Azure & Cloud Engineer

Eversheds Sutherland; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working support

Dental, healthcare, and wellness support

Professional and personal development programmes

Retirement planning and insurance

Job summary

Eversheds Sutherland in Birmingham seeks an Azure Administrator to provide L3 support across various Azure services, including IaaS and PaaS. The role includes building and maintaining infrastructure as code using Terraform, as well as automating workflows and monitoring cloud performance.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Azure experience, strong knowledge of related services, and familiarity with DevOps tools. This position supports flexible working arrangements and offers various benefits, including healthcare and professional training.

Qualifications

• Hands-on commercial experience as an Azure administrator or engineer, ideally in a corporate setting.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services and features, including management, networking, and storage services.
• Familiarity with tools like Azure Security Center or Azure Key Vault.

Responsibilities

• Providing L3 support across Azure services, including IaaS, PaaS, and DevOps.
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Automate workflows using Logic Apps and Azure Functions.

Skills

Azure administration

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Azure security best practices

Version control

Education

Certification in Azure Administrator Associate

Certification in Azure Developer Associate

Certification in Azure Security Engineer Associate

Certification in Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Providing L3 support across the breadth of Azure services, including Azure IaaS, PaaS, Terraform, containers, subscription and tenant management, Azure DevOps, and Azure security.
• Build, maintain and implement infrastructure as code using Terraform to align with evolving business requirements efficiently.
• Automate workflows and processes using Logic Apps, Azure Functions or other tools.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud performance, availability, and reliability issues.
• Ensure security and compliance standards are met using Azure policies, roles and permissions.
• Design, maintain and enhance a portfolio of Terraform scripts to align with evolving business requirements.
• Implement Azure infrastructure and services in line with designs, standards, and guidance set by the Azure & Infrastructure Team Leader.
• Member of an on‑call rota for out‑of‑hours P1 major incidents.

Skills And Experience

• Hands‑on commercial experience as an Azure administrator or engineer, ideally in a corporate setting.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services and features, such as Azure management, Terraform, containers, private endpoints, Azure networking (VNets, VPN, peering), and Azure compute and storage services.
• Experience in using Azure DevOps, GitHub, or other tools for version control and CI/CD.
• Familiarity with cloud security best practices and tools, such as Azure Security Center or Azure Key Vault.
• Certification in Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Developer Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert is a plus.

Benefits

• Fair, transparent and equitable remuneration.
• Share in the success of the firm, with rewards aligned to values and performance.
• Support for flexible working through remote policies and an agile work environment.
• Dental, healthcare, and wellness support.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Professional and personal training, mentoring and development programmes.
• International and cross‑function exposure.
• Opportunities to give back via pro bono work and community engagement.
• Retirement planning, insurance and assurance.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, inclusivity is a core business value. We bring together different skill sets, global mindsets and approaches, fostering diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We respect individuals, collaborate and work as a team to solve challenges and meet clients’ goals.

We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process. If there is any adjustment or support you need, please contact us so we can discuss how we can best assist you.