Platform Engineer (Azure)

Requirements

What you will be doing:

·        Designing and implementing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud solutions on the Azure platform (with a clear exit strategy) 

·        Collaborating with development teams to integrate cloud services into software applications

·        Optimising resource utilisation and implementing cost-saving measures

·        Staying current with Azure services updates and industry best practices to recommend improvements to existing architectures

·        Providing technical support and guidance to stakeholders on cloud-related issues

·        Developing and maintaining documentation for cloud architectures, procedures, and training materials

·        Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of cloud services with business processes

·        Analyse existing operational standards, processes, and/or governance to identify and implement improvements

·        Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging cloud native tooling to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments

·        Develop and implement automated policy driven data protection best practices to ensure cloud solutions are protected from data loss

·        Support cloud adoption of applications as they are being modernized.

·        Designing, migrating and operation on medium to large scale enterprise infrastructure, databases and application systems 

·        Available to Participate in a 24/7 DevOps on-call rota to address and resolve technical escalations

Expertise we are looking for:

·        Microsoft Azure experience involving design, deployment, configuration and optimization of cloud platforms

·        Experience with automating cloud deployments and configuration management using Azure DevOps, PowerShell, and ARM templates

·        Managing and monitoring cloud infrastructures to ensure optimal performance and cost-efficiency

·        Experience DataOPS Ensuring data protection and compliance with relevant laws and regulations 

·        Conducting disaster recovery planning and implementing backup strategies to maintain data integrity, high availability, multi-region solutions.

·        Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance, security and capacity standards

·        Manage and administer the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, including provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance and security

·        Facilitating the migration of legacy systems and existing infrastructure services to cloud-based solutions.

·        Experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions

·        Manage security and access controls of cloud-based solutions

·        Experience in IaC development such as Terraform, Azure CLI, Puppet, Ansible.

·        Experience with Terraform Cloud and Azure DevOps

·        Experience with Jira and ServiceNow

·        Competence in a wide range of IT skills including networking, systems administration, data protection, information security and CI/CD tooling

·        Experience working within an Agile framework

·        Working with GIT to perform source code management

·        Enthusiastic learner with the ability to teach and mentor teammates and cross functional partners

·        Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a keen attention to detail

·        Flexible working approach and team player