Azure Infrastructure Architect
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Job Summary
Codec is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Infrastructure Architect to join our growing Microsoft Partner practice in Dublin. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where youll architect price and deliver enterprise-grade Azure infrastructure solutions for our diverse client base. Youll be expected to roll up your sleeves and implement the solutions you design not simply hand over specifications to others.
Working at the intersection of technical expertise and customer consultancy youll apply Well-Architected Framework principles Cloud Adoption Framework methodologies and Azure Landing Zone accelerators to solve complex infrastructure challenges. Youll manage multiple concurrent projects delegate effectively to engineering teams and maintain the technical depth required to guide implementations from initial discovery through to production deployment. This role demands someone who thrives in a Microsoft Partner environment where the pace is fast the technical challenges are varied and customer success is paramount.
As a senior member of our technical team youll balance deep architectural work with customer-facing responsibilities. Youll lead technical workshops conduct architecture reviews produce detailed costings and proposals and build lasting relationships with enterprise clients. This is an opportunity for a technically accomplished professional who wants to shape infrastructure strategy whilst remaining firmly grounded in hands-on delivery.
This is a hybrid position based at our Dublin office with flexible remote working arrangements that support work-life balance. Regular travel to customer offices across Ireland is a core expectation of the role with occasional travel to UK client sites. Rather than viewing travel as a burden we see these on-site engagements as invaluable opportunities to build strong client relationships understand business context firsthand and deliver the consultative experience that sets our practice apart. Youll typically spend 23 days per week at customer locations or in our Dublin office with the remainder worked flexibly from home.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and architect comprehensive Azure infrastructure solutions aligned to the Well-Architected Framework Cloud Adoption Framework and Azure Landing Zone best practices for enterprise customers
- Implement and deploy the solutions you architect working hands-on with Azure services to ensure designs translate effectively into production environments
- Produce detailed solution pricing scope documents and cost estimates for customer proposals working closely with pre-sales teams to position technical solutions commercially
- Lead technical discovery sessions workshops and architecture review boards with senior stakeholders at customer organisations
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform Bicep and PowerShell including CI/CD pipeline implementation automated testing frameworks and secure secret management practices
- Design and implement identity and access management solutions using Microsoft Entra ID including identity governance conditional access policies Privileged Identity Management SSO and B2B/B2C scenarios
- Deploy and configure the Microsoft Defender suite across customer environments including Defender for Cloud Defender for Endpoint Defender for Identity Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Sentinel
- Architect and implement core Azure networking solutions including virtual networks ExpressRoute and VPN connectivity Azure Firewall network security groups load balancers and hybrid connectivity patterns
- Delegate tasks effectively to junior and mid-level engineers providing technical mentorship and ensuring delivery quality across the team
- Manage multiple concurrent customer projects ensuring solutions are delivered to scope timeline and budget whilst maintaining high technical standards
- Produce customer-facing technical documentation including high-level designs (HLD) low-level designs (LLD) architecture diagrams and runbooks
- Stay current with Azure platform developments new services and evolving best practices sharing knowledge with the wider technical team
- Collaborate with account managers and business development teams to identify expansion opportunities within existing customer accounts
- Conduct proof-of-concept work to validate architectural approaches and demonstrate value to prospective customers
- Cost up solutions using the Azure pricing calculator with options for PAYG Reserved Instances and Savings Plan
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
Key Competencies:
- Strong collaboration and communication skills and a preference for working as part of a team.
- Ability to diagnose problems quickly and have foresight into potential issues from experience.
- Interest in Microsoft Azure technologies and desire to constantly grow learn and enhance skills in this area.
Required Skills
- Minimum 5 years hands-on experience designing and implementing Azure infrastructure solutions in enterprise environments
- At least 8 years overall experience in IT infrastructure engineering architecture or consultancy roles
- Strong Infrastructure as Code skills with Terraform Bicep and PowerShell including experience with testing frameworks (Terratest Pester) CI/CD integration and secret management using Azure Key Vault or HashiCorp Vault
- Deep technical knowledge of Azure core networking and compute services: virtual networks ExpressRoute site-to-site VPN Azure Firewall network security groups Azure Load Balancer Application Gateway virtual machines storage accounts virtual machine scale sets and Azure Virtual Desktop
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Entra ID including identity governance conditional access policies Privileged Identity Management (PIM) single sign-on (SSO) multi-factor authentication and B2B/B2C identity scenarios
- Strong knowledge of the Microsoft Defender suite: Defender for Cloud (formerly Security Center) Defender for Endpoint Defender for Identity Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Sentinel for security information and event management
- Proven ability to architect end-to-end solutions and produce accurate customer-facing pricing estimates proposals and statements of work
- Demonstrated experience applying Well-Architected Framework principles Cloud Adoption Framework methodologies and Azure Landing Zone reference architectures
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage confidently with senior technical and business stakeholders
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects prioritising effectively and delegating work to engineering teams
- Previous experience working within a Microsoft Partner systems integrator or technology consultancy environment
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Azure VMware Solution (AVS) or Azure migration tooling including Azure Migrate and Azure Site Recovery
- Knowledge of Azure Policy Azure Blueprints and governance at scale across multi-subscription environments
- Familiarity with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) container orchestration and containerised workload patterns
- Understanding of FinOps practices and Azure Cost Management for cost optimisation and financial governance
- Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
- Knowledge of Azure Arc for hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure management
- Experience integrating Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Intune with Azure infrastructure solutions
- Proficiency with monitoring and observability tooling including Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights
Preferred Qualifications
Strongly preferred (candidates should hold at least two of the following):
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)
Advantageous:
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Ruby
- Disaster Recovery
- Active Directory
- SOA
- Cloud
- IaaS
- PowerShell
- AWS
- Infrastructure
- Linux
- VPN
- Hyper-V
- VM
- IP
- Identity
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