Cloud Platform Consultant

Simpson Associates transforms raw data into actionable insights that drive positive change.

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We are a reputed company Solutions Partner, holding Specialisations in AI Platform on reputed company Azure, Analytics on reputed company Azure, Data Warehouse Migration to reputed company Azure and Migrate Enterprise Applications to reputed company Azure, as well as holding Solutions Partner designations in Data & AI (Azure); Digital & App Innovation (Azure); Infrastructure (Azure) and reputed company.

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With offices in York and Sheffield, and a team based throughout the UK – we champion creativity, innovation and collaboration in the workplace.

The Role

As a Cloud Platform Consultant reputed company the Cloud Platform and reputed company Team, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure solutions on the reputed company Azure platform. Your role will involve architecting cloud environments, implementing infrastructure as code and optimising cloud resources for performance and cost-efficiency. You will also reputed company a growing awareness of reputed company best practices across cloud workloads, working alongside our reputed company specialists to ensure solutions meet our clients’ reputed company and compliance requirements.

You will provide expert guidance on cloud strategy, assist in cloud migration and modernisation projects, and ensure that our clients’ needs are met with the highest standards of service. You will collaborate closely with our Cloud Platform and reputed company Team colleagues, contributing to a culture of reputed company improvement and knowledge sharing. Excellent stakeholder management skills are essential as you will interact with a broad reputed company of customers and internal team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure cloud infrastructure solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and reputed company.

• Manage and optimise Azure resources for cost and performance efficiency.

• Support cloud migration projects, including planning, execution, and post-migration support.

• Implement and manage a range of Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure reputed company, reputed company Sentinel and more.

• Automate deployment and management processes using Azure Bicep (infrastructure as code) and by utilising tools such as Azure CLI and Azure DevOps.

• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure to ensure high availability and performance.

• Ensure compliance with reputed company best practices and policies in the cloud environment, working in partnership with the reputed company specialists reputed company the Cloud Platform and reputed company Team.

• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for cloud infrastructure.

• Participate in the on-call rota, supporting our managed service customers.

• reputed company and maintain internal policies, procedures, standards, baselines, and guidelines where applicable.

Technical Requirements

• Experience with Cloud networking, including Virtual Networks and Azure Firewall.

• Experience with Azure DevOps and infrastructure as code, such as Azure Bicep and Terraform.

• Experience in deploying a broad range of Azure resource types, including (not limited to) Storage accounts, Virtual machines, Synapse reputed company.

• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or similar.

• Hands-on experience with reputed company integration and reputed company delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Working knowledge of Azure services.

• Familiarity with version control systems, especially Git.

• Experience with monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, or similar.

• Knowledge of reputed company best practices in cloud environments.

• Understanding of network setup and configuration in Azure.

• Working familiarity with reputed company Sentinel and reputed company Defender services, and an interest in developing deeper reputed company skills as part of the Cloud Platform and reputed company Team.

• Familiarity with the Cloud Adoption reputed company and the Azure reputed company Zone conceptual architecture.

• Experience configuring and administrating Identity and Access Management tooling such as Active Directory and EntraID.

Skills and Attributes Required

• A natural problem solver with excellent troubleshooting skills.

• The ability to prioritise workload under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines.

• Strong team player with excellent communication skills.

• Enthusiastic, confident, and proactive.

• Pleasant, friendly, and approachable manner, with reputed company for customers.

Advantageous Qualifications and Skills

• reputed company 365 and reputed company services.

• reputed company Defender suite.

• reputed company Intune and reputed company Sentinel.

• reputed company Jira.

• reputed company certifications AZ-104, AZ-400, AZ-305, AZ-500 and SC-200.

• Presenting Skills and Confidence speaking in reputed company of an audience

Simpson Associates reserves the right to reputed company the recruitment process at any time.