Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Cpl Recruitment are partnering with a leading global financial services organisation to recruit a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer for its Dublin technology team. This is a senior, hands-on engineering role focused on building, automating and evolving enterprise-scale Azure platforms within a highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and enhance enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure cloud platforms.
• Support cloud adoption, application migration and platform modernisation initiatives.
• Develop secure, resilient and highly available cloud infrastructure.
• Drive an Infrastructure-as-Code approach across cloud environments and services.
• Build and improve automated, auditable deployment pipelines.
• Support Azure identity, networking, security, observability and resilience capabilities.
• Work with Kubernetes and OpenShift-based container platforms.
• Embed security, governance and operational resilience into cloud engineering practices.
• Partner with Architecture, Infrastructure, Data, Security, Risk and Compliance teams.
• Act as a senior hands-on engineer while contributing to wider cloud platform strategy.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure engineering experience within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Good knowledge of Azure Landing Zones, management groups, Azure Policy and cloud governance.
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience, ideally using Terraform.
• Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift or the wider container ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, identity, encryption and zero-trust principles.
• Experience building automated CI/CD and cloud deployment pipelines.
• Knowledge of highly available architectures, disaster recovery and operational resilience.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, including secure connectivity and ExpressRoute.
• Experience integrating cloud platforms with on-premises infrastructure.
• Financial services or another regulated-industry background would be highly advantageous.
• Azure certifications would be beneficial.

Location & Eligibility

Dublin-based hybrid role. Candidates must live within a commutable distance of Dublin and hold a minimum of Stamp 1G Spousal/Partner permission or Stamp 4 due to UK travel requirements.

On Offer

• €80,000 - €110,000 DOE
• Discretionary incentive/bonus opportunity
• Competitive pension provision
• Hybrid working/2 days onsite
• Senior position with significant exposure to enterprise cloud transformation
• Opportunity to work across large-scale Azure platform modernisation and cloud engineering initiatives