Azure Engineer x 2

SUMMARY:
An industry leading Warehousing and Logistics client of MTS's in Kempton is looking to employ 2 Azure Engineers to grow their team. You will be involved in key aspects of the clients' Server infrastructure maintenance and roll-outs. This is a great opportunity to grow your career as an Azure Engineer to Azure Expert

POSITION INFO:
Qualifications and Experience

• Master Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
• Management of operations on virtualized and distributed infrastructures,
• Management of operations on environment with clustering, replication, load balancer
• ITIL Practitioner (V3) / ITIL Specialist (V4)
• Microsoft Certified: AZURE Administrator Associate – AZ-104 – Requirement
• Microsoft Certified: AZURE Solutions Architect Expert – AZ-305 - Advantage
• Windows Server: Advantage
• ISO 27000, other IT security Training
• Prince2, PMP or equivalence – Advantage
• 5 years relevant experience in AZURE Engineering and Administration
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in supporting and maintaining Microsoft Systems
• Microsoft Server 2016, 2019, 2022
• IIS
• Remote Desktop Services
• WSUS
• PowerShell

• In collaboration with Solution Architects and Infrastructure Teams, define cloud architecture standards and best practices for Azure services.
• Design and plan secure, scalable, and resilient Azure infrastructure solutions tailored to business needs.
• Define configuration standards for key Azure components such as Virtual Networks, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Functions, App Services, and Storage Accounts.
• Select and design Azure networking components including ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Application Gateway, Load Balancer, and Firewall in alignment with solution requirements.
• Recommend and implement Identity and Access Management using Azure AD, Conditional Access, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Ensure compliance with governance, security policies, and cost management through Azure Blueprints, Policies, and Cost Analysis.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using ARM, Bicep, or Terraform for repeatable deployments.
• Participate in capacity planning and sizing of Azure resources for current and future workloads.
• Plan for hybrid cloud scenarios, integrating on-premises environments with Azure using services such as Azure Arc and Azure Stack HCI.

• Provision, configure, and maintain Azure infrastructure and platform resources across various environments (dev, test, prod).
• Monitor and manage the performance, availability, and health of Azure resources using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Perform regular audits to ensure infrastructure security, compliance, and adherence to defined policies.
• Implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions using Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery.
• Optimize Azure resource usage and cost efficiency through rightsizing, scheduling, and reserved instances.
• Ensure consistent CI/CD deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for infrastructure and applications.
• Manage updates and patching of Azure-hosted systems and ensure version compatibility across services.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex incidents related to Azure environments, including networking, compute, and service connectivity issues.
• Maintain role-based access control (RBAC) and oversee identity governance, including Just-In-Time (JIT) access and role assignments.
• Coordinate and support the migration of workloads and data to Azure from on-prem or other cloud providers.
• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to align on DevSecOps practices within the Azure ecosystem.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of automation, performance tuning, and operational excellence across Azure resources.
• Document architecture diagrams, procedures, standards, and configurations for ongoing knowledge sharing and audit readiness.