Lead Cloud Services Specialist

Are you experienced in designing, implementing and support Azure Solutions? Do you enjoy leading, developing & inspiring a diverse team of skilled engineers? Do you have knowledge of IaC technologies and managing infrastructure across multiple environments? If you’ve answered yes, then you could be the right person to join the IT team at Cabot Financial, in our Kings Hill Office, ME19 4UA!  

What you can expect as a Cloud Lead Services Specialist:

• Salary of £62,000
• Permanent
• Hybrid working – from our Kings Hill Office, ME19 4UA.  

Not only are we offering a competitive salary and a fantastic bonus scheme, you’ll also be entitled to loads of great benefits including, discount and cash back on hundreds of high-street shops and private health insurance, plus much more.

As our Cloud Lead Services Specialist, we are looking for an Azure Specialist to help design, build, and support Azure systems across different locations. You’ll play a key role in improving how we use Azure, making sure it’s secure, cost-effective, and runs smoothly. This is a leadership role where you’ll guide and support a team of engineers, helping them grow and deliver projects that meet the needs of the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading a diverse team of skilled engineers, ensuring that service levels are maintained, and all work assigned to the Cloud Team is owned, prioritised, and actioned, whilst managing customer expectations through agile methodologies
• Maintain a robust resource plan to ensure project commitments are understood, allocated, scheduled and delivered on time and budget.
• Developing and monitoring SLA and KPI performance metrics for the Team as a whole, to ensure that service delivery can be quantified and measured
• Defining and designing the most appropriate technical solutions for the business / operational need
• Ensure consistency of design and implementation across data solutions within the organization
• Providing governance to the cloud environments by ensuring that the processes and guidelines are followed
• Support the design and implementation of cloud solutions as part of the lifecycle of projects
• Maintain up to date knowledge on current and emerging Azure / Cloud Data technologies as the subject matter expert in this area

Essential Experience in:

• Designing and implementing secure solutions built on Microsoft Azure
• IaC technologies and managing infrastructure across multiple environments
• PowerShell for implementing / maintaining Azure solutions
• Azure monitoring and security features such as Defender for Cloud
• Managing Azure Data technologies such as Databricks, Data Lake Gen2 and SQL Server PaaS
• Languages: Powershell, SQL, YAML

Desirable:

• Experience with Azure governance technologies such as Blueprinting, Policies, SQL Defender, Log Analytics
• Knowledge of automation tools and the concepts of Automation, for example JAMs and Azure Automation
• Knowledge of data governance (data catalogues, metadata management)
• Hold a relevant Azure Certification or able to evidence relevant experience

What happens next?

If this sounds like you and you’d like to join our people focused company, then apply now!

Working for Cabot:

You’ll be working for an award winning; Investors in People Gold accredited organisation. We’re passionate about the ethical treatment of our customers and employees. Our mission is to create pathways to economic freedom. Our vision is to make credit accessible by partnering with our consumers to restore their financial health.

Diversity and inclusion are very important to us at Cabot, and we value a multitude of diverse talent within our business. We want everyone to be themselves at work and encourage a culture that includes everyone. Our policies ensure that every candidate and employee are treated fairly and with equal opportunities. 

**At Cabot we are highly regulated by our clients, as such, any successful candidates will have to undergo a basic credit check and criminal background check. Please note that we are unable to proceed to interview stage if a CCJ, IVA or Bankruptcy appears on a credit file, or if you do not have full right to work in the UK – we are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship.