SC Cleared Cloud Engineer - Portsmouth/Remote - £485 per day Umbrella - Contract

We are recruiting for a SC Cleared Cloud Engineer on contract to be based in Portsmouth and remote for a leading Defence organisation. Role is mostly remote - with 1 to 2 days onsite in Portsmouth a week Overview The Cloud Platform Engineer will support, maintain and develop enterprise cloud and hybrid platform services with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, landing zones, infrastructure as code, automation, governance and secure platform operations. The role supports the organisation''s transition from Legacy on-premises services to standardised, repeatable and secure cloud and hybrid platform capabilities while retaining operational awareness of existing services. Major Tasks and Activities Support Azure Landing Zone operations including management groups, subscriptions, RBAC, policies, monitoring, governance and platform standards. Develop, maintain and support Infrastructure as Code using appropriate tooling such as Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, Azure CLI and pipeline automation. Administer and support Microsoft Entra ID capabilities including conditional access, identity governance, PIM, enterprise applications, roles and policies. Support hybrid identity patterns across Entra ID and AD DS, working with operational service teams where responsibilities overlap. Embed cost-aware engineering controls into platform design, including resource tagging, budget alerts, standard sizing patterns and non-production cost controls. Support cloud platform monitoring, ..... full job details .....