Cloud Services Specialist

Purpose of the Job

To perform a mixture of project work and support activities supporting Microsoft Azure Cloud environment.

The role includes but is not limited to the design and building of Azure services to meet business needs, proactive monitoring of our entire Azure environment and supporting this going forward. You will need to ensure that best practise is followed throughout and that data security is at the forefront of how the Azure service is designed and delivered.

Principal Accountabilities

Configuring, maintaining and monitoring the IaaS resources. This will include but not be limited to the following Azure resources:

• Azure Virtual Machines
• Azure Active Directory
• Resource Groups
• Storage Accounts
• Virtual Networks
• Security Centre

Designing the IaaS Azure environment and ensuring that the documentation is up to date and to a sufficient standard for other team members to use

Providing and maintaining the Azure remote site Windows build for all remote sites and associated design documentation

Providing support for employees and associated contractors using IaaS Azure resources

Providing support for remote site employees and associated contractors using our infrastructure.

Take reasonable care of your own and others’ health and safety and of those who may be affected in the day-to-day delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working to Target Zero principles.

Co-operate in all matters relating to health and safety, including following safe working procedures at all times

Act as a role model for vision and values, behaving in ways that are in alignment with Ways of Working. Encourage and support others to do so too

Promote equality in the workplace and adopt appropriate behaviour when interacting with colleagues

Take necessary care to properly protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of corporate information from unauthorised disclosure, modification or destruction. Never knowingly put information or information systems at risk

Main challenges of the job

To ensure that the Azure service is secured according to current Microsoft best practise

Monitoring the Azure performance and adjusting the sizing of the infrastructure accordingly

Managing the costs of the Azure infrastructure

Being the primary expert on Azure within the IT team and working to ensure that this knowledge is shared with fellow team members

Person Specification

Essential

Experience using Microsoft Cloud technologies in the IaaS, PaaS & SaaS arenas

Azure resources identified above

Microsoft Azure Active Directory

Windows Server 2008/2012/2016

Windows 7/10

SQL Server 2008 R2

Networking and security fundamentals

Securing Cloud Services

Produce documentation to a high standard and must be pro-active in knowledge transfer to other team members

Desirable

Capacity planning

Azure billing and cost management

General

Demonstrate excellent problem resolution skills

Self motivating and able to identify and define development requirements

Be able to work on your own initiative

Good communication skills both verbal and written pitched to the appropriate level

The ability to convey a technical solution to senior management in a clear and concise manner