Azure Platform Engineer at Pexa

Hi, we’re Smoove, part of the PEXA Group. Our vision is to simplify and revolutionise the home moving and ownership experience for everyone. We are on a mission to deliver products and services that remove the pain, frustration, uncertainty, friction and stress that the current process creates.    We are a leading provider of tech in the property sector - founded in 2003, our product focus has been our conveyancer two-sided marketplace, connecting consumers with a range of quality conveyancers to choose from at competitive prices via our easy-to-use tech platform. We are now building out our ecosystem so consumers can benefit from our services either via their Estate Agent or their Mortgage Broker, through smarter conveyancing platforms, making the home buying or selling process easier, quicker, safer and more transparent. What You'll Be Doing Platform Engineering • Contribute to the development and maintenance of our Azure platform • Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM • Support the creation of reusable modules, templates, and standard patterns • Follow established platform standards and best practices Developer Experience (DevEx) • Help improve developer workflows and deployment processes • Contribute to platform templates and “golden paths” • Support documentation and guidance for platform users • Assist engineering teams in adopting platform capabilities Azure & Kubernetes • Support core Azure services including App Services, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Storage, Service Bus, and Redis • Assist in the operation and maintenance of AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) • Apply standard configurations for networking and security CI/CD & Automation • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) • Follow established deployment patterns • Help automate repeatable processes and tasks Security & Reliability • Apply cloud security best practices under guidance • Use Azure RBAC and Key Vault appropriately • Support monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting activities • Assist in maintaining platform reliability and availability Collaboration & Learning • Work closely with engineering teams to support platform usage • Collaborate with senior engineers on improvements and initiatives • Actively learn, seek feedback, and contribute to team knowledge What We’re Looking For Core Experience • Hands-on experience working with Microsoft Azure in a commercial environment • Experience deploying infrastructure using IaC (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM) • Experience working with CI/CD pipelines • Exposure to containers and Kubernetes (AKS preferred) • Experience managing IaaS environments (build, deploy, patch, maintain) Technical Skills • Understanding of cloud networking fundamentals • Familiarity with Azure services and platform tooling • Awareness of monitoring and logging tools • Basic understanding of cloud security principles Engineering Approach • Understanding of platform engineering concepts (automation, reuse, standardisation) • Ability to follow established patterns and best practices • Willingness to learn and continuously improve Desirable Skills • Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) • Background in a DevOps or cloud engineering environment • Experience with PowerShell scripting Core Competencies • Problem Solving: Analytical mindset with the ability to troubleshoot effectively • Communication: Clear and concise communication within technical teams • Collaboration: Works well with others and is open to feedback • Adaptability: Comfortable learning new tools and technologies • Growth Mindset: Eager to develop skills and progress within platform engineering What Success Looks Like • You independently deliver small platform improvements and changes • You consistently apply platform standards and best practices • You contribute to reusable infrastructure and automation • You actively develop your technical capability across Azure and platform engineering Why join Smoove? Great question! We pride ourselves on attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of people in an equally diverse range of roles and specialisms – who together achieve outstanding results. Our transparent approach and open-door policy make Smoove a great place to work and as our business expands, we are looking for ambitious, talented people to join us.   Benefits for PEXA employees include: Annual Leave: 25 days per year (Jan-Dec), increasing to 27 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part-time).  Annual Leave Purchase: Option to purchase up to 1 working week of additional leave.  Wellness Days: 4 paid days per year to rest and recharge (pro-rata for part-time). We kindly ask you take 1 per quarter.  Paid Volunteer Day: 1 paid day per year to volunteer at a charity of your choice.  Pension scheme (Aviva): 6% employer contribution, 4% employee contribution.  Life Assurance: 4x basic salary. Health Flex Pot via Benifex: – £800 flexible benefit to spend on health options of your choice, including: Private Health Insurance / Health Cash Plan / Dental Plan / Health Assessments. Additional Benifex perks: Voluntary opt-in for additional benefits including Activity Pass, discounts via Perkbox, Beauty and Fitness Discount Card, Cycle to Work, Motor Breakdown, Will Writing, or enhance your cover of benefits provided by company.  Critical Illness Cover: 1x basic salary. Group-wide Equity Plan: Eligibility for participation in our Group-wide employee share plan, subject to annual invitation.  Enhanced Maternity/Adoption Pay: Up to 20 weeks full pay.  Enhanced Paternity Pay: Up to 4 weeks full pay.  Performance-based Incentive Scheme: Eligibility for a discretionary Short Term Incentive plan, based on job role and level.  Learning & Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning, reimbursement of your professional membership costs.  Additional: Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing resources, eye test vouchers and VDU glasses contribution.  Office Space: Use of our PEXA office workspaces in Leeds and Thame. Our new Leeds office is in West Village, managed by Bruntwood SciTech and allows you access to Bruntwood hosted local events.    To be conducted as part of post offer employment checks: The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at [Cifas].   GDPR Compliance  Digital Completion UK Limited (trading name “PEXA”), Optima Legal Services Limited (trading name "Optima Legal") and Smoove Limited (a holding company which comprises of the following wholly owned trading Subsidiary companies: United Legal Services Limited, Legal-Eye Limited, and Amity Law Limited) are all owned directly by DigCom UK Holdings Limited, which is a wholly owned Subsidiary of PEXA Group Limited in Australia (ACN 140 677 792; ASX: PXA) (referred to collectively as “PEXA Group”).   When we process your applicant personal data for recruitment purposes, we do so as a controller. If as part of the recruitment process, we share your personal data with another company within the PEXA Group, that company may process your personal data as either an independent controller or, in certain circumstances, a joint controller. By applying for this role, you consent to us processing your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation ("UK GDPR") and the Data Protection Act 2018, and further information can be found in our privacy notice[Upgrade to PRO to see link]