Azure Platform Administrator

Salary: £43,000 - £52,000 per annum

Employment type: Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Reporting into: Head of Platforms and Infrastructure

Department: IT

About Arden University:

We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.

About our Department:

This Azure Platform Administrator role sits within the Cloud Platform team as part of the wider IT Department. The Team is responsible for the design, development and continuous enhancement of the organisation's cloud platforms.

The wider IT team is made up of around 60 employees with a vast range of skills from Software Development to IT Operations and IT Security. Our IT Department values employee development and we have lots of great examples of employee progression and promotions within the team.

About the Opportunity:

At Arden University, technology plays a vital role in delivering accessible, flexible education to students across the UK and internationally. As our Azure Platform Administrator, you will be at the heart of our cloud infrastructure, ensuring that our Microsoft Azure environment remains secure, resilient, and high-performing.

This is an exciting opportunity for a cloud professional who is passionate about platform excellence, automation, and continuous improvement. You will take ownership of the day-to-day administration of Arden’s Azure estate, helping to maintain robust security controls, optimise performance and costs, and support the delivery of reliable digital services across the university.

Working collaboratively with colleagues across Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Development, and IT Operations, you will play a key role in maintaining platform standards, supporting incident and change management activities, and driving best practice in cloud governance. You will also contribute to the evolution of our cloud capabilities, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, strengthen security, and support the university’s wider digital transformation ambitions.

About You:

If you thrive in a dynamic environment, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and want to make a meaningful impact within a growing and innovative higher education institution, we would love to hear from you.

Essential Skills /

Experience:

• Proven experience administering and supporting Microsoft Azure environments within a medium to large organisation.
• Strong understanding of Azure governance principles, including Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Azure Policy, resource organisation, naming standards, tagging strategies, and subscription management.
• Experience maintaining secure Azure platforms through the application of governance controls, baseline hardening, access management, and threat protection measures.
• Solid knowledge of cloud security best practices, including Zero Trust principles, identity governance, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and managed identities.
• Experience implementing and maintaining Azure platform standards aligned to recognised cloud architecture and security best practices.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, compute, storage, monitoring, and identity services.
• Experience administering Microsoft Entra , including identity lifecycle management, access governance, authentication, and authorisation controls.
• Experience administering Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, and related integrations with Azure.
• Practical experience supporting secure integration between Azure and Microsoft 365 workloads, including identity, security, and audit logging.
• Experience supporting Azure security operations, including responding to security alerts, maintaining compliance with security baselines, and managing…