Cloud Platform Consultant

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.  

 We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of  what we do:  

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner  
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business  
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK  
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW  
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW  

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!. 

We are looking for an Azure Cloud Engineer to join a client Cloud Platform Support team. The team manages, integrates, develops, maintains and monitors the Azure services that support business applications hosted in Microsoft Azure.

The role covers Azure PaaS and IaaS services, cost management and security management. You will keep service quality high and hold the team to its standards, working directly with client stakeholders and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor and maintain client Azure PaaS and IaaS services so business applications stay available, performant and secure.
• Administer and support Azure services including APIs, Web Apps, serverless functions, Azure Site Recovery, Cognitive Services and Managed Service Identities.
• Manage SaaS environments within the client’s approved cloud services catalogue.
• Identify, analyse and optimise cloud operation costs to get the best return on investment.
• Apply security management across Azure services, including identity, access and policy controls.
• Implement automation and integration for cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Work as part of a team using continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Support the security, management and implementation of the Azure DevOps service, and promote automation and DevOps processes.
• Troubleshoot incidents and service interruptions using monitoring tools such as Application Insights and Log Analytics.
• Write standard operating procedures, reports and technical documentation.
• Work with stakeholders and cross-functional teams, such as Enterprise Architecture and IT Operations, to deliver Azure-based solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to client teams and junior consultants.

Essential experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in an Azure cloud engineering or cloud support role.
• Current Azure certification, for example AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate.
• Good knowledge of Azure PaaS and IaaS, including APIs, Web Apps, serverless, Azure Site Recovery, Cognitive Services and Managed Service Identities.
• Excellent understanding of Azure DevOps, including its security, management and implementation.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience managing SaaS environments.
• Experience identifying, analysing and optimising cloud operation costs.
• Experience implementing automation for cloud infrastructure, using scripting such as PowerShell, Bash or Python.
• Exposure to containers, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience writing standard operating procedures, reports and technical documentation.
• Good analytical skills, with the self-direction to work independently and suggest new approaches.
• Strong stakeholder management, decision-making and communication skills, including client-facing work.

Desirable experience

• Experience developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates.
• Experience with AKS and containerised workloads.
• Experience with orchestration tooling such as Helm.
• Experience monitoring Azure services with Application Insights and Log Analytics.

Why Version 1?  

 At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.  

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits  
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme  
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance  
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme  
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies  
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat  
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.  
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.  

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.     

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.  

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.  

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.  

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