Senior Digital Specialist Azure Cloud Engineer

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Senior Digital Specialist - Azure Cloud Engineer

Its not every job where you make a difference for the people of Scotland. But its whats behind every job here.

Our work keeps Scotlands water flowing - from reservoir to tap and from sewer to treatment plant. Behind the scenes were transforming how we do it building smarter systems stronger digital foundations and making cloud the heart of it all.

Were looking for a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to help shape the platform driving our digital future - reliable robust and adaptable to the needs of our people and communities.

What youll do

This role is about much more than keeping systems up and running - its about engineering secure scalable and resilient cloud solutions in Azure that power essential public services. Youll be responsible for designing implementing and optimising Azure infrastructure to meet both the current operational needs and future growth of our services.

Youll work on building and configuring Azure landing zones setting up networking and security and ensuring that our cloud platform adheres to best practices ensuring its both reliable and ready for the future. Collaboration will be key in this role as you work closely with cross-functional teams to make sure the solutions you develop are fully integrated aligned with business goals and driven by a clear cloud strategy.

Additionally youll drive continuous improvement across the cloud infrastructure applying the Azure Well-Architected Framework to ensure the platforms high performance security and cost-effectiveness. Youll also play an important role in mentoring colleagues sharing cloud best practices and helping to raise the overall cloud maturity across the teams.

This role is key in supporting Scottish Waters cloud-first transformation and will directly impact the development of a future-ready digital platform.

What youll need

Were looking for someone with deep Azure expertise and hands-on experience with Azure DevOps. Youll have practical knowledge in cloud adoption scenarios such as cloud-scale analytics modern application platforms and Azure VMware.

Youll be comfortable working with a range of Azure and M365 technologies such as:

• Virtual Machines API Management Storage (Blob File Data Lake) Azure SQL Databases IoT Containers (AKS Azure Functions) Networking (NSGs Azure Firewall Application Gateway)

• Data Factory Stream Analytics Logic Apps Functions Service Bus Power Platform

• Infrastructure as Code (preferably Bicep) and cloud provisioning scripts

• CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Git

Beyond technical skills were looking for someone who can collaborate effectively with architects and product teams drive improvements in cloud infrastructure and mentor junior colleagues. The ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels and keep a customer-focused mindset is essential in this role.

Looking out for you

While the work we do is important we know its not the only thing that matters. Thats why we make sure you have everything you need to find a good work-life balance.

Youll get plenty of time to recharge with 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays). And you can even buy five more if you need a little extra time. You can also take paid time off to volunteer in your community.

When it comes to major life events we have family-friendly policies around adoption maternity and parental leave. And for the everyday We embrace flexible working.

For your future theres our pension (the know-what-youll-get-when-you-retire kind) as well as life assurance.

As for some nice extras You can expect an annual company bonus. Not to mention access to SW Splash handy rewards that can save you money on holidays bills and shopping.

The not-so-small print

This role will be a Grade 7. If youre new to Scottish Water youll join us on a salary between 45 000 - 56000.
If youre interested in this role or know someone else who might be - well be accepting applications until midnight on Wednesday 23rd April 2026.

Please submit your CV and a cover letter explaining why you are interested and how your experience aligns with the role

We operate Balanced Hybrid working at Scottish Water and we encourage people to work half their time in a Scottish Water location.

Job offers at Scottish Water are conditional and will be confirmed on completion of our pre-employment screening e.g. referencing criminal record checks license checks etc. Screening is conducted on our behalf by a third party and must be completed before your start date. Dont worry - well only start these checks once youve accepted an offer.

A few final things worth knowing

Research shows that some people avoid applying for jobs unless they can meet every single criteria. If youre interested in this job but dont tick all the boxes apply anyway! We hardly ever hire people who can do every part of a job from Day One. Everyone has a learning curve. So dont rule yourself out!

Let us know if there are any changes we can make to our recruitment process to help you perform at your best. Lots of our people have disabilities or neurodiverse conditions (including some of our recruiters!). Were also aware that some people might be experiencing temporary challenges because of life events like menopause. Were very used to making adjustments so please dont be afraid to ask.

As part of our commitment to developing a flourishing Scotland its important that all our employees are Scottish taxpayers. If you join us your home address will need to be in Scotland. If you dont already live here youll need to commit to moving here within your first three months.

Please note Scottish Water takes the safety health and wellbeing of our employees colleagues and customers very seriously and as such you may be subject to Drug & Alcohol testing in line with our policy.

Finally (finally!) candidates who havent submitted an application in the last 12 months will have their records removed from our recruitment database. You wont need to do anything. Your data will be automatically deleted.

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