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