Azure Integration Engineer - Fixed Term Contract

The salary for this role is £50,000 - £55,000

This role is advertised on a 12 month fixed term contract.

Do you have hands-on experience supporting and optimising Azure integration platforms, including CI/CD pipelines and live production environments?

Are you confident managing and securing Azure AD B2C identity flows and API Management (APIM)?

Can you develop, maintain and troubleshoot cloud solutions using technologies such as C#, Azure Functions and Web Apps, while embedding security and quality into your work?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

At Livestock Information Ltd, our mission is to be an outstanding provider of livestock data, empowering government, industry and farmers to effectively manage disease and infection control while supporting productivity and innovation across agriculture. To achieve this, we need great people who share our values.

As an Azure Integration Engineer, you’ll help keep our cloud platforms secure, reliable and performing at their best. You’ll work across live Azure environments, troubleshooting issues, monitoring performance and working closely with development teams to continually improve our CI/CD pipelines and delivery processes.

You’ll manage and support Azure AD B2C identity flows and API Management (APIM), helping to deliver secure and seamless integrations across our services. You’ll also contribute to security and quality activities using tools such as Defender for Cloud, SonarCloud and ZAP, respond to technical support requests, and support the preparation and delivery of upcoming releases and projects.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include

• Providing timely and effective break-fix support, resolving system issues and minimising downtime in line with agreed Service Level Agreements, including out-of-hours support where required.
• Monitoring the performance, availability and capacity of our Azure services, identifying opportunities to optimise infrastructure and code to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Providing 3rd line support for Azure customer identity and integration services, resolving escalated issues and working with internal teams to maintain service availability.
• Implementing and maintaining real-time monitoring and proactive alerting across applications and supporting infrastructure.
• Supporting effective incident response, helping to identify, investigate and resolve issues while highlighting potential risks to service availability.
• Carrying out vulnerability assessments and supporting patching, system hardening and the implementation of appropriate security controls.
• Working in line with our Information Security Policies, Azure Security Benchmark and CIS controls.
• Providing technical guidance to development teams, helping to ensure applications and services are secure, robust and maintainable.
• Collaborating with colleagues on new projects, releases and service enhancements to ensure customer identity and integration requirements are understood and delivered effectively.

You may be required to undertake other duties assigned by your line manager as appropriate

Requirements

We are looking for someone with the following

• Experience providing high-quality break-fix support in a fast-paced environment and maintaining complex cloud-based systems to ensure availability and performance.
• Strong experience managing Azure subscriptions, resources and applications.
• Extensive experience with Azure AD B2C, including customer identity management, user and group administration, custom attributes, user flows and UX/UI customisation.
• Knowledge of OpenID, OAuth 2.0 and SAML 2.0, alongside experience using Microsoft Graph API and MSAL for identity management.
• Experience creating complex and customised Azure AD B2C user flows and custom policies, including claims providers, technical profiles and the Identity Experience Framework.
• Strong understanding of SSL certificates, identity security and cloud security best practice.
• Experience managing Azure API Management (APIM), including securing APIs and supporting cloud-to-cloud integrations.
• Hands-on development experience using C#, Azure Functions and Web Apps.
• Experience using Azure Blob Storage, Application Insights and monitoring tools to support reliable cloud services.
• Strong experience building and automating CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, supporting efficient delivery from development through to production.
• Hands-on experience integrating and maintaining SonarCloud and Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) within CI/CD pipelines to support code quality and security scanning.
  

Reporting structure

This role will report to the Azure Engineering Manager and will sit within our Service department.

Benefits

As an LI employee, you will be entitled to our company benefits which include

• A fully remote and flexible working set up
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service up to maximum of 30 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• 1 Privilege Day
• 4 x annual salary Life Assurance
• Market leading pension scheme through Legal & General
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
• Excellent learning, training, and career development opportunities
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• A diverse and inclusive culture where everyone is respected and valued

Application and Interview Process

To apply for this role, you will need to submit a CV and answer some pre-screening questions.

The interview and assessment process for this role will involve a telephone interview with our Talent Team, followed by a first stage and a final stage interview. Interviews will be conducted either remotely via MS Teams or face to face.

If we need to make a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, please contact us as soon as possible by emailing talent@livestockinformation.org.uk before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Please note that we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence tools can be used to help you prepare your application. However, all statements and examples provided during the recruitment process should be accurate and based on your own knowledge and experience. Applications may be withdrawn if content is found to be plagiarised, including where ideas or experiences generated by artificial intelligence are presented as personal work. For further information, please click on the following link : AI & Recruitment at LI

Values

We approach our work with TACT; we are Transparent, Accountable, Committed and we work as a Team.

We are transparent together, embracing honesty and building trust. We are accountable to the industry and strive for the best possible solutions for the communities we serve. We drive change with passion, commitment and enthusiasm to deliver a great service to the livestock industry. We work kindly and cohesively which allows us to support each other in our personal and strategic goals. For more information on our values and what its like to work at Livestock Information, please visit our Careers Page : Careers - Livestock Information Ltd

At Livestock Information Ltd, we have a zero-tolerance approach to harassment, abuse, discrimination, or bullying during our recruitment process. Any such behaviour may result in a candidate being withdrawn from consideration We are committed to upholding our company values and ensuring a safe and respectful experience for all candidates and staff.

How you’ll work/ Remote working

We’re a fully remote organisation however, our roles are UK-based and can only be performed within the UK. We come together in person twice a year for our All Hands events to connect, collaborate, and strengthen relationships. From time to time, there may also be occasional in-person team meetings.

Diversity statement

At Livestock Information, we value diversity and believe that every individual brings different strengths. We understand that not everyone may possess every single skill outlined in this job description, but if you believe you have a solid skill set that enables you to excel in this position then we really encourage you to apply.

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in a fair and open manner or if you are dis-satisfied with any of your interactions during the recruitment process and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact our Talent team via email: talent@livestockinformation.org.uk

Disclaimer

Livestock Information Ltd. cannot sponsor work visas at this time.

Livestock Information Ltd. Does not discriminate based on race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Livestock Information Ltd. Does not accept unsolicited CVs from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited CV’s not originating directly from a candidate and sent to Livestock Information Ltd or any Livestock Information Ltd employees, including unsolicited CVs sent to a Livestock Information Ltd mailing address or email address, are rejected. Livestock Information Ltd will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited CV. Livestock Information Ltd considers any candidate for whom the recruiter has submitted an unsolicited CV referred by the company free of any fees.