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Location

Remote | United Kingdom

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Job description

Telefónica Tech (part of the Telefónica Group) is a leading NextGen Tech solutions provider with a highly diversified team of over 6,000 exceptionally skilled employees and +60 nationalities. At Telefónica Tech we believe that technology can do great things: from extracting all the value of data to make the best business decisions, to ensuring the resilience of every organisation to build a more sustainable future. We serve more than 5.5m customers every day in over 175 countries, with a global ecosystem of market-leading partners. We are a global business with local strategic hubs in Spain, Brazil, the UK, and Germany.

In the UK and Ireland, Telefónica Tech UK&I has over 1,000 professionals helping leading brands and organisations across public sector, financial services and insurance, retail and manufacturing and commercial markets to unlock the power of integrated technology for all. We bring together in one place a unique combination of the best people, with the best tech and the best platforms. All in a simplified manner, to make a real difference to every business, every day. The Telefónica Tech UK&I hub has an end- to-end portfolio of market leading services and develops integrated technology solutions to accelerate digital transformation through: Cloud, Data & AI (Adatis), Enterprise Applications (Incremental), Workplace Services and Cyber Security & Networking.

We live by our values by being open, trusted and bold.   Open to new ideas and ways of doing things. Trusted by our employees, customers and partners. Bold in our decisions and actions.

A few of our Partners & Accreditations:

• One of Microsoft UK&I’s top 3 Service Providers having achieved their most highly acclaimed Azure Expert status for the last 3 years. Also recognised as a key Fastrack and Inner Circle Partner working closely across and with Microsoft globally.
• HPE Platinum Partner and pleased to have received the HPE FY23 UK&I Solution Provider of the Year award.
• Part of the Fortinet elite VIP program and one of only 2 Ultimate Partners in the UK.
• AWS Advanced Solution provider program and Managed Service Provider program.

Job Description

The Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Azure Platform Engineer to join our growing team. As an Azure Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing, managing, and optimizing a wide variety of cloud solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) within our Managed Service Capability which support our customer applications and services.

The candidate should have prior experience presenting Cloud services and solutions to technical and non-technical audiences, as well as communicating the benefits to their organisation, with the goal of driving growth for the Telefónica Tech UK&I Cloud practise.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working with Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate and Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert Certification
• Proven experience as an Azure Platform Engineer or in a similar role
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture principles, microservices, and containerisation.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native development, infrastructure as code (IaC), and DevOps practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to ensure documents are consistent in language, terminology, and style.
• Previous experience working as a deployment consultant or engineer.
• Knowledge and experience with Azure pricing and commercial models, and how to optimise a solution for a specific engagement.
• Hold or the ability to attain Government managed security clearance levels. SC as a minimum.

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