Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Azure
On site
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
27-03-2025
Job Specifications
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech.
Cloud Foundations (Azure)- Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (C5)
Every week, we move millions of products to our customers at record speed. Delivering brilliant customer experiences at this pace requires fresh and appealing products to be available whenever and however our customers choose to shop. In this area of our business, we ensure that happens seamlessly.
We are looking for a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to join and represent a team dedicated to delivering and managing the Azure Cloud Platform. Your work will ensure the scalability, reliability, security, and efficiency of the environments hosting Sainsbury’s applications.
Role Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer with a passion for Azure, Infrastructure as Code and automation to join our team. This role focuses on designing, delivering, and operating our Azure Cloud Platform that powers Sainsbury’s Services and Applications. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring our environments are scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-efficient, while driving continuous improvement across our cloud capabilities and help lead on the delivery of best in breed cloud services to Sainsbury’s
What You’ll Do:
Build and Run Scalable Infrastructure: Use cutting-edge tools and technologies to continuously deliver robust Cloud Infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code practices. Engage in the design, collaborating with Product Owners, our Engineering Community and Architects to ensure that solutions help customers and achieve our business goals and objectives. Discover and recommend ways to improve reliability and efficiency, with a keen eye on Governance and Security.
Azure Expertise: Strong experience with Azure services and tools to design, deploy, and manage scalable infrastructure, including the building and management of Containers.
Passion for Automation: A deep commitment to automation and modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines.
Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on experience with Terraform, Bicep, or similar tools for IaaC.
Tooling and Innovation: Ability to develop custom tools or leverage open-source solutions to enhance platform efficiency and usability.
Enhance Cloud Platform Capabilities: Develop internal tools to improve platform speed, security, and cost-efficiency, enabling teams to work smarter. Deploy and configure production systems, with a particular focus on automation, ease of configuration, reduction of human error, repeatability, and security.
Monitor new features/functionality and assess their Ops implications to continuously improve services.
Ensure Identity and Access Management controls are in place and strictly adhered to
Monitor infrastructure by setting appropriate thresholds and react to event driven alerts appropriately.
Produce and maintain documentation of support processes & resolutions to known operational issues
Collaborate Across Teams: Work with engineers across diverse platforms and technologies to create consistent, reliable, and reusable cloud solutions. Collaborate with other DevOps Engineers to design, implement and evolve automated pipelines in the cloud. A proactive and collaborative mindset to work closely with stakeholders, engineers, and cross-functional teams.
Ensure Operational Excellence: Focus on delivering a platform that meets stringent security, availability, and performance requirements for critical applications. Participate in a 24/7 on call rota as required to support our Platform and the services that it offers.
What You Need To Know & Show
Have a strong demonstratable understanding of, as well as commercial, hands-on experience of working in Microsoft Azure.
Substantial experience in Terraform and one or more programming languages, preferably NodeJS and Typescript (please add anything else)
Have experience with containerisation tools and orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), with a solid understanding of deployment practices, ideally using GitOps methodologies with ArgoCD and GitActions.
Knowledge of Azure Cloud PaaS platforms providing key capabilities and services to support efficient application development, deployment, and management
Be experienced working with delivery teams in a fast paced, DevOps environment
Experienced in writing automated tests and maintaining pipelines
Be diligent and positive about tracking (JIRA), system monitoring, security & auditing
You will have experience of source and version control tools such as GitHub and preferably experience in GitHub Actions
Good understanding of Service Operations, SRE & ITIL responsibilities
Experience of Agile Methodologies and Frameworks.
An up-to-date understanding of Cloud technology base and a general understanding of other technology bases
Experience and proven track record as a member of a Cloud team within an Operations function
Proven Cloud Operations experience with strong best practice knowledge and mentoring skills, with effective workload management and stakeholder engagement and actively contribute to Platform development and drive platform improvements.
Why Join Us?
Be part of a team at the forefront of Sainsbury’s Cloud Technology in the retail industry and work on exciting and impactful projects with the opportunity to shape the future of Azure Cloud Services within Sainsburys.
Collaborate with passionate, skilled professionals in an environment that values innovation and continuous learning.
If you’re ready to bring your technical expertise and creativity to build the future of Sainsbury’s cloud platform, we’d love to hear from you!
Alongside comprehensive on-the-job training and endless development opportunities, you’ll enjoy:
Colleague discount across our multi-brands – Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat.
Generous holiday allowance.
Bonus scheme to reward your contributions based on Company and Personal performance.
Pension plan to help secure your future after qualifying period, the Pension Plan is available to join.
Private Health Insurance - dependant on grade, but available to those Colleagues that qualify.
Special offers from Sainsbury’s “Love It” Benefits Scheme, such as discounts on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.
We value work-life balance and offer as much flexibility as possible, tailored to the needs of your role. You’ll have the freedom to decide how, where, and when y...
About the Company
Over 150 years old and still going strong, we’re the UK’s second-biggest retailer. Every day, the nation shops with us because they know they’ll get affordable, good food and excellent service. We focus on great value and convenient shopping across our family of brands, from Argos, Nectar and Habitat to Sainsbury’s Bank, Smart Charge and Tu. What’s next for Sainsbury’s? We've put food back at the heart of our business and we’re taking Sainsbury’s to the next level. We’re investing in technology and people and we’re thinki... Know more
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