Azure Cloud Specialist

1 month ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom West Midlands Combined Authority Full time

Job Introduction The WMCA is modernising our ways of working, and with it we are delivering significant advancements in our digital services - Cloud technologies being one of our focusses.

As our Azure Cloud Specialist, you will play a key role in creating and shaping the WMCA’s Cloud footprint. You’ll lead, manage, and develop the Azure cloud environment - helping to move the digital and data services from legacy systems to modern cloud platforms.

**What will you be doing?**
- Develop a Cloud first strategy in line with the Digital and Data Strategy, driving change throughout the business and its partners.
- Manage the delivery of the Development, Infrastructure and Public services on our Azure cloud platform and wider cloud technologies.
- Work with developers and new and emerging cloud technologies to provide a modern, scalable cloud architecture.
- Design, build, configure and deploy complex cloud environments using IaaS or PaaS.
- Work closely with the Data Architect to ensure we capture all relevant data in a scalable environment and further develop the architecture to support at an enterprise level.
- Set best practice and policies in the cloud provision across Digital and Data and the wider business, ensuring external suppliers and agencies adhere to these practices
- Instil a culture of automation across Cloud on-premises.
- Recommendation of improvements to existing processes and products and working with business teams to achieve this.
- Identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and opportunities for cloud services.
- Responsibility for the availability and performance of cloud systems and generation of dashboards to monitor the environments.
- Ensure that cloud systems are available in a disaster recovery situation by using appropriate technical resources within the cloud environment.
- Working with Cyber Security and the Data Protection Officer to ensure that we meet the required standards - implementing cloud tools that monitor and enforce policies.

**About you.**
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent in an IT discipline.
- Extensive experience in managing and maintaining Microsoft Azure Cloud environments and technologies.
- Previous experience within a Cloud/ DevOps team with extensive experience using DevOps pipelines.
- Knowledge and experience of alignment of cloud architecture against enterprise standards and principles.
- Experience of Cloud technologies for IaaS and/or PaaS.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues with tight deadlines.
- Experience of Amazon AWS, Google GCP or other cloud platforms would be advantageous but not essential.

Applicants will need to evidence that they have the legal right to work in the UK. If we make an offer of employment, we will need to check that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes a Local Government Pension Scheme, 28 days of paid annual leave, Cycle to Work Scheme, and discounted shopping with over 2,000 big-name retailers. For more details, please visit the benefits page on our careers site.

**Hybrid working, location and working pattern.**We believe hybrid working is the best way for our organisation to fulfil our commitment to a modern, agile workplace while continuing to provide a great service to our customers. Hybrid working means having flexibility between working in the office and at home on agreed days, where a role allows. This is agreed between an employee and their line manager, considering the business, team, and employee needs.

The location for this role is 16 Summer Lane. It is expected that you can split your time between the office and working remotely, with at least 2 days a week spent in the office.

**Creating an inclusive workplace.**Our vision is to create a better connected, more prosperous, fairer, greener, and healthier region. We aim to achieve this vision by living our values, which include being a partnership organisation, valuing and respecting our people, fostering a can-do attitude, and encouraging innovation. We are dedicated to creating a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace that reflects the communities of the West Midlands region. WMCA holds diversity accreditations, such as "Leaders in Diversity," and has been recognised as one of the Inclusive Top 50 Employers and The Times Top 50 Employers for Women. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, committed to interviewing all applicants with disabilities who meet the essential role criteria. WMCA believes that building a team with varied backgrounds and experiences will benefit us as an employer and enhance our work.

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