The Azure Cloud Engineer will design, implement, and manage the Azure environment, focusing on governance, migrations, DevOps practices, and operational support.
An opportunity has arisen to recruit an Azure Cloud Engineer to join our IT team from our Leeds office, who will be responsible for leading the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of the organisation’s Microsoft Azure environment, with a strong emphasis on cloud governance, landing zone architecture, and operational excellence.
This role is primarily focused on establishing and maturing a secure, scalable, and well-governed Azure platform, including the design and implementation of a cloud landing zone aligned with best practices. The role will also play a key part in integrating acquired businesses into the Azure tenant, and in migrating workloads from on-premises VMware environments to Azure. In addition to core infrastructure responsibilities, the role includes a DevOps enablement dimension, supporting the adoption of modern deployment practices (CI/CD), infrastructure automation, and collaboration with a small internal development team.
Operating within a small central team, the successful candidate will provide senior technical support and escalation expertise for complex cloud and infrastructure issues, whilst also managing small projects and driving continuous improvement across the IT estate.
This role is primarily focused on establishing and maturing a secure, scalable, and well-governed Azure platform, including the design and implementation of a cloud landing zone aligned with best practices. The role will also play a key part in integrating acquired businesses into the Azure tenant, and in migrating workloads from on-premises VMware environments to Azure. In addition to core infrastructure responsibilities, the role includes a DevOps enablement dimension, supporting the adoption of modern deployment practices (CI/CD), infrastructure automation, and collaboration with a small internal development team.
Operating within a small central team, the successful candidate will provide senior technical support and escalation expertise for complex cloud and infrastructure issues, whilst also managing small projects and driving continuous improvement across the IT estate.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Group Operations & Architecture Manager, the key duties and responsibilities will include:
Cloud Architecture and Landing Zone Design
Cloud Architecture and Landing Zone Design
- Architect, design, and implement a Microsoft Azure landing zone aligned with industry best practices (e.g. CAF Well-Architected Framework).
- Define and implement governance frameworks, including:
- Management groups and subscriptions.
- Role-based access control (RBAC).
- Policies and compliance controls.
- Resource tagging and cost management.
- Establish standards for identity, security, networking, and monitoring within Azure.
- Produce and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and reference designs.
Azure Cloud Operations
- Manage and optimise Azure services including compute, storage, networking, and security.
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM.
- Monitor and optimise performance, cost, and reliability of cloud workloads.
- Implement and manage backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions in Azure.
- Ensure adherence to security and compliance requirements across the Azure estate.
DevOps & Automation Enablement
- Collaborate with development teams to implement CI/CD pipelines and deployment best practices.
- Support adoption of DevOps tooling (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
- Promote infrastructure automation and repeatability through IaC and scripting.
- Help establish SDLC standards for release management, version control, and environment consistency.
Tenant & Workload Migration
- Lead the migration of acquired Azure environments into the organisation’s tenant.
- Plan and deliver workload migrations from on-premises VMware environments to Azure.
- Assess existing environments and define migration strategies (rehost, re-platform, refactor).
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders and third parties to ensure smooth transition and minimal disruption.
- Document migration processes and establish repeatable methodologies.
Operational Support & Continuous Improvement
- Act as a third-line escalation point for complex infrastructure and cloud-related issues.
- Lead incident resolution and root cause analysis, implementing preventative measures.
- Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions.
- Drive automation and process improvements across infrastructure operations.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date technical documentation.
Project Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement
- Manage and deliver small to medium-sized infrastructure and cloud projects.
- Engage with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance within the IT team.
- Work collaboratively across a geographically distributed IT function.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Background
- Significant experience in infrastructure engineering with a strong cloud-first focus.
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Azure environments at scale.
- Proven track record of delivering migration and transformation projects.
- Experience working in lean IT teams with broad responsibilities.
- Extensive hands-on experience designing and operating Azure environments, including governance, networking, identity, and security.
- Proven experience designing and implementing Azure landing zones and governance frameworks.
- Experience delivering Azure tenant-to-tenant migrations and on-prem (VMware) to Azure migrations.
- Strong proficiency in Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or similar.
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and working with tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub.
- Strong Windows Server experience; exposure to Linux desirable.
- Strong understanding of Azure networking, hybrid connectivity, firewalls, and routing.
- Proficient in PowerShell and/or Python.
Behaviours
- Highly motivated with the ability to take ownership and drive initiatives independently.
- Capable of managing and delivering small projects end-to-end.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across a broad technology stack.
- Comfortable working across both legacy and modern cloud environments.
- Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Works effectively within a small, distributed IT team.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail.
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with emerging technologies.
- Experience with agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
- Understanding of security best practices and compliance requirements.
- Availability for paid on-call rota (one-in-eight) for emergency incident response.
Qualifications
- Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-305) are highly desirable.
- Terraform or cloud architecture certifications would be advantageous.
- ITIL Foundation or equivalent is desirable.
Further Information
Recruitment Agencies
This role is being advertised directly by TTEP UK & Ireland. At our discretion we will contact select recruitment partners and kindly ask that agencies do not contact us regarding this vacancy.
This role is being advertised directly by TTEP UK & Ireland. At our discretion we will contact select recruitment partners and kindly ask that agencies do not contact us regarding this vacancy.
About
TTEP is a flexible power generation company jointly owned by EPH and TotalEnergies. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company owns and operates more than 20 flexible power and biomass-based assets across Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands and France. As of May 2026, TTEP operates more than 14 GW of installed or in construction capacity and produces close to 30 TWh of electricity per year. This robust and diversified portfolio makes TTEP the second‑largest gas‑to‑power player in Europe. Thanks to its flexible power generation capacity and its utility-scale battery storage solutions, TTEP contributes to Europe’s security of supply while supporting power grids with the challenges of growing intermittent renewable energies integration, such as wind and solar. We are also active in the supply business in the Netherlands and Italy, and we operate a gas storage facility in the UK.
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