Azure Platform Engineer

About the job We are currently looking for x3 Azure Platform Engineers to join on a 6-9 month extendable contract working remotely (occasional Dusseldorf travel). The role of the Azure Platform Engineer : To provide hands-on Azure platform engineering expertise to accelerate the delivery of TaaZure (Telco-as-a-Service on Azure) platform capabilities. The role will be embedded within clients engineering teams to co-deliver reusable, production-ready platform components, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, observability, resilience and FinOps practices aligned to clients backlog and sprint cadence. The role will support secure, scalable and cost-effective cloud services while enabling knowledge transfer and coaching so client engineers can increasingly develop, operate and evolve TaaZure independently. Architectural ownership, design authority, programme governance and delivery management remain with client and separate governance arrangement s. The Azure Platform Manager will ne ed: Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services, including compute, networking, storage, identity, security, monitoring and platform servi ces.Proven experience delivering cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform and Terragrunt, with strong understanding of modular, reusable and policy-driven implementation patte rns.Experience building reusable Azure platform templates, golden paths or engineering patterns for repeatable platform adopt ion.Good understanding of DevOps and DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD, source control, automated testing, release management, security controls and environment governa nce.Experience operating Azure cloud-native services using observability, alerting, logging, performance monitoring, service reliability and incident response practi ces.Practical knowledge of cloud cost optimisation and FinOps principles, including cost visibility, tagging, right-sizing and efficient consumption patte rns.Ability to work effectively as an embedded third-party engineering consultant in a complex enterprise environment, communicating clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and producing high-quality documentat ion.