Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit x 2 Cloud Analysts until the 31st of March 2026 on a rate of £550/day (Inside IR35). These roles will have flexible working arrangements.
 
Responsibilities:
 
– Provide support on all aspects of the Microsoft Azure Cloud, including but not limited to; Arm/Bicep Templates, Azure networking services including Virtual Network (VNet), Virtual WAN, VPN Gateway, Private Endpoints, Peering Service and Azure Bastion, Azure Virtual Machines and Microsoft Entra ID
– Effectively manage the incident and request queues to ensure all incidents and requests are closed in line with service level agreements
– Ad hoc project work to support the implementation or improvement of services based on the Hybrid Cloud technologies
– Monitor the performance of the partners Public Cloud and Virtual Private Cloud infrastructure
– Attend technical meetings with peers and interact with enough knowledge to contribute to end results
– Provide mentoring, support and training to 1st, 2nd & 3rd line support staff, ensuring issues are resolved in a timely manner and within designated SLA timescale.
– Improving the availability, reliability, stability of all areas and components of the Microsoft infrastructure
– Management of Virtual Machines within the Public Cloud
– Proactive monitoring of the Service to prevent incidents
– Security and Compliance monitoring and reporting support and production of necessary materials
– Provide Face to face support where additional investigation is required or to resolve issues where remote support is not possible
– Proactively monitor the services across the Microsoft platform to ensure service stability and performance
 
Essential Skills:
 
– Demonstrable work experience equivalent to SCQF level 9 or be educated to degree level
– Relevant experience in a similar Senior technical role
– Experience of managing Azure environments, Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID and Networking
– Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
– Good understanding of Microsoft M365 components
– Knowledge and experience in Azure Arm/Bicep Templates, Azure networking services including Virtual Network (VNet), Virtual WAN, VPN Gateway, Private Endpoints, Peering Service and Azure Bastion, Azure Virtual Machines and Microsoft Entra ID
– Customer Focused with the ability to understand and resolve technical issues
– Excellent communication skills
– Good analytical and problem-solving skills
– Prepared to take personal accountability for defined area of responsibility
– Ability to work under pressure
– Good attention to detail
– Ability to be innovative especially when looking for solutions taking value for money into account
– Flexible and proactive
 
Desirable Skills:
 
– ITIL Foundation
– Microsoft Certified Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)
– Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
– Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
– Understanding of Networking principles
– Understanding of Security principles
– Desire to widen area of expertise and to look for personal development opportunities
 
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.