Cloud Engineer

Are you an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer ?

Do you have modern DevOps skills ?

Would you like to work for a global company who operate from prestigious offices in the centre of Glasgow ?

My client is looking for an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to work with them on a permanent basis.

Its hybrid working, 3 days in the office and 2 from home.

As they are a global company you need to be able to go on regular 7.30am Teams calls with your international colleagues.

Main responsibilities include:

• Administer and support Azure IaaS, PaaS, and hybrid environments.
• Automate provisioning, deployment, and release of Azure resources using DevOps pipelines.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to standardise and scale cloud operations.
• Monitor system health and performance of cloud-based applications and services.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues, including security-related incidents.
• Manage incident and service request queues to meet SLAs and publish regular reports.
• Leverage AI Ops tools to automate incident detection, root cause analysis, and performance optimisation.
• Maintain internal documentation, CMDB entries, and knowledgebase articles.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to enhance cloud security posture.
• Apply and maintain Azure security policies aligned with ISO27001, NIST, CIS, Essential 8 and Cyber Essentials Plus.
• Provide guidance and training to colleagues transitioning from on-premise infrastructure roles

Technical skills:

• Extensive hands-on experience supporting Azure Cloud environments
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (required).
• Strong knowledge of Azure IaaS and PaaS
• High level of security awareness and best practices.
• Strong proficiency in Azure CLI, PowerShell, Bicep and DevOps tooling; or equivalent orchestration and automation expertise
• Experience with monitoring, logging, RBAC and Azure Policy.
• Agile delivery experience, including working in Sprints and Retrospectives.
• Familiarity with ITSM frameworks (incident, change, service request).

This is a fantastic opportunity to join this leading company who offer a great working environment.

For more information please get in touch asap.