Senior Cloud Engineer- Azure - NCS

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We are committed to creating an environment that prioritises innovation, collaboration, and purposeful work. Our diverse team is empowered to make a meaningful impact with curiosity, creativity and resilience to shape better outcomes. Join us and accept the challenge of creating a better tomorrow.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to join a high-performing cloud and security team supporting complex, mission-critical cloud environments. This role will play a key part in designing, implementing, and continuously improving secure cloud platforms across Azure and multi-cloud environments.

Working within a highly regulated environment, you will be responsible for embedding security controls into cloud architecture, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps pipelines, identity management, and cloud governance frameworks. You will collaborate closely with platform engineers, application teams, and security stakeholders to ensure security is integrated throughout the cloud delivery lifecycle.

This is an exciting opportunity for a cloud engineer who is passionate about secure-by-design principles, automation, and modern cloud security practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure Azure cloud architectures aligned with Zero Trust principles.
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Policy management
• Encryption
• Monitoring and logging
• Support cloud security posture management (CSPM) initiatives and tooling.
• Integrate security controls into Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and automate cloud infrastructure using modern DevOps practices.
• Support vulnerability management and remediation across cloud platforms.
• Ensure cloud services align with security frameworks and compliance requirements including ISM, PSPF, IRAP and NIST.
• Partner with platform engineering and application delivery teams to embed security into solution design and deployment.
• Drive continuous improvement of cloud security standards, governance, and operational practices.
• Contribute to multi-cloud security initiatives across Azure and AWS environments.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience designing, implementing, and securing enterprise-scale Azure cloud environments .
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep or similar)
• CI/CD and DevSecOps practices
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Microsoft Sentinel