TEKenable requires an experienced Azure Platform Engineer on a fully remote full-time position and open to interested applicants located in UK or Europe and holding the necessary work authorisation.

At TEKenable we bring the full range of Microsoft & and Salesforce technology best-of-breed Low-Code Low Code platforms. We are an approved Salesforce partner as well as Gold Certified for Azure Cloud and Application Development, Microsoft Business Applications Partner of the Year 2021. Extensive experience in legacy systems integration and we offer licensing and Azure cloud as Managed Services.

The Senior DevOps Platform Engineer will be responsible for the uptime, reliability, performance, management, and security of company platforms, their application environments, and the infrastructure hosted in Microsoft Azure. The position will perform various tasks such as managing web traffic, active directory, managing networks, and network access, containers and registries, and multiple development-focused Azure PaaS and SaaS resources (e.g., Service Bus, Functions, App Services, Redis Cache, et al), platform governance, policies, and initiatives. Additionally, the position will manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and source control using Azure DevOps or GitHub repositories deployments, building, and managing Azure DevOps or GitHub build and release pipelines for IaC deployments, and assisting other developers, operations, and security teams with needed troubleshooting, access, and monitoring.

The position will leverage a mix of manual and automated processes to both minimise disruption and increase reliability for our companies’ applications and services.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provision, manage, and operate Azure-based PaaS and SaaS resources using IaC (ARM templates, Azure Bicep, Terraform, Azure CLI, PowerShell) for our companies’ platforms, developers, and teams.
• Provision, manage, and operate Azure PaaS and SaaS layers for storage, network components, security integrations, network defence, network security appliances, and integrations/ services, virtual networks, Azure-based VPNs, web application firewalls, intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems.
• Provision, manage, and operate Azure-based web and development services (load balancers, application gateways, traffic management, App Services, App Configuration, App Insights, Service Bus Functions)
• Provision manage and operate platform security solutions by proactively identifying and deploying solutions that increase platform security observability and reliability.
• Automate deployments configurations where possible. Perform audits of deployments configurations. Create DevOps efficiencies where possible using a combination third-party SaaS and PaaS products custom developed tools
• Create manage observability processes protocols for Azure workloads including thresholds triggers action groups ticketing system web hook integrations.
• Monitor troubleshoot maintain report metrics on service application issues (uptime redundancy latency traffic error rates saturation performance usage etc.)
• Work closely with development teams to help migrate IaaS-based workloads to cloud-native / Azure PaaS SaaS equivalents with little to no downtime or data loss
• Integrate with existing IaaS workload management teams (Windows Server .NET applications SQL Server)
• Develop implement maintain relevant documentation guidelines checklist policies to promote continuous integration and ensure improved data security to reduce the possibility of “human error”.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Wide experience in a software engineer, systems administration, and/or DevOps role
• Extensive experience in deploying, managing, supporting, and securing Microsoft Azure / cloud-hosted workloads.
• Demonstrated experience in automating deployments, server configurations, and creating DevOps-related efficiencies.
• Managing mission critical 24/7 Production internet-facing applications.
• Administering/managing .NET code deployments and applications.
• Experience with modern-day automation-friendly languages (bash, Powershell, C#, Python, BiCEP, Terraform)
• Significant expertise in applicable and various technologies such as Azure, cloud computing, network engineering, Microsoft Windows platform and applications
• Experience working with software development teams to deploy code
• Expert understanding of core networking and connectivity topics surround internet-based applications (DNS, load balancers, VPN, VLAN, Firewalls etc.)
• Desire to lead projects, as well as be able to work in a team environment.
• Demonstrate personal initiative.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving ability.
• Desire to assume increasing levels of leadership responsibility.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field from an accredited university and/or equivalent work experience
• Microsoft Azure certifications or equivalent work experience:
• AZ-900 (Azure Fundamentals) certification
• AZ-104 (Azure Administrator) certification
• AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect Expert) certification
• AZ-700 (Azure Networking Associate) certification

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Benefits include – Remote working, training budget, Health insurance, Income protection, Pension plan, employee referral scheme & company events.

TEKenable has been named as Technology Business of the Year, included in the Deloitte Fast50 for the last 4 consecutive years, and won the Deloitte Impact award. We have also been certified as a “Great place to work” for 2023. We have a global reach with operations in Ireland, the UK, Hungary, Spain, South Africa & UAE, with expertise across Financial Services, Healthcare, Agri-Food, and the Public Sector.

At TEKenable we foster a culture of diversity and inclusion as we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all diverse backgrounds and orientations. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of gender, disability, sexual orientation, generation, or belief.