Senior Azure Engineer - Cloud - International Bank

Excellent opportunity opens for a Senior IT Engineer with a strong Azure/Cloud background to play a crucial role in supporting, changing/enhancing, and maintaining IT Services at a growing International Bank. This is the perfect opportunity for a tech passionate individual who thrives in working in a proactive environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivery of 2nd/3rd line operational support for IT services including working with 3rd party providers
• Supporting IT Application and Change and Delivery Teams on a pipeline of IT Operations maintenance and enhancement activities
• Design, implement, and maintain complex IT infrastructure solutions that meet the bank's business needs
• Supporting IT Infrastructure Changes by providing technical expertise at CAB Meetings and where required, the technical resources to implement changes
• Monitor the performance of systems and troubleshoot any issues that arise
• Collaborate with other IT teams to ensure the security and integrity of our systems
• Keep up-to-date with the latest technology trends and make recommendations for improvement
• Maintain documentation and standards for IT infrastructure operations
• Provide technical expertise and support to other IT teams and business units
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing
• Communicate effectively with various stakeholders, including senior management, to present technical solutions and plans
• Working with IT Operations Manager, Chief Technology Officer and 3rd party specialists on the design of new IT platforms
• Promote and leverage the Bank's Technology platforms to improve Technology services that are delivered to users and customers
• Work with projects and changes to utilize existing platforms to deliver enhancements and new services that align with the Bank's strategy
• Support, development and enhancement of cloud services (IAAS, PAAS and SAAS)

Qualification & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science or relevant discipline (Preferred)
• Experience of working in financial services (Preferred)
• ITIL V4 foundation (as minimum)
• Experience of managing Microsoft Azure service models (IAAS, PAAS and SAAS)
• Azure Administrator Associate Certification, AZ-104 (Preferred)

Essential Competencies/Skills

• Ability to work in a small team and specializing
• Analytical thinker as well as strong Planning, Problem Solving and organization skills
• Effective communicator
• Experience managing and delivering IT platforms
• Proactive can do' approach and lateral thinker
• Experience with Office 365 administration, including Microsoft teams.
• SQL Server management
• Experience of ITSM systems (Sunrise would be beneficial)
• Expert technical experience of a Server, VMWare, SAN
• General Network administration and troubleshooting (Firewalls, VLANs, subnetting, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, Wi-Fi, etc).
• 3 years+ experience specializing supporting and administering Microsoft Servers (2012 - 2019), Active Directory, Group Policy, Desktops (Windows 10) and Applications (M365). Experience with Office 365 administration, including Microsoft teams.
• Experience of PAAS IT Monitoring Tools (AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Datadog)
• Experience supporting and using Microsoft System Centre (SCCM)
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation

Interested? Please Apply!

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