Azure Specialist

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Azure Specialist to design, deploy and maintain Azure Landing Zones in line with Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework. The role involves translating business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and cost‑effective cloud solutions while supporting AI, data and hybrid/multi‑cloud initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Design, deploy and maintain Azure Landing Zones following the Cloud Adoption Framework.
• Translate requirements into secure, scalable, cost‑effective cloud architectures.
• Lead migration and modernization of applications using PaaS and cloud‑native services.
• Implement governance, security and compliance policies (RBAC, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault).
• Manage and optimise network, storage and compute resources for high availability.
• Drive automation with Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Oversee cost management, performance tuning and continuous improvement of Azure services.
• Support AI, data and hybrid/multi‑cloud initiatives and maintain technical documentation.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer/Electronics Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT or cloud‑related roles.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ‑305) and Azure Administrator Associate (AZ‑104).
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or other major cloud providers is a plus.

Required skills

• Azure Landing Zones
• Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
• PaaS and cloud‑native solutions
• RBAC, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Key Vault
• ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform
• Azure Monitor
• DevOps CI/CD pipelines
• Cost management and performance tuning
• AI, data, hybrid and multi‑cloud concepts
• Google Cloud Platform (optional)