Principal Cloud Engineer - Azure - Hybrid - Manchester

Principal Cloud Engineer - AzureManchester (Hybrid - 1 day per week on-site) Salary up to 78,000 + BonusWe are supporting a UK-based organisation undertaking a significant, multi-year technology transformation. As part of this, they are investing heavily in their cloud platform and are seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to play a key role in shaping and delivering their Azure environment.This position is suited to a hands-on engineer who enjoys building and improving platforms, rather than operating purely at an architectural or strategic level.Role Overview:The successful candidate will be responsible for evolving an existing Azure environment from an early-stage setup into a mature, secure, and scalable cloud platform.Working closely with architecture and infrastructure teams, you will help establish best practice, implement standards, and contribute directly to the ongoing transition from on-premise infrastructure to cloud.Key Responsibilities:Mature and enhance Azure landing zones in line with Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) principlesImplement governance, policy, and identity standards (Entra ID)Develop core platform capabilities, including:API Management (APIM) and Web Application Firewall (WAF)Logging, monitoring, and observabilityIntroduce and scale Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) across the environmentContribute to the design and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery strategiesSupport the migration of on-premise data platforms into Microsoft ..... full job details .....