Azure Cloud Engineer

SW5 Consulting; Reading; Remote; GBP 49,500 - 60,500; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to manage and optimize Azure environments for high-profile clients. The successful candidate will handle Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, deploy resources using PowerShell, and ensure the performance and security of virtual networks. The role is fully remote and offers a salary up to £55k, complemented by benefits. Ideal applicants should have relevant Azure certifications and strong experience in Azure projects.

Qualifications

• Azure certifications are a must, preferably AZ104.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Active Directory.
• Proven track record in delivering Azure projects.
• Familiarity with automating deployments on Azure.

Responsibilities

• Manage Azure Virtual Machines and IaaS deployments.
• Deploy and configure Azure resources using PowerShell.
• Automate deployment and scaling of Azure solutions.
• Design and manage virtual networks for security and performance.

Skills

Azure Certifications: AZ104

PowerShell

Azure Active Directory

Infrastructure as a code

Experience with automating VM builds

Tools

Microsoft Intune

Nerdio

Job description

An exciting opportunity for an Azure Cloud Engineer has just opened up within this disruptive company. With a client list of the world’s leading content creators from Disney to CBS News, they are looking for a Support Engineer with an attitude towards resolving issues that tiers of support have escalated.

Day-to-day Responsibilities

• Handling Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines.
• Deploying Azure VMs (Windows Server and Linux) in a highly available environment.
• Performing configuration management and disaster recovery tasks on your new environment.
• Managing and monitoring Microsoft Azure IaaS deployments by Log Analytics and Log Search to drill down into the most important data in your IaaS systems.
• Using PowerShell to deploy resources and repeatable deployments with ARM templates.
• Working on Microsoft Azure Networking.
• Designing virtual networks to support workloads with the highest security and performance.
• Exploring configuring hybrid connectivity between on-premises environments and Azure, and how to monitor network performance to comply with service-level agreements.
• Automating deployment and scale of Azure IaaS solutions, automating and scaling Azure deployments.
• Diving into automation technology options within Azure.
• Keeping learning the new ways to use PowerShell and JSON templates to define and deploy services to Azure, and how to scale resources in Azure.

Qualifications

• Azure Certifications: AZ104.
• Azure Active Directory + Conditional access.
• Windows/Azure Virtual Desktop (W/AVD).
• Virtual desktop management tools such as Nerdio.
• Experience in delivering Azure projects.
• Experience with Microsoft Intune/Endpoint Manager.
• Azure Compute (provisioning/custom templates).
• Azure Network (vnet, subnet, udr, nsg).
• Azure connectivity (S2S VPN and ExpressRoute).
• Azure Storage (blobs and files).
• Azure policy and tagging.
• Azure Cost Management.
• PowerShell.
• Infrastructure as a code.
• Experience with automating VM builds on Azure using infrastructure as code.

The position is fully remote and will pay up to £55 + benefits. If you feel you are suitable then please send through your CV immediately.