L4 Cloud Specialist (Azure)

The Role

The Senior Multi-Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining secure, scalable Azure and Private Cloud infrastructure solutions for financial services customers.

This is a senior, hands-on role where you will provide expert guidance, deliver modern cloud solutions, and ensure environments are resilient, compliant, and optimised. You will also play a key role in shaping best practices, mentoring engineers, and supporting customer transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Design and deploy Azure and Private Cloud solutions aligned to business and regulatory requirements

Collaborate with customers to understand requirements and provide technical guidance

Configure, manage, and optimise cloud platforms (compute, storage, networking, security)

Develop and deliver migration and modernisation strategies

Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned to best practice standards

Identify opportunities to modernise and optimise customer environments

Maintain high-quality technical documentation and design artefacts

Support service transition into managed support environments

Collaborate with engineering teams to improve tooling, automation, and processes

Mentor junior engineers and support knowledge sharing across the team

Communicate complex technical designs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Stay current with cloud technologies and provide expert insight to customers

Support compliance, audit, and governance requirements across all solutions

Contribute to risk management, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

Proven experience designing and delivering Azure and Private Cloud solutions

Strong knowledge of Azure services and hybrid cloud architectures

Experience with VMware and VMware Cloud Foundation

Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, etc.)

Experience with automation tools and scripting (PowerShell, Python)

Strong networking knowledge (VPN, DNS, firewalls, load balancing)

Experience with backup technologies (e.g. Veeam, Rubrik)

Strong understanding of cloud security and best practices

Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)

Strong troubleshooting skills in complex cloud environments

Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions

Desirable

Experience with Kubernetes, AKS, and container platforms

Experience working with regulated or financial services environments

Knowledge of hybrid networking and data centre integration