Azure Platform Engineer

Softcat plc; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT infrastructure provider in Birmingham seeks an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain Azure solutions. The role offers a hybrid working model and numerous benefits, including a competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth. Ideal candidates are proficient in Azure services and Terraform, and have strong problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Pension

Share incentive plan

Life Assurance

Extra holiday for birthday and Christmas

Incentive trips

Technology vouchers

Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Azure Platform Engineer or similar role.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services including Virtual Machines and Storage.
• Ability to deploy Azure resources via Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Designing and managing Azure infrastructure solutions.
• Implementing Azure Virtual Networks and related services.
• Developing CI/CD pipelines and Terraform code.

Skills

Azure services

Problem-solving abilities

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure Virtual Machines

Azure Active Directory

Azure Networking

Storage

Job description

Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?

Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?

Join our IT Operations Team!

At Softcat, we know that IT Operations are vital for our success. We want to enable the business to work smarter and faster by delivering reliable, scalable, and agile systems and applications. The IT Operations team takes care of the infrastructure and network that support our key systems. They also provide a digital workspace that helps our users to communicate and work effectively across the whole organization. And if anyone needs help with IT, they can contact our IT Helpdesk, which is always ready to assist with any IT-related queries, issues, and requests.

Success. The Softcat Way.

Passion. Intelligence. Fun. Responsible; these are the core values which define Softcat. We are one of the UK\'s leading IT infrastructure providers and a FTSE 250 listed company. The business is based on two key principles: outstanding customer service and employee satisfaction — both of which inspire our flexible, friendly approach to business. For more information about Softcat please visit: www.softcat.com.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Azure Platform Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining Azure infrastructure solutions to support Softcat\'s cloud computing needs. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Azure services, strong problem-solving abilities, and a proven track record of implementing robust and scalable infrastructure solutions.

As the Azure Platform Engineer, you\'ll be responsible for:

• Designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure solutions, ensuring they meet organisational requirements and industry best practices.
• Implementing and maintaining Azure Virtual Networks, VMs, Storage Accounts, and other related services.
• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and Terraform code in Azure DevOps.
• Managing the promotion of platform changes through environments as per SDLC.
• Keeping up to date with the latest developments in Azure and action anything that is relevant.

We\'d love you to have:

• Proven experience as an Azure Platform Engineer or similar role.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services, including but not limited to Virtual Machines, Azure Active Directory, Azure Networking, and Storage.
• Ability to deploy Azure resources via the portal and Terraform.

We also acknowledge that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and can get in the way of us meeting fantastic talent, so please don\'t hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!

Work in a way that works for you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working – 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs

Working with us

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.

To become part of the success story, please apply now.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/

Here at Softcat, we don\'t prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentic as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.

Birmingham, Manchester, Marlow, South Coast

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefits include:

Benefits

• Pension
• Share incentive plan
• Life Assurance
• Holiday
• Two days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at Christmas
• Trips – opportunity to qualify for Director hosted lunches as well as half and full year incentive trips to places all over the world
• Vouchers – technology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount card
• Partner/family Benefits – option to add your partner/family to some of the benefits
• Access to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefits
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support