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Andrew Thornley
Platform Engineer
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Founding Contractor · 2026
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Primary specialism
Cloud & DevOps
Location / working location
Manchester
Current availability
Available within 2 weeks
Confirmed 26 Aug 2026
Profile status
Active contractor profile
Professional profile
Senior platform and infrastructure engineer specialising in Azure, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, automation and secure hybrid environments. I design, automate and support production platforms using technologies such as AKS, Terraform, PowerShell, Azure DevOps, GitOps and VMware/Tanzu. My experience spans enterprise and government infrastructure, including platform migration, identity and access management, CI/CD, performance testing, capacity planning and complex troubleshooting.
Core skills
Azure
AKS
Kubernetes
Terraform
PowerShell
Bicep
Azure DevOps
CI/CD
GitOps
Helm
Kustomize
Entra ID
RBAC
Key Vault
VMware
What I’m looking for next
Target roles: Senior Platform Engineer · Lead Platform Engineer · Cloud Platform Engineer · Azure Platform Engineer · Azure Cloud Engineer · Cloud Infrastructure Engineer · Infrastructure Architect · Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Contract preferences
Working preferenceRemote · Hybrid
Will workAny UK
IR35 preferenceOutside IR35 · Inside IR35
SenioritySenior
IT experience20 years
Contracting experience10 years
Relevant work experience
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Experience & credentials
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Sector experience
Government
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