Azure

Azure Platform Engineer – ( Azure Migration – PostgreSQL )

Leeds (Hybrid)

6 Month Contract

£525-550/day (Inside IR35)

Azure Platform Engineer – Azure Migration / PostgreSQL needed for a 6 Month Contract in Leeds (Hybrid). Start ASAP ideally May 2026.

Hybrid Working – 3/4 days/week remote (WFH), and 1/2 days/week working on-site in the Leeds office.

A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in large-scale Government projects.

Key experience, responsibilities + tasks:

• Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, deploying and managing large-scale migrations of on-premises PostgreSQL databases and associated application workloads to Microsoft Azure.


• Experience deploying Azure resources using Bicep and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).


• Experience on Azure networking patterns, including Hub and Spoke, VWAN, VPN and firewall configurations.


• Advanced PostgreSQL administration skills in large production environments, including migrations, replication, and performance tuning.


• Expertise with Azure migration tools such as Azure Migrate and Azure Database Migration Service (DMS).


• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines, including build and deployment automation for applications and databases.


• Familiarity with automation of database validation, monitoring, and migration checks (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics).


• Platform Engineer (DBA-PostgreSQL) is responsible for designing, deploying, and managing large-scale migrations of on-premises PostgreSQL databases and associated application workloads to Microsoft Azure.


• Experience in Cutover plans for migrating on-premises PostgreSQL databases to Azure cloud environments.


• Combining deep hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep, robust PostgreSQL expertise and delivery of CI build pipelines to enable secure, validated and auditable migrations regulated environments.

• Lead migrations of large on-premises PostgreSQL databases to Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server, ensuring minimal downtime and full data integrity.


• Collaborate with platform, network, security, and application teams to ensure correct networking (subnetting, private endpoints, DNS), secure connectivity, and compliance with governance and audit standards.

Desirable Skills:  Healthcare or regulated environments, with understanding of compliance, audit, and clinical safety requirements.