develop & Automate operational tooling using Bash, Python and, where appropriate, PowerShell.
• Monitor & Improve platform reliability, security and operational performance.
• Troubleshoot & Resolve platform issues while supporting development and QA teams.
• Drive Continuous Improvement initiatives that enhance platform capability and reduce data processing latency.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
To succeed in this role, you'll bring strong Azure platform engineering experience with a passion for automation, infrastructure as code and operational excellence. You'll be comfortable working within collaborative Agile teams and have the technical expertise to support secure, scalable cloud platforms while continually identifying opportunities for improvement.

Essential qualifications

• Strong experience administering and supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
• Proven expertise with Infrastructure as Code using Bicep (Terraform experience is advantageous).
• Experience designing and maintaining Azure networking, including hub-and-spoke architectures.
• Good knowledge of Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipeline development.
• Experience supporting Azure App Services and cloud platform services.
• Experience working with Azure Data Factory; exposure to Databricks is desirable.
• Strong scripting skills using Bash and Python; PowerShell experience is beneficial.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional technical teams.

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