- Proactively managed capacity and performance, setting the tone for a culture of continuous improvement, including scaling solutions globally, ensuring DR & BCP and optimising peoples time through automation

- Implemented security controls, such as IAM, encryption and compliance standards to ensure security and integrity

- Strong knowledge of cloud computing concepts and best practices, such as WAF and PoLP

- Experience with automation tools and scripting languages, such as PowerShell or Python

- Proficiency in provisioning and managing both IaaS and PaaS resources, including storage accounts, networks, Azure SQL, VMs, including Windows Server and SQL Server at the OS and application layers

- Experience with data engineering and analytics platforms, such as Azure Data Factory and Databricks

- Knowledge of cloud networking concepts, including VPNs, VNETs & peering, subnets, routing, firewalls and DNS

Additional qualifications that would be beneficial for this role :

- Azure certifications, such as Azure Administrator or Azure Solutions Architect

- SQL Database administration in IaaS and PaaS implementations

- Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes