Senior Cloud Systems Engineer (Azure)

About the Role

Join MMT's dynamic Systems Team on an exciting project focused on continuous improvement, best practice infrastructure, pipelines, monitoring and insights. We're looking for a Senior Cloud Systems Engineer with deep Azure expertise to help deliver effective solutions through collaboration and innovation.

You'll be working within a mature scaled agile environment, supporting work across 2 scrum teams, where you'll take ownership of critical infrastructure components while mentoring junior team members and driving commercial opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure & CI/CD Leadership

• Take ownership of CI/CD toolchain implementation, ensuring efficient and scalable deployment pipelines
• Design and deploy cloud infrastructure with focus on cost efficiency, security, and maintainability
• Advocate for and implement best practices in CI/CD for continuous delivery and zero downtime

Collaboration & Technical Excellence

• Collaborate with Senior CSEs and Lead to design robust controls ensuring safety and accuracy of deliverables
• Work closely with Development teams and Technical Architects to deliver solutions on time and within budget
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks to optimize system reliability

Innovation & Improvement

• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement within client solutions
• Drive commercial discussions to enable implementation of improvements
• Perform Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) tasks and infrastructure responsibilities

Documentation & Communication

• Maintain and produce comprehensive documentation for all implemented solutions
• Troubleshoot and resolve service issues efficiently
• Represent MMT professionally, upholding company values in all client interactions

Essential Technical Requirements

Must Have:

• Demonstrable Azure cloud and tooling expertise (certifications a bonus)
• Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform (minimum 2+ years)
• Highly confident in System & Cloud Architecture (Azure) and scalable design patterns
• Experience producing infrastructure topologies and network diagrams
• Security by design principles and implementation knowledge
• Proven experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub (intermediate to advanced level)
• Experience with containerisation technologies (Docker)
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Application Insights or similar)

Additional Technical Skills:

• Strong analytical skills with ability to identify trends and patterns quickly
• Excellent troubleshooting skills for complex technical problems
• Hands-on software engineering experience (Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript, Java, C#)
• Experience working in complex client-based environments

Essential Soft Skills

• Embrace team culture of support, enablement and innovation
• Strategic planning capabilities considering business objectives and implementation roadmaps
• Mentorship and coaching abilities for junior team members
• Experience working with and communicating effectively with clients
• Strong business level English
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with confidence to voice issues professionally

Tech Stack

• Cloud Platform: Azure
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
• Containerization: Docker
• Development Tools: Visual Studio Code, Azure CLI, PowerShell
• Methodology: Scrum/Agile

Ready to Join Our Team?

If you're passionate about Azure cloud technologies, have a proven track record in infrastructure automation, and want to work on challenging projects with a collaborative team, we'd love to hear from you.

Note: This role requires specific Azure expertise. We are looking for candidates with established Azure experience rather than those needing to cross-train from other cloud platforms.