Azure Platform Engineering Lead SC Cleared

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…

Inside IR35 Remote IT
Pay rate £550 – £600/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 15 October 2026

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£600 p/d Inside IR35

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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