Azure Infrastructure Engineer

IBM; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm seeks an Azure Infrastructure Engineer to work in their Client Innovation Centres. The role involves designing and implementing Azure solutions for public sector clients, requiring strong technical expertise in Azure and Terraform. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and relevant certifications, with opportunities for career growth and development in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Regular promotion opportunities

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Flexible working approaches

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Program

Gym discount scheme

Training and certification opportunities

Internal recognition programs

Qualifications

• Experience with Azure cloud solutions for public sector projects.
• Ability to implement best practices in cloud security and compliance.
• Technical leadership in Azure and Terraform technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Azure cloud solutions for government projects.
• Collaborate on scalable infrastructure solutions using Azure.
• Monitor performance and resolve issues proactively.

Skills

Azure services

Terraform

Cloud security

Compliance

Governance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Terraform

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Introduction

In this role, you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centres (Delivery Centres), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centres offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground-breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We Offer

• Regular and frequent promotion and progression opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year; no one-off annual reviews here
• A multitude of training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs as well as the chance to gain industry recognized certifications
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
• Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, 1 month paid paternity leave, 16 weeks fully paid maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday, a gym discount scheme, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

Your Role And Responsibilities

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting partner, helping clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs, and gain the competitive edge in their industries.

IBM is currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated Azure Infrastructure Engineer with public sector experience and government projects to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of Azure services and be able to design, implement, and manage robust and secure cloud infrastructure solutions.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Azure cloud solutions for public sector government projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deploy scalable infrastructure solutions using Azure services.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance in the adoption and implementation of Azure technologies.
• Implement best practices in cloud security, compliance, and governance.
• Monitor infrastructure performance and proactively resolve issues.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Azure infrastructure and processes.
• Offer support and guidance to junior team members.
• Work on-site at client locations as required for government projects.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 10 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Leverage Terraform to design, implement, and manage Azure cloud solutions for public sector government projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deploy scalable infrastructure solutions using Azure services.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance in the adoption and implementation of Azure and Terraform technologies.
• Implement best practices in cloud security, compliance, and governance.
• Monitor infrastructure performance and proactively resolve issues using Terraform's infrastructure-as-code capabilities.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Azure infrastructure, Terraform configurations, and processes.
• Offer support and guidance to junior team members.
• Work on-site at client locations as required for government projects.

Desirable Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate.
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
• Project Management Professional (PMP).

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting