Cloud Platform Engineer
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to join our Cloud & Infrastructure team. This role is responsible for the implementation, support, automation, and continuous improvement of our Microsoft Azure cloud platform, ensuring services are secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective.
Working within a collaborative technology environment, you will provide technical expertise across Azure infrastructure, networking, security, identity management, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, and governance. You'll also play a key role in driving automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
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Design, implement, support, and optimise Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services.
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Deliver secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions aligned to business requirements.
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Provision and manage Azure resources using Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, Terraform) and automation tools.
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Support cloud migration, modernisation, and transformation initiatives.
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Implement and maintain cloud security, identity, access controls, and governance standards.
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Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve Azure platform incidents, problems, and service requests.
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Maintain backup, recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities.
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Implement monitoring, alerting, performance, capacity, and availability management across the Azure estate.
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Optimise cloud performance, utilisation, operational efficiency, and cost.
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Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
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Collaborate with internal teams and third-party suppliers to deliver high-quality cloud services.
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Contribute to continual service improvement, automation, and operational maturity initiatives.
Skills & Experience
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Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure infrastructure, networking, storage, security, and platform services.
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Proven experience supporting and administering enterprise Azure environments.
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Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies including Bicep and Terraform.
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Automation and scripting skills using PowerShell or similar technologies.
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Experience migrating workloads from on-premises environments to Azure.
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Strong understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, and governance principles.
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Knowledge of FinOps, cloud consumption management, and cost optimisation techniques.
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Experience with monitoring, performance management, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
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Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
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Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
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Ability to work collaboratively across technical teams and third-party providers.
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Commitment to continuous learning, service improvement, and engineering best practice.
Desirable Certifications:
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
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Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
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ITIL Foundation Certification
Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.
Benefits
You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.
Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments.
We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.
