Senior Cloud Engineer (Microsoft)

Solus Accident Repair Centres; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Solus Accident Repair Centres is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead in data analysis tools and solutions within our Microsoft technology stack. The role involves supporting our IT environment, enhancing processes through automation, and ensuring the best practices in IT governance. This position offers a competitive salary, bonus opportunities, and a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary based on location, skills, experience, and qualifications.

Bonus opportunity tied to your performance and the overall success of Solus.

Company pension scheme with employer contributions.

33 days' holiday (including bank holidays).

Discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts.

Joining Aviva's success through the Save As You Earn scheme.

Supportive policies including parental and carer's leave.

Wellbeing focus with tools like Group Income Protection and 24/7 GP access.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role would be advantageous.
• Deep understanding of O365, Autopilot, Defender & SSO would be highly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support and enable the Microsoft Technology Stack through IT Change.
• Troubleshoot IT Problems following ITIL v4 guidelines.
• Design, implement, and maintain solutions within the Microsoft Technical Stack.

Skills

Azure

Power Platforms

ITIL v4

Entra ID

Intune

Education

Relevant Apprenticeship or higher education

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate

Job description

Overview

We are looking for an expert to lead the way in the innovation of the data analysis tools, automation and infrastructure within our Microsoft technology stack for our Award-Winning Accident Repair Network.

Our mission is to develop the tools and technology that enable our teams to get our customers back to normal and we are often looking to cutting edge solutions to achieve this.

The candidate will be reporting into our Platform Manager and working with our Systems Architect and Product Team to not only lead in the development of automation and Power Platform solutions for our business but also to support our bespoke award-winning IT system; as such this role is fundamental to our growth and success.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will support and enable the Microsoft Technology Stack through IT Change, troubleshoot IT Problems, following ITIL v4 guidelines in this cutting edge and highly secure environment. You will support our technical environment, which includes Microsoft technologies, Meraki networking, SaaS solutions (including our own bespoke workshop management system) with much of the access managed by Single Sign-on (SSO). You will be passionate about technology and understand of business systems and solutions.

• • Work with the Systems Architect to design, implement, and maintain solutions within our Microsoft Technical Stack
  • Work with stakeholders to devise improvements to their teams' processes with Power Platforms and automation
  • Assist with IT Change and Problem Management following ITIL v4 guidelines, using advanced troubleshooting and problem-solving skills and working closely with internal colleagues and external suppliers in resolving issues promptly
  • Support IT governance, ensuring security best practises and disaster recovery plans are followed and raise concerns, risks and cyber incidents to the IT leadership team
  • Maintain detailed documentation for system configuration, procedures and troubleshooting and work with the Helpdesk team to remove blockers to resolve incidents and process service requests
  • Provide guidance and support to the wider IT team on infrastructure design and build and provide information regarding system/device performance and error logs
    What do I need to know?
    • Azure
    • Power Platforms
    • Entra ID
    • Intune
    • ITIL v4
    • Experience in a similar role would be advantageous
    • A deep understanding of O365, Autopilot, Defender & SSO would be highly beneficial

Qualifications

Qualifications

Relevant Apprenticeship or higher education

Any of the following qualifications would be advantageous:

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert

Who are Solus?

Solus, who are owned by Aviva, are one of the UK leaders in vehicle repairs, returning cars to the road in just 11 days on average and a 4.6/5 star customer rating. With an award-winning apprenticeship programme and winners of other recognised industry awards Solus are proud to be shaping the future of vehicle repair.

Why Join Solus?

We have so much to offer when it comes to being a Solus colleague:

• Competitive salary based on location, skills, experience, and qualifications.
• Bonus opportunity tied to your performance and the overall success of Solus.
• Company pension scheme with employer contributions.
• 33 days' holiday (including bank holidays), with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Save money with up to 40% discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts.
• Share in Aviva's success through the Aviva Save As You Earn scheme.
• Supportive policies including parental and carer's leave.
• Wellbeing focus with tools like Group Income Protection and 24/7 GP access.

At Solus, we value inclusivity and welcome all applicants. If you're excited but don't tick every box, we encourage you to apply-your unique skills might be just what we need.

We guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria-just email us after applying to let us know.

Ready to join us? Apply online today, and our team will be in touch within 14 days.