Lead Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Title: Senior Engineering Lead – Azure Cloud Data Platform

Work Location: Cardiff, UK (Hybrid - once a week working from office)

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

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• Provide strategic guidance and technical leadership to the Nucleus product team, ensuring alignment with business objectives and cloud best practices.
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• Support, develop and evolve a consumer-grade practitioner-facing self-service portal product, ensuring exceptional user experience and seamless functionality.
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• Design and implement cloud-native solutions, with a focus on serverless architectures, microservices, and scalable infrastructure.
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• Offer hands-on support in cloud architecture while maintaining a focus on strategy and advisory in other areas.
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• Leverage expertise in Azure cloud platform, Azure DevOps, and DevOps principles to drive innovation and operational excellence.
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Required Skills and Experience

Essentials:

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• Established experience in cloud architecture, DevOps, and analytics platforms.
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• Proficiency in the Azure cloud platform, Azure DevOps, and serverless cloud architecture.
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• Strong hands-on experience with Azure-native serverless components including Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Event Grid.
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• Experience with Azure messaging and integration services, particularly Azure Service Bus, Event Hubs, and API Management.
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• Demonstrable expertise in Azure data services including Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, and Azure Data Lake Storage.
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• Familiarity with Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and other Azure database technologies.
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• Strong understanding of DevOps principles, infrastructure-as-code patterns (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates), and networking concepts.
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• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
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Desirable:

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• Experience designing and implementing data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and real-time streaming solutions.
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• Experience integrating AI into products and/or platforms is advantageous.
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