Cloud Engineer - Azure

UBDS Group is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer (Azure) to support the design, migration, and optimisation of enterprise workloads within Microsoft Azure. This role will focus on migrating traditional on-premises file services and applications into cloud-native or cloud-optimised solutions, working closely with application teams throughout discovery, migration, and testing phases.

You will play a key role in analysing existing environments, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and ensuring secure, scalable, and well-documented cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the migration of traditional SMB file shares from on-premises file servers to Azure
• Design and implement solutions using Azure Storage and Azure Files
• Conduct application and workload discovery, including dependency mapping
• Collaborate closely with application teams to plan and execute migration and testing activities
• Analyse existing applications and recommend suitable Azure architectures
• Implement infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Maintain and contribute to technical documentation across all stages of delivery
• Ensure correct handling and migration of NTFS permissions and access controls
• Participate in validation, testing, and post-migration support activities

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, particularly:
• Azure Storage
• Azure Files
• Proven experience migrating on-prem file shares (SMB) to Azure
• Hands-on experience with Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Solid understanding of NTFS file permissions
• Experience performing application/workload discovery and analysis
• Ability to assess application dependencies and migration impacts
• Experience working collaboratively with application stakeholders
• Strong documentation skills

Desirable Skills

• Experience with GitLab or similar version control platforms
• Knowledge of DFS (Distributed File System)
• Familiarity with enterprise-scale migration programmes