Azure Platform Engineering Lead SC Cleared

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited

Remote · United KingdomGBP 550-600Posted October 15, 2026

Hays are now looking for an SC Cleared Azure Platform Engineering Lead for one of our government clients:

£600 p/d Inside IR35

Remote Working

Candidates must have experience with Azure Databricks

Current SC Clearance essential

Experienced hands-on Azure Platform Engineering Lead to lead an Agile engineering team delivering secure, scalable Azure infrastructure. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on platform engineering, sprint planning, quality assurance, HLD/LLD implementation and governance.

Essential skills

Strong Microsoft Azure platform engineering

Azure Databricks

Azure Functions

Terraform Infrastructure as Code

Azure DevOps Pipelines / CI/CD

Azure DevOps Repos / Git

Azure networking: VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, DNS

IAM / RBAC, Key Vault, Storage Accounts, Virtual Machines

Docker / Docker Compose

Trivy or similar security/vulnerability scanning

Bash and/or Python

Azure monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting

Experience in highly regulated/secure environments, including restricted/no-internet environments

Agile/Scrum

Proven technical leadership of platform engineering delivery

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate Azure platform engineering across Agile sprints

Design, build, automate and support secure Azure infrastructure

Lead Terraform and Azure DevOps CI/CD delivery

Translate approved HLDs into LLDs and engineering tasks

Review and approve engineering work against quality and security standards

Manage technical risks, issues and dependencies

Mentor engineers and provide hands-on troubleshooting/support when required

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