Azure Principal Platform Engineer
Internal Title: Azure Principal Consultant
Location: London, UK (Hybrid – typically 1-2 days per month in office)
Contract: Permanent
Package: £90,000 – £120,000 + 10 % Bonus + 10 % Shares + Benefits
About Us
At Appvia, we help customers navigate their journey to Cloud and DevOps maturity. We build a cloud infrastructure layer that allows platform engineering teams to manage, monitor, and update with ease, while giving developers flexibility to deploy apps in the cloud without hassle.
About the Role
As an Azure Principal Platform Engineer, you will guide customers toward Cloud and DevOps excellence, design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure platforms, and lead a team of cloud consultants. You will help establish Appvia’s internal solutions team at an exciting time in our journey.
Interview Process – 4 stages
- Discovery conversation with Talent Acquisition Manager
- Paired Technical Assessment with Engineering team
- Technical interview deep dive with Practice Leadership
- Final competency interview with Engineering Leadership
Security Clearance
You must either hold active SC, or be eligible for SC:
- British passport or ILR
- Reside in the UK for at least the last 5 years
- No criminal records
- No financial irregularities
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with customers to define and execute strategies for cloud and DevOps adoption
- Educate customers and stakeholders on cloud‑native technologies
- Lead large, complex public‑cloud projects and select appropriate technologies
- Manage teams of platform engineers and consultants, fostering a positive culture
- Engage with enterprise clients, understand challenges, and deliver tailored solutions
- Stay up‑to‑date with trends and share knowledge through blogs and videos
Requirements / About You
- Passionate about new technology and automation
- Experienced in leading an engineering team in Agile and DevOps best practices
- Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment practices
- Ability to collaborate with people of all technical levels
- Understanding of industry best practices
- Project management experience
- Strong people skills, including motivation of a team toward a common goal
Skills
- Mastery in designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and secure platforms
- Expertise in IaC practices, automation tools (Terraform) and scripting (Python, Ruby)
- Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and managed Azure AKS
- In‑depth knowledge of Azure services, architecture, landing zones and best practices
- Excellent knowledge of CI/CD, containerisation, and serverless technologies
Experience
- Proven leadership on large, complex public‑cloud projects
- Experience managing and mentoring teams, fostering collaboration
- Enterprise customer‑facing experience with high satisfaction
- Commitment to continuous learning and industry knowledge sharing
- Real‑world design and governance experience in Conditional Access, Identity lifecycle and PIM, Entra ID Protection, Defender, Sentinel
Qualifications
- Azure expert/professional level certification (e.g. Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Cybersecurity Architect Expert, Information Security Administrator Associate, Security Operations Analyst Associate)
- Kubernetes administration certification desirable (CKA, CKSS)
Benefits
Work‑life balance
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid working focused on outcomes
- 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays
- Additional day off for birthday
- Enhanced maternity and paternity to full pay
- Workplace nursery benefit
Well‑being
- Full private healthcare cover for you and partner; 50 % for children
- Death in service benefit
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Electric car scheme
- Pension with salary sacrifice option
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free hygiene products in London office
Mental health support
- Free therapy through AXA
- Access to Headspace app
- Certified Mental Health First Aider support
Other perks
- Learning budget of £1,000 a year
- Company MacBook Pro provided
- Dog‑friendly office
- Dress code is casual
- Free office snacks
- Pool table and ping‑pong table
- Regular team socials, board games and industry meetups
Equal Opportunity
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and actively encourage, respect, and recognise diversity of thought and background throughout the business. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity, or disability status.
Note: While all roles are active and approved at the time of posting, dynamic nature of our start‑up may mean some applications are processed to pipeline talent for future opportunities rather than current openings. We will keep you informed of any status changes to your application.
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