Azure Controls And Audit Specialist

Oscar Associates Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm seeks an experienced Azure Controls & Audit Specialist in Bournemouth for a 6-month contract. This role involves driving cloud platform control assessments, ensuring compliance with regulations, and managing audit activities. The ideal candidate has substantial experience in Azure controls and audit roles, keen knowledge of best practices in engineering, and a proven track record of supporting complex strategic initiatives. Relocation support is available, and the role allows for flexibility with 4 days on-site and 1 day remote.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar Azure-focused controls, audit, or cloud risk role.
• Knowledge of engineering standards and best practices.
• Experience supporting strategic initiatives in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of cloud platform control assessments, ensuring compliance.
• Act as a subject matter expert on control frameworks and audit expectations.
• Lead governance of issues from assessments, ensuring findings are tracked.
• Proactively assess control effectiveness and recommend enhancements.
• Produce clear documentation for control processes and assessments.

Skills

Azure-focused controls

Audit practices

Cloud risk management

Job description

Azure Controls & Audit Specialist | £650-£700 p/day (Inside IR35) | Bournemouth (4 days on site) | 6 months (initially)

We're looking for an experienced Azure Controls & Audit Specialist to join the Public Cloud Engineering team on an initial 6-month contract. This role is critical in supporting an Azure-based environment through a period of increased audit activity, including upcoming EDA Gold DEV.

You’ll be looking at regulatory compliance, strengthening the control environment, and managing audit and risk-related activities across the cloud platform.

Location: Bournemouth (4 days on-site, 1 day remote)
Contract: 6 months initially
Rate: £650-£700 p/day (Inside IR35)
Start: January
Relocation: Open to relocation

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the execution of cloud platform control assessments, ensuring alignment with regulatory and organisational requirements
• Act as a subject matter expert on control frameworks and audit expectations within Azure environments
• Lead governance of issues raised from assessments, ensuring findings are tracked, managed, and closed effectively
• Proactively assess control effectiveness, identify gaps, and recommend enhancements to strengthen the risk and compliance posture
• Produce clear and comprehensive documentation for control processes, assessments, and compliance reporting

What we're looking for

• Previous experience in a similar Azure-focused controls, audit, or cloud risk role
• Knowledge of engineering standards and best practices
• Experience supporting strategic initiatives in complex environments

If this sounds like a good fit, apply now as they're looking to complete first stages!

Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.