Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Bedfordshire - Hybrid - 2 days per week (Flexible)

£70k - £90k plus Benefits

The Role

Our client is a leading a Digital Transformation company who are revolutionising their Industry. They are looking for an exceptional Azure Infrastructure Engineer to play a crucial role in the success of the Programme.

As they approach the second major release of their Programme, the requirement has arisen for someone to join the team to support the introduction of our own Engineering capability and embed engineering best practice and technical excellence alongside our new Head of Software Engineering.

This function currently forms part of the services provided by the development partner they have been working with during the early stages of the Programme. This new role requirement is part of a strategic decision to bring more capability inhouse within the clients Digital team. You would initially be working closely with the development partner as part of the handover of the responsibility for the administration of the Tenancy, as well as working with the rest of the core Digital team, including a newly formed engineering function.

As with all of their core roles, this is a hybrid role. We try to ensure our core team are in the office 2 days per week. They are based in Bedfordshire. The office is open 5 days a week should you require it, otherwise, home working will be required for the remaining time. The role is open to applicants in the UK and holding the necessary right to work documents.

Their vision is to create products that put customers at the heart of everything they do. This role is crucial in fulfilling that vision and ensuring that the products we provide are of a high quality. You will report to the Head of Software Engineering and work alongside a small, core team and our digital partners.

This opportunity should allow the successful candidate to expand their technical knowledge and expose them to various parts of an exciting industry.

What will you be doing?

· Design, implement, and manage Azure Cloud Infrastructure to best practice standards including the Azure Well-Architected Framework and to meet the needs of the programme

· Provision and configure Azure resource and networking components

· Ensure the platform has high availability, scalability and reliability

· Monitor and optimise the performance of Azure resources

· Monitor and optimise the cost of Azure resources

· Implement security best practices in relation to Cloud management

· Administer Identity and Access Management within Azure

· Development of disaster recovery strategies appropriate to the programme

· Ensure smooth alignment between the internal Infrastructure/Engineering function and the Development Partner

We'd be looking for someone who has…

· Azure Cloud Services expertise

· Strong knowledge of Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure FrontDoor, Azure ADB2C, Azure SQL and Azure API Management

· Experience of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Application Insights

· Proficiency with Azure Backup and Site Recovering

· Skills in Azure Cost Management and billing

· Knowledge of Azure DevOps pipelines

· A self-starting pro-active tester

· Ability to work as part of a team or individually within a project

· Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal

· Ability to converse with project stakeholders at all levels

· Efficient with time management

Essential Skills:

· Expertise in the administration and management of Microsoft Azure

Desirable Skills:

Knowledge/Experience in Power Platform/Microsoft Dynamics 365

INDIT

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