Remote/Hybrid Azure Engineer – UK-Based Cloud Optimisation

BCN Group Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

BCN benefits

23 days holiday

Job summary

BCN Group Ltd is hiring an Azure Engineer for its Azure Managed Services. The role is hybrid and remote-friendly for UK-based professionals, delivering hands-on Azure engineering, security, governance, resilience, and cost optimisation across multiple customer environments.

You will own customer relationships, lead technical workshops, and collaborate with Account Managers, Architects, Project Teams and Support Engineers to drive Azure adoption and maximise long-term value for clients.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience supporting and managing Microsoft Azure environments.
• Strong customer-facing experience with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence technical decision-making.
• Experience conducting customer workshops and technical reviews.
• Strong knowledge of Azure infrastructure services, networking, storage, backup, monitoring, governance, and security.
• Proven ability to identify and implement cost optimisation and cloud efficiency improvements.
• Experience managing and troubleshooting complex Azure and hybrid cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience delivering Azure changes and improvements.
• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) implementations and optimisation.
• Experience with NerdioManager for AVD is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft's Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach.
• Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, or equivalent would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary Azure technical contact and trusted advisor for a portfolio of managed cloud customers.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships through regular service reviews and technical workshops.
• Develop an understanding of customer environments, business objectives, key workloads, and cloud strategies.
• Provide expert guidance on Azure infrastructure, cloud adoption, security, governance, resilience, and operational best practices.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve customer environments through optimisation, automation, modernisation, and technical change.
• Lead Azure optimisation initiatives, including rightsizing, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, storage optimisation, and cost governance recommendations.
• Deliver hands-on Azure engineering changes and technical improvements across customer environments.
• Implement, manage, and optimise Azure Virtual Desktop environments and Nerdio solutions.
• Act as the technical lead during critical incidents, coordinating with internal teams, third-party vendors, and Microsoft to achieve rapid resolution.
• Support customers in adopting Microsoft best practices, including the Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework principles.

Skills

Azure administration

Customer engagement

Azure Virtual Desktop

NerdioManager familiarity

Cloud optimization

Well-Architected Framework

Tools

Azure Virtual Desktop

Nerdio Manager

Job description

BCN Group Ltd is hiring an Azure Engineer for its Azure Managed Services. The role is hybrid and remote-friendly for UK-based professionals, delivering hands-on Azure engineering, security, governance, resilience, and cost optimisation across multiple customer environments.

You will own customer relationships, lead technical workshops, and collaborate with Account Managers, Architects, Project Teams and Support Engineers to drive Azure adoption and maximise long-term value for clients.