Cloud & Platform Technical Specialist

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prosource.it is recruiting a Cloud and Platform Technical Specialist to support a major cloud transformation programme within a complex enterprise environment. This is a hands‑on technical role providing specialist Azure design and architecture expertise across cloud migration, platform engineering and infrastructure services. Working closely with internal stakeholders, managed service providers and delivery partners, you will help ensure cloud platforms are designed, delivered and transitioned in line with agreed architecture, governance and operational standards.

Reporting to the Platform, Cloud & Identity Manager, with day‑to‑day technical direction from the Cloud & Platform Architect, you will act as a key technical point of reference throughout the migration programme, providing design assurance, technical oversight and guidance across Azure platform and infrastructure services.

Location:Aberdeen or London with regular weekly attendance ideally preferred, but flexibility allowing for ad hoc on site attendance will be considered for the right candidate. Some travel may also be required, including occasional international travel in support of regional activities.

Contract Type
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Permanent or Contract Considered

Contractors
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Competitive day rate available for suitable candidates

• Provide specialist Azure design and architecture technical capability
• Provide expertise in Azure landing zones, networking, identity, virtual desktop, compute and storage services within the established target architecture and standards
• Act as technical point of reference for MSP and supplier delivery teams, working under the direction of the Lead Cloud & Platform Architect and escalating architectural decisions where needed

• Engage as a technical specialist to steer managed service partners (e.g. Microsoft and other MSPs) delivering the Azure migration, ensuring their work aligns with the agreed target architecture and standards
• Review and approve partner-produced Azure Migrate assessments, dependency mapping, sizing, wave plans, designs and runbooks before execution
• Oversee partner-led VM, GPU/HPC and NAS/Nasuni data migrations through cutover and early‑life support, challenging approaches and resolving technical escalations
• Define platform requirements for, and provide design assurance over, partner builds of Azure Landing Zones, governance, Azure Policy and RBAC
• Assure partner designs for Azure networking (vWAN, hybrid connectivity, DNS), security (Azure Firewall, Private Endpoints), Entra /AD integration and Azure Virtual Desktop
• Verify that Azure Monitor, backup and disaster recovery and other key deliverables are in place before services are accepted into operations
• Set and maintain the design standards, patterns and acceptance criteria partners must follow; contribute to design authority reviews and elevate decisions outside standards
• Quality‑assure partner infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform/Bicep) and automation (Power Shell, Azure CLI) for consistency, security and reusability
• Ensure partners deliver complete, accurate designs, configuration records and runbooks that are retained by the organisation
• Track partner technical delivery against scope, milestones and quality, raising risks, issues and gaps early with the Platform, Cloud & Identity Manager
• Govern handover of migrated services into operations, including operational readiness and acceptance sign‑off
• Bridge partners and internal infrastructure, security, network, application and service management teams, ensuring knowledge transfer to internal staff

• Proven experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering with significant recent hands‑on Microsoft Azure experience,…