Cloud Platform Engineer
Willis Towers Watson16 hours ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Manage a mature Azure infrastructure spanning more than 300 subscriptions.
- Design, implement, and manage Azure server infrastructure, Management Groups, virtual machines, networking, and security solutions.
- Implement and maintain Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, Managed Identities, vulnerability remediation, and platform hardening.
- Automate provisioning, support, and configuration using ARM/Bicep templates, Terraform, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.
- Enforce Landing Zones, Azure Policy, RBAC, tagging, subscription management, governance, and compliance controls.
- Optimize cloud resources for performance, cost, and availability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Cost Management.
- Support CI/CD pipelines, containerized workloads, PaaS, and App services in collaboration with DevOps and application teams.
- Resolve support tickets and troubleshoot infrastructure issues in a timely manner.
- Document processes, procedures, and infrastructure and recommend platform improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Strong Azure or related cloud provider experience and strong understanding of server IaaS management, including high availability, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery.
- Knowledge of Windows Server security baselines and configuration management.
- Production experience with Terraform and familiarity with other Infrastructure as Code tools such as Bicep and ARM templates.
- Understanding of CI/CD tools and concepts, including Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
- Familiarity with PowerShell, Bicep, or Python scripting.
- Experience with GitHub Enterprise, Azure Arc, OSConfig, and vulnerability management.
- Basic understanding of AI/ML operational concepts, model lifecycle management, and related cloud infrastructure requirements.
- Experience working within DevOps and Agile delivery models.
- Azure certifications or comparable knowledge, such as AZ-104, AZ-204, or AZ-305.
- Ability to influence technical direction across distributed teams and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, governance, security, reliability, and continuous-improvement capabilities.
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave plus an additional WTW day.
- Private healthcare, life insurance, group income protection, and regular health assessments.
- Defined contribution pension scheme with company-matched contributions up to 10%.
- Hybrid working options and access to an employee assistance programme.
- Fully paid volunteer day.
- Optional electric vehicle car scheme, share scheme, cycle-to-work programme, dental and optical cover, and critical illness protection.
About Willis Towers Watson
WTW is a global advisory, broking, and software firm serving employers, insurers, and institutional clients across people, risk, and capital. It provides insurance brokerage and risk advisory, employee benefits and pensions consulting, and HR/benefits administration software and analytics. Headquartered in London and listed on NASDAQ (WTW), the company was formed in 2016 via the Willis Group–Towers Watson merger and operates in roughly 140 markets worldwide.