Azure Cloud Infra Engineer

LA International; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 74,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

LA International is seeking an Azure Cloud Infra Engineer in Derby for a 5-month contract, with extensions possible. The role involves migrating and building Azure environments, maintaining security, and working with DevOps and data teams.

The position is on-site up to 3 days per week in Derby, with a day rate of £400–£500 via Umbrella. This opportunity requires strong Azure experience, DevOps IaC skills, and familiarity with data-intensive solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years total experience with 5+ years in Azure Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) in data-intensive solutions.
• Design, migrate and optimise data-intensive applications to Azure cloud.
• Experience with DevOps and IaC tools to automate deployment (Terraform, ARM, PowerShell).
• Kubernetes and container technologies are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Work in complex development and migration projects to Azure cloud alongside business analysts, developers, architects and data stakeholders.
• Design highly scalable Azure solutions and deliver end-to-end implementation with Azure architects.
• Set up Azure environments for applications, data teams and DevOps with security features.
• Coordinate with Architects, App Developers, Data Engineers to resolve infra issues.
• Maintain documentation, track tasks and escalate blockers early.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Kubernetes

CI/CD

IaC

Security compliance

Tools

Terraform

ARM templates

PowerShell

Git

Docker

Job description

***SC - Security Cleared***

Azure Cloud Infra Engineer

5 Month contract initially + Extensions

Based: Max 3 days p/w Onsite in Derby

Rate - £400 - £500 (Flexible) p/d via Umbrella

We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a number of Azure Cloud Infra Engineer's on a long term program of work.

Key Responsibilities:

As an Azure Cloud Engineer, you are required to work in complex development and migration of application projects to Azure cloud. You will work with business analysts, application developers, architects and data stakeholders to understand the customer business cases and build Azure environment secured and scalable.

Key Accountabilities

• Understanding the requirement and bring out highly scalable Azure solution design and delivering End-to-End Implementation working with Azure architects
• Building and Implementation of environment setup in Azure cloud for applications, data team and DevOps.
• Understanding in the use of dockers, containers, and Kubernetes in development processes.
• Good co-ordination with Architects, App Developers, Data Engineers and POTs team for resolving infrastructure related issues.
• Implementation of Azure cloud resources with security features enabled.
• Ownership of documentation, tracking and prioritizing tasks and highlighting the foreseen blockers upfront
• Ensure the Azure cloud environment is implemented using best practices and as per architecture governance & compliance rules

Key Skills & Experience

• Ideally 10+ years of total experience with ideally 5+ years in Azure Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) in relation to data intensive solutions
• Cloud Services Experience
  • Designing solutions and implementation/migration of data intensive applications to Azure Cloud.
  • Design, configure and optimize data related service in Azure such as Databricks, Data Factory, Synapse, Data Lake, Database & Batch services.
  • Ability to design/implement/Troubleshoot end-to-end pipelines in Data platform for related projects.
  • Configuring App gateway, IaaS, AD, Firewall & Networking in the context of PaaS
  • Implement SQL & NO SQL solutions in Azure Data platform.
  • Experience is migrating data from On-prem to Cloud environment.
  • Exposure to Cybersecurity standards and implementation of cloud and resource controls to meet RR standards
• DevOps
  • Knowledge of Dev-Ops processes (including CI/CD) and Infrastructure as code is essential.
  • Expert working on IaC tools such as Terraform, Biceps, ARM, PowerShell to automate deployment with Azure Devops.
  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines in Azure Devops using YAML pipelines and scripts with best practice.
  • Good understanding in Git, Repos, Artifacts, Branching strategy, Conflicts, Policies, Pipelines as applied to data solutions
• Desirable
  • Knowledge in Kubernetes, Container technologies are added advantage.

This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work,

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past.

Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take a minimum 10 weeks.

LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations.

Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance.

An award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over multiple years.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement.

If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.

Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.