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Vacancy Name Senior Azure engineer Vacancy No VN878 Function Syn - Delivery & Operations Work Location Isle of Man or United Kingdom Basis Permanent Full Time/Part Time Full time Employment Duration - Hours Per Week 37.50 Drivers Licence Required Yes Benefits Competitive Salary and Benefits package will be provided to the successful candidate. About the Role
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Senior Azure Engineer (Azure Consultant) is a key technical role responsible for designing, delivering, and supporting modern cloud and hybrid IT platforms for our customers. This individual will combine strong technical expertise with a consultative approach, helping customers adopt and optimise Microsoft Azure solutions in line with their business objectives.
Working closely with customers, internal delivery teams, and pre-sales functions, the role involves translating requirements into secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions. The successful candidate will lead technical discussions, contribute to solution design, and provide guidance to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
A strong focus on collaboration and continuous improvement is key. The Senior Azure Engineer will work with colleagues across engineering, security, and service teams to implement best practices, improve automation, and enhance service reliability. There is also an expectation to contribute to pre-sales activities, supporting solution scoping, estimations, and customer proposals. Regular travel to customer sites will be a key part of the role.
This position is well-suited to someone who enjoys working in a customer-focused environment, is confident engaging stakeholders at all levels, and takes pride in delivering high-quality, reliable solutions.
Ideal Candidate Characteristics
What we expect
Cloud Engineering & Architecture
- Target-State Design: Own the end-to-end design of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective platforms on Microsoft Azure. Make and defend critical architectural trade-offs regarding resilience, performance, and cost.
- Consulting: Run technical discovery workshops, navigate ambiguous legacy environments, and present complex architectures and cloud migration strategies to both technical teams and executive-level audiences. There is a requirement to travel to a customer site on a weekly or bi weekly basis
- Automate by Default: Implement comprehensive infrastructure as code using Terraform or Azure Bicep. Automate the deployment and management of cloud environments, ensuring fault tolerance, redundancy, and disaster recovery are baked in from day one.
- Platform Governance: Establish and uphold platform standards for IaC, CI/CD, security, observability, and reliability across various client engagements.
- Pre-Sales & Scoping: Partner with account and pre-sales teams to support pre-sales activity, including technical scoping, effort estimation, and proposal shaping.
- Migration & Optimisation: Lead cloud migration strategies (lift-and-shift, hybrid extensions, or refactoring) and continuously optimize Azure spend and resource utilisation.
- Security & Compliance: Deploy Azure security best practices using services such as Azure Policy, Azure Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, and clearly defined RBAC controls.
Windows Server & Services Administration
- Server Lifecycle Management: Oversee the provisioning, patching (via Azure Update Manager or WSUS), hardening, and troubleshooting of Windows Server environments (2019/2022/2025).
- Hybrid Identity: Manage and optimise Active Directory Domain Services and ensure seamless synchronization with Microsoft Entra ID.
- Core Network Services: Administer and maintain enterprise Windows networking services, including DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
DevOps & Automation
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Champion the automation of infrastructure deployment using tools like Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
- CI/CD Pipelines: Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for seamless application and infrastructure deployment.
- Enterprise Infrastructure: Experienced in configuring and hardening base operating systems (Windows Server and enterprise Linux distributions like RHEL or Ubuntu) within production settings, preferably utilising configuration tools like Ansible.
- Monitoring & Alerting: Set up comprehensive observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and other SaaS or open-source monitoring solutions.
Experience
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong Communicator: Clear and concise communication with customers and internal stakeholders, both verbally and written, are a must.
- Client Engagement: Comfortable challenging requirements constructively and building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Problem Solver: A natural analytical thinker who thrives on untangling complex technical challenges.
- Collaborator: Ability to work closely with Software Engineers, Security teams, and Product Owners to deliver cohesive solutions.
- Mentor: Willingness to coach and upskill junior team members on Azure and DevOps best practices.
- Continuous Learner: Passionate about staying up to date with the rapidly evolving Azure roadmap.
Desirable Skills
Core Azure Expertise
- Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience engineering and administering enterprise-level Microsoft Azure environments.
- Compute & Networking: Deep knowledge of Azure VMs, App Services, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), Virtual Networks (VNets), ExpressRoute, and Azure Load Balancers.
- Identity & Access: Strong understanding of Microsoft Entra ID , Conditional Access policies, and Identity Governance.
DevOps & Automation (Highly Desired)
- Proficiency with Terraform or Azure Bicep.
- Hands-on experience managing pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub.
- Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Windows Server & Services
- Expertise in Windows Server administration (including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy).
- Experience managing IIS (Internet Information Services) web servers.
- Familiarity with Azure File Sync or hybrid storage configurations.
- Proven track record of automating Windows tasks using advanced PowerShell scripting.
Certifications
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
- Any legacy Windows Server certifications (MCSA/MCSE) or equivalent practical experience.
Education
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Head of Technical Services
Close Date 31 Oct 2026
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