Azure Platform Engineer

Forsters is seeking an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to strengthen, standardise and modernise our core Microsoft Azure environment. Working closely with Development, Applications and Security teams, the role will focus on foundational cloud setup, serverless components, core PaaS databases, platform health, security alignment and practical self-service infrastructure blueprints.

A key objective of the assignment will be to create clear architecture, operational and best practice guides that enable internal development and application teams to build and deploy applications securely and efficiently, aligned with Forsters' information security baselines. While longer-term strategy includes modern CI/CD patterns and delivery pipelines, this role will primarily establish the Azure platform foundations and contribute to a pipeline roadmap that can be ope rationalised over time.

Hours:

9am - 5.30pm with flexibility for additional hours / on-call as required.

• Design, configure and maintain Azure serverless components, including Azure Functions, Function Apps, App Service Plans, scaling models, host processes and environment life cycles.
• Oversee Azure SQL Databases and Managed Instances, including availability, firewalls, private endpoints, Entra n, performance monitoring, backups and recovery readiness.
• Manage certificates and secrets across Azure workloads using Azure Key Vault, App Service certificates and SSL/TLS automation, including rotation, renewal and lifecycle controls.
• Identify, analyse and resolve Azure infrastructure vulnerabilities, deployment issues and configuration risks in close coordination with the Security team.
• Provision and maintain cloud resources using infrastructure as code, such as Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates, with structured Resource Groups aligned to Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework governance.
• Perform regular health checks, administrative oversight and capacity monitoring for Power Apps environments, Power Automate flows and custom connections integrated with Azure platform services.
• Establish curated Azure Deployment Environments and self-service infrastructure blueprints for Development, Applications and wider IT teams.
• Configure monitoring, observability, log aggregation and operational metrics using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Application Insights.
• Work with Infrastructure, Applications and Security Architects to ensure systems follow Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery guidelines, with documented plans reviewed and tested regularly.
• Act as a third-level escalation point for IT Operations, troubleshooting cloud infrastructure issues and working with vendor partners to maintain service levels and resolve complex problems.
• Develop and maintain platform standards, guardrails, runbooks, architectural documentation, operational guides and knowledge articles for Azure cloud services.
• Contribute to the future CI/CD and pipeline strategy, including roadmap definition, reusable deployment patterns and operational handover requirements.
• Support change management, incident resolution, problem management, service improvement and other ad hoc cloud platform projects as required.

We are renowned for our private wealth and real estate focus, together with our strong corporate and commercial and dispute resolution teams. We work alongside individuals, families and businesses across a wide range of complex matters and situations.

What makes us different is how we build closer connections with our clients to deliver exceptional results. We do it through creating genuine relationships, a sharp focus on what matters to them and the flexibility to adapt our advice to their situation.

When you come through our door, you'll notice how genuinely open, friendly and authentic people are. We work well together because we have fun together. We take your happiness and wellbeing seriously. Here, you are free to express yourself and be the best you can be.

Delivering exceptional results takes on a different meaning  us, it's about being more closely connected to clients, each other and our communities. It's what drives us, them and you forward.

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