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Play a crucial role in designing and implementing the necessary tooling to align with our customers' digital roadmaps while supporting day-to-day operations. This role predominantly focuses on Microsoft Cloud technologies, specifically the Modern Workplace and Azure technologies, requiring subject matter expertise.\nResponsibilities\nConsulting & Guidance: Collaborating with clients to understand their digital transformation needs and providing expert advice on technical solutions.\n\nDesign & Implementation: Shaping, designing, and implementing tooling and solutions that meet the requirements of customers’ digital strategies.\n\nTechnical Leadership: Acting as a key figure in internal and customer technical design authorities, establishing standards and approaches based on deep subject matter expertise.\n\nProject Management: Participating in project estimation and scoping, ensuring projects are accurately defined, delivered on time, and within budget.\n\nCollaboration: Maintaining strong relationships with the Technical Operations team, Account Management, Service Delivery, and the BAU team to facilitate seamless support and issue resolution.\n\nMonitoring & Governance: Implementing monitoring, alerting, and operational governance within Azure to ensure a strong security posture and regulatory compliance.\n\nDocumentation: Ensuring all solutions are fully documented, supportable, and transitioned into managed services with clear ownership and SLAs.\n\nClick here for the list of benefits.\nThe budgeted salary for this role is between £70,000 - £75,000.\nHybrid working\nWe recognise the benefits that remote and flexible working brings.\nWe operate a hybrid working policy that allows our employees to balance time in the office and time from home. Each team within our organisation can decide how to implement this policy. If you have any questions after applying, please reach out to our recruitment team.\nThis role initially requires an onsite presence with the client in Central London three days per week for the first two months. Thereafter, the onsite requirement will reduce to two days per week, in line with the client’s needs.\nQualifications and Experience\nEssential:\nStrong knowledge of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 platforms (compute, storage, networking, identity, collaboration services).\n\nProven experience in designing and implementing secure, scalable cloud solutions across M365 services.\n\nUnderstanding of Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, Conditional Access, and cloud security principles.\n\nExperience implementing Zero Trust principles across identity, device, and data layers.\n\nFamiliarity with Microsoft security tools (Defender for Cloud, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Office 365, Sentinel).\n\nExpertise in cloud migration approaches (lift-and-shift, re-platforming, refactoring).\n\nKnowledge of Azure networking concepts (VNets, firewalls, private endpoints, hybrid connectivity).\n\nStrong troubleshooting capabilities across cloud infrastructure and services.\n\nExperience in project scoping and solution estimation (effort sizing, assumptions, dependencies, risk identification).\n\nRelevant Microsoft certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator, Azure Solutions Architect, Security Engineer).\n\nAbout Us:\nWe are the tech company with people at heart.\nAt Advania, we believe in empowering people to create sustainable value through the clever use of technology. 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