Azure Technical Administrator

We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with more than 5,000 people across over 30 countries. We’re full-service with deep niche and sector experience. Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we’re equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we’re purposeful and purpose-led. So although the world is fast-moving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We’re ambitious for our clients, our communities – and for you. Whether you’re starting out on your career or well established, whether you’re a lawyer or in business services. If you’re looking for what’s next, we are too.

About Eversheds Sutherland

We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with over 70 offices in more than 30 countries. As a full service law practice, we act for the public and private sectors across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the US providing legal advice to clients across the Corporate Finance, Commercial Advisory, Employment, Labour & Pensions, Litigation & Dispute Management, and Real Estate practices.  Whatever challenge, wherever in the world, we’re equipped and ready to meet it. We live our values, we’re purposeful and purpose-led. So although the world is fast-moving and rapidly changing, we see it as a place where everyone can thrive. We’re ambitious for our clients, our communities – and for you.

What to expect

For business professionals, our environment is highly collaborative with value being placed on diversity of ideas, skills and mindsets. Not least yours. It’s energetic, fast-moving and there’s always something new to get involved in. You will get exposure across geographies and the firm as a whole. The future is a place of opportunity. Focusing on your success and for what’s next, will ensure you thrive too.

The Role 

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Azure administrator or technical engineer to join our team and help us design, implement and maintain cloud solutions using Azure services and tools.

You will be responsible for managing and optimising Azure resources, deploying and configuring cloud infrastructure, automating workflows and processes and ensuring security and compliance standards.

The main purpose of this role is:

• Providing /L3 support across the breadth of Azure services. Including but not limited to; Azure IAAS, PAAS, Terraform, Containers, Subscription and Tenant management, Azure DevOps, Azure security.
• Design, maintain and enhance a portfolio of Terraform scripts to align with evolving business requirements.
• Automate workflows and processes using Logic Apps, Azure Functions or other tools.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud performance, availability and reliability issues.
• Ensure security and compliance standards are met using Azure policies, roles and permissions.
• Design, maintain and enhance a portfolio of Terraform scripts to align with evolving business requirements.
• Member of an On-Call Rota for out-of-hours P1 major incident.

Skills and experience:

The ideal candidate would have the following skills and attributes:

• At least five years of experience in Azure administration or engineering
• Strong knowledge of Azure services and features, such as Azure Management, Terraform Containers, Logic Apps, Private Endpoints and Azure Open AIAzure Networking and WAF.
• Experience in using Azure DevOps, GitHub, or other tools for version control and CI/CD.
• Familiarity with cloud security best practices and tools, such as Azure Security Center, or Azure Key Vault.
• Certification in Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Developer Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert is a desirable 

Diversity & Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, “Inclusive” is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inherent respect for the individual. We have a strong belief in collaboration and teamwork. Sharing ideas, asking questions, solving challenges and meeting our clients’ goals: together.

We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.

We want you to perform at your best during our recruitment process. If there is any adjustment or support you need, please contact us so we can discuss how we can best assist you.

For you,

For your success.

And what's next.