Principal Engineer, Infrastructure

3 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Syniti Full time £120,000 - £200,000 per year

About Us
Syniti, part of Capgemini, tackles the hardest work in data for the world's largest organizations. We combine intelligent software with deep data expertise to help the Fortune2000 tackle complex data challenges and drive measurable business outcomes with business-ready data. Syniti's Data First strategy transforms data from an afterthought into a strategic asset—unlocking insights, reducing risk, and fueling growth. With over 5,000 successful projects, we support the full data lifecycle through a unified platform for migration, quality, replication, matching, master data management, analytics, governance, and strategy. Operating globally across industries, Syniti's award-winning software, expert consultants give enterprises a unique edge in managing and maximizing their data.

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Syniti's cloud-native platform sets new standards in enterprise data management, combining powerful SaaS solutions with deep domain expertise. Designed for agility and scale, our technology helps customers accelerate digital transformation, drive innovation, and make confident decisions with trusted data. Every product enhancement is built to solve real business challenges—empowering organizations to unlock value from their data faster and more effectively.

THE ROLE
The Principal Infrastructure Engineer – Azure will design and maintain scalable, compliant, and cost-optimized infrastructure blueprints across Syniti's Azure-hosted environments. This role directly supports the global expansion of our SaaS platform by delivering IaC and architectural frameworks aligned to regional compliance (Cyber Essentials+, SecNumCloud) and Northstar's goals of regionalized builds, observability, and zero-trust boundaries.

This engineer will serve as the Azure infrastructure lead for the technical initiative to port Syniti's platform to Azure. They will define and validate baseline infrastructure, cloud-native service integrations, and CI/CD deployment models that ensure operational consistency and compliance across hyperscaler environments.

What You'll Do

  • Design reusable infrastructure modules for deploying PaaS services, networking, and identity in Azure.
  • Collaborate with SREs and platform teams to develop hardened Azure blueprints for regulated workloads.
  • Implement tagging, policy, and automation frameworks that enforce cost control and compliance adherence.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD integrations for Azure region deployment automation.
  • Serve as Azure infrastructure SME in support of audits and security reviews (Cyber Essentials+, SecNumCloud).

What It Takes

  • Self-starter with deep understanding of hybrid cloud patterns and Azure ecosystems.
  • Exceptional documentation and system architecture design capabilities.
  • Strong system design thinking and architectural decision making.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills across engineering and compliance teams.
  • Self-motivated with a focus on infrastructure maintainability and automation.
  • Experience supporting regulated environments

Technical Skills & Experience

  • 15+ years of infrastructure and cloud engineering experience.
  • 5+ years of hands-on Azure experience with a focus on PaaS services, networking, and Azure Policy.
  • 3+ years experience with Terraform module development for infrastructure provisioning.
  • Experience with Azure native security, workload identity, and role-based access control.
  • CI/CD and automation experience with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
  • Experience building regionally compliant architectures (UK, France).

What We Offer

  • Trust in your talent. At Syniti you will find a supportive environment and access to learning tools, but micromanagement is not our style.
  • Growth. We are growing rapidly and steadily solving the biggest challenges enterprise companies are faced with today. There was never a better time to join and grow with us. Most importantly you will have the chance to shape our journey and share in our success story.
  • Support. We all rely on each other and enable each other to be successful. You won't stand alone.
  • Curiosity and genuine interest in you. We all have our different stories, all equally fascinating with each depicting a different journey and we want to hear them all.
  • Recognition. We are the sum of individual achievements, and we always take the time to celebrate them.
  • An open organisation. Titles don't define access at Syniti. We stay humble regardless of where we sit in the organisation. We want to hear every voice, listen to all the ideas and make sure everyone's work is seen and valued.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

At Syniti, we're committed to creating a respectful, inclusive, and fair workplace where everyone belongs and thrives. We believe that diverse perspectives make us stronger — and we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and voices each person brings to our team.

We welcome applicants based on their skills and potential, and we're dedicated to ensuring equal opportunities for all, regardless of personal background. If you need accommodations during the hiring process, please let us know — we're here to support you.



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