Azure Cloud DevOps Engineer

The company 
Sopra Steria supports the UK Government to tackle today’s biggest challenges. We combine technical expertise and delivery capability with vision to accelerate change and reinvent the way that Public Services are designed and delivered.

We work with energy and integrity to build intelligent, highly secure, joined-up solutions that make a difference to everyday lives. We’ve been helping Government to make a difference for 50 years, creating common systems and approaches, enabling government to work across multiple agencies and radically transform how Public Services are delivered. Empowering Government to make a difference to everyone, every day.

The day job 
Bring your excellent Azure Cloud DevOps knowledge to us! In return, we will give you an amazing career with growth and learning opportunities. Come and work for one of the best-kept secrets in I.T. 

Our ‘Cloud Centre of Excellence’ is growing, we’re busy and need your knowledge and ambition to grow with us as we architect cloud solutions for our impressive client list in public and private sector.

You’ll Participate and contribute in delivery of cutting edge Cloud Reference Architecture solutions encompassing the latest generation Cloud Services and capabilities.
As we continue to expand our central knowledge base, we are looking for cloud architects with expert knowledge in Azure.

Key responsibilities

• Work hands-on with Microsoft Azure technologies providing support to onsite and remote teams of Engineers and Leads
• Setup CI/CD pipelines on Azure Devops
• Experience Provisioning the Azure PAAS/IAAS environments through CI/CD pipelines
• Cloud Infrastructure planning, testing, and deployment
• Azure ADO ecosystem set up/ configure and support
• Evaluate gaps related to DevOps best practices and provide remedies
• Cloud Infrastructure planning, testing, and deployment
  

Required skills

• Ability to work with virtualization technology
• Ability to estimate usage costs and identify operational cost control mechanisms
• Capability to migrate on-premises workload to service providers
• Understand the possibilities with Azure ADO for a green field implementation.
• Proficient in cloud engineering tools
• Expert knowledge of Azure ARM templates
  

It would be great if you had

• Azure IaaS/PaaS/SaaS principles
• Azure IaaS (Virtual networks, VMs)
• Azure Storage
• Azure SQL & Cosmos DB exposure
• Power BI
• Active Directory
• Azure Active Directory
• Azure Active Directory Connect
• Azure security principles

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Full time permanent
Location UK Mobile
Security Clearance Level  SC
Internal Recruiter Paul
Salary £55,000 - £70,000
Benefits £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.