Azure Infrastructure Analyst

PSTG are looking to hire an Azure Infrastructure Analyst, expected to be experienced in scoping, designing and delivering a variety of Microsoft Azure technologies to a range of clients across multiple sectors.

Suitable experience of Microsoft 365, networking and traditional on-premises technologies would be beneficial, alongside a desire to keep pace with AI in relation to Microsoft products and beyond.

The ideal candidate will play a key role in developing our future offerings within the Azure space, including both one-off engagements and managed services – experience in the pre-sales process would also be desirable, but is not essential.

Our current portfolio covers the following areas that would become a focus of the Azure Infrastructure Analyst.

• Designing, deploying and supporting Azure IaaS — VMs, availability sets/zones, scale sets, managed disks, storage accounts
• Azure networking: VNets, subnets, NSGs, peering, VPN and ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Application Gateway, Front Door, private endpoints and DNS
• Hybrid integration with on-premises services
• Azure Backup, Site Recovery and broader BCDR design and testing

Identity and security

• Microsoft Entra ID tenant design, hybrid identity, Entra Connect, Conditional Access, MFA, PIM and RBAC
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Defender XDR, Sentinel, secure score remediation
• Key Vault, encryption, certificate and secrets management
• Azure Policy, management groups, landing zone and governance design (Cloud Adoption Framework / Well-Architected Framework)

Migration and modernisation

• Discovery and assessment using Azure Migrate; lift-and-shift and re-platforming of server and application workloads and any experience of 3 rd party capability
• SQL Server migration to Azure SQL / Managed Instance
• Windows Server and SQL end-of-support upgrade paths, Azure Hybrid Benefit and licensing awareness

Automation, monitoring and operations

• Infrastructure as Code — Bicep, ARM or Terraform
• PowerShell scripting and Azure CLI; Azure Automation, Update Manager, Logic Apps
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, alerting, dashboards and cost management/FinOps

Responsibilities

• Running workshops and discovery sessions with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Producing HLDs, LLDs, as-built documentation and handover to internal and external teams
• Assisting with client migrations and service escalations
• Scoping and estimating work, contributing to bids and pre-sales conversations
• Working to project timelines and mentoring junior engineers

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should have the following as a minimum:

They should also have or be working towards immediate completion of at least some of the following certifications:

• AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect Expert)