Senior Azure Administrator

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Leinster; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly Profit Share

Career progression programs

Flexible/remote working

Private healthcare

Life Assurance

Employee discounts

Gym discounts

Education assistance (AWS, Microsoft,

Annual Excellence Awards

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking a Senior Azure Administrator to provide senior-level operational and technical support across the Platform Azure team, servicing UK and ROI customers. The role covers Azure, hybrid infrastructure, on-premises virtualization, backup platforms, automation, monitoring, security and service management.

You will act as a senior escalation point, maintain documentation and drive improvements while mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience IT infrastructure, managed services, or cloud operations.
• Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure environments in production.
• Hands-on experience with on-premises infrastructure including ESXi, VMware and Commvault backup/recovery.
• Experience handling incidents, problems, changes, requests, and service improvements for enterprise customers.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across cloud, identity, server, networking, monitoring, and security domains.
• Solid ITIL practices knowledge and experience in a controlled managed service environment.
• Excellent communication with customers, technical teams, service managers and stakeholders.
• Experience producing documentation, technical notes, and customer-facing updates.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise workload, manage escalations, and support multiple customers.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and sharing knowledge.
• Azure AZ-104 or similar certifications desirable; broader cloud/security/automation certs advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior Azure administration and infrastructure support across multiple managed service customers.
• Escalation point for Azure, Windows, identity, networking, monitoring, backup, and infrastructure incidents and requests.
• Maintain Azure services including VMs, storage, networking, AD, AVD, Monitor, backup and security controls.
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to gather requirements, troubleshoot, design solutions, and implement improvements.
• Support hybrid and on-prem environments including VMware, ESXi, Commvault, Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, Office 365.
• Maintain and improve runbooks, designs, support procedures and knowledge articles.
• Operate within ITIL and ISO20000 processes (incident, problem, change, request).
• Contribute to automation, IaC, standardisation, patching, monitoring and operational improvements.
• Mentor junior team members and share knowledge across Platform Azure team.
• Provide clear customer-facing updates, technical explanations, and reporting for incidents and changes.

Skills

Azure AD

Active Directory

RBAC

Conditional Access

Privileged Access

Windows Server

VMware vSphere/ESXi

Commvault

Azure Monitor

PowerShell

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Ansible

Azure Virtual Desktop

Education

Azure certification AZ-104

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Ansible

Splunk

Job description

Version 1 has celebrated30 yearsinbusinessand continues to be trusted by global brands to delivertechnology and transformationsolutions that drive customer success. Ourdeepexpertiseenables our customers to navigate the rapidlyevolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships withglobal technology leadersincluding Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat,OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’rean award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heartof whatwe do:

• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’rea corevalues drivencompany, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them,it’sdeeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us andwe’llinvest in you!.

Job Description

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Senior Azure Administrator to provide senior-level operational and technical support across the Platform Azure team, replacing an existing Azure analyst role. The role will support multiple UK and ROI customers across Microsoft Azure, hybrid infrastructure, on-premises virtualisation and backup platforms, automation, monitoring, security, and service management activities. The successful candidate will be expected to act as a senior technical escalation point, contribute to service reliability, maintain strong documentation, and support continuous improvement across customer environments.

• Provide senior Azure administration and infrastructure support across multiple managed service customers and technologies.
• Act as an escalation point for Azure, Windows, identity, networking, monitoring, backup, and infrastructure-related incidents and service requests.
• Support and maintain Azure services including virtual machines, storage, networking, Azure Active Directory, Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Monitor, backup, recovery, and security controls.
• Work with customers and internal teams to gather requirements, troubleshoot issues, design practical solutions, and implement service improvements.
• Support hybrid and on-premises environments including VMware, ESXi, Commvault, Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, Office 365, and related infrastructure components.
• Maintain and improve operational documentation, runbooks, technical designs, support procedures, and knowledge articles.
• Operate within structured ITIL and ISO20000 service management processes, including incident, problem, change, and request management.
• Contribute to automation, Infrastructure-as-Code, standardisation, patching, monitoring, alerting, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Mentor junior team members and share knowledge across the Platform Azure team.
• Provide clear customer-facing updates, technical explanations, and reporting for incidents, changes, risks, and service improvement activity.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience working in IT infrastructure, managed services, or cloud operations.
• Strong hands-on experience administering and supporting Microsoft Azure environments in production.
• Hands-on experience supporting on-premises infrastructure platforms, including ESXi, VMware virtualisation, and Commvault backup and recovery solutions.
• Experience supporting enterprise customers across incident, problem, change, request, and service improvement activities.
• Ability to interpret, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues across cloud, identity, server, networking, monitoring, and security domains.
• Strong understanding of ITIL practices and experience working in a controlled managed service environment.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly with customers, technical teams, service managers, and stakeholders.
• Experience producing high-quality documentation, technical notes, support guides, and customer-facing updates.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise workload, manage escalations, and support multiple customer environments concurrently.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to team knowledge sharing.
• Relevant Microsoft Azure certification such as AZ-104 is desirable; broader cloud, ITIL, security, or automation certifications would be advantageous.

Technical Skills

• Identity and access management experience including Azure Active Directory, Active Directory, RBAC, conditional access, and privileged access concepts.
• Windows Server administration, DNS, DHCP, patching, troubleshooting, and operational support across customer environments.
• Hybrid and on-premises infrastructure experience including VMware vSphere, ESXi hosts, Commvault backup and recovery, Office 365, networking, backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring solutions.
• Automation and Infrastructure-as-Code exposure using PowerShell, Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Ansible.
• Monitoring, logging, and alerting experience using tools such as Azure Monitor, Splunk, Opsview, New Relic, or equivalent platforms.
• Security and network awareness including WAFs, firewalls, vulnerability remediation, access control, backup validation, and operational risk management.
• Experience supporting Azure Virtual Desktop, Kubernetes, App Gateways, landing zones, or cost optimisation would be advantageous.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectivelybenefitfrom a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiativesincluding;Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financialadviceand an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educationalassistance, incentivised certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

Version1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse,inclusiveand respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully,respectfullyand confidentially.