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A little about us.

Born in the Cloud and raised in Manchester, we’re a Cloud first, digital transformation partner for Public Sector and Enterprise clients across the UK. Simply put, Cloud is what we know, and it is who we are. Partnering with Microsoft early on in their Azure development, we were one of the first Microsoft Gold Cloud Partners – and we still are today.

Our products and cloud services have been designed to swiftly inform, confidently plan, and deliver tangible and lasting difference, whilst ensuring that you are in control throughout. This is possible thank to our 4 service offerings – SC: Consult, SC: Deliver, SC: Manage and SC: Innovation.

Why choose Shaping Cloud?

You’ll be joining a community of technically gifted, business savvy and customer focused people who love what they do.

We have a culture first approach to hiring and look to identify our company values in all our people. We want someone that is happy to take ownership, that brings enthusiastic to all they do, someone that is inclusive and finds the value in everyone, that is entrepreneurial and remains relevant and at the forefront of developments and finally someone that will strive for excellence in their role.

We spend around 20% of our lives at work and so it makes sense to try and make that time enjoyable, challenging and rewarding. The key to any successful culture is trust — at Shaping Cloud we ask our clients and partners to trust us and so it is imperative that we replicate that trust internally. Flexible working policies mean that our people are able to work in the way that best suits them and their own family commitments.

What will be doing? 

Within our Delivery Squads, you will be paired with seasoned Azure Engineers like yourself, Azure Architects, Technical PMs, and a lead Technical Consultant. We operate in an Agile environment, using Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure Migrate, and align to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well Architected Framework.  

You will have the opportunity to work with a broad range of enterprise scale customers and will work as a key member of our project delivery team, where you will support the customers’ ability to build and deploy to cloud services and release software. 

• You will work well within a team and promote a DevOps culture in all that you do  
• Support the implementation of DevOps processes and tooling 
• Automate the configuration and management of cloud workloads in Azure 
• Be entrepreneurial and offer contribution to technical solutions, whilst work in a cross-collaborative team environment. 

• Support automated build, configuration, test and deployments of applications to cloud agnostic platforms. 
• Utilize IaC to achieve the configuration and deployment of Azure environment and workloads 

What experience do I need? 

• Previous experience of working within Azure DevOps (or equivalent CI/CD tooling) 
• Experience in deploying CI/ CD pipelines 

• Experiencing building and configuring cloud services using Infrastructure as Code 
• Knowledge of Terraform 
• Setting up landing zones  
• Previous experience building and configuring Azure IaaS and PaaS service  
• Strong knowledge of core Azure infrastructure components such as Networking and Storage, Security capabilities such as KeyVault, and App hosting options such as VMs, App Services and AKS.  

What would be desirable? 

• One or more Azure certifications (AZ-103/4, AZ-400, AZ-500, AZ-303/4/5, AZ-700) 
• Terraform Associate certification (HashiCorp)  
• Experience delivering cloud migrations (e.g – Data Centre to Azure migrations) 
• Knowledge of Networking and Firewalls 

Contract rate: £450 per day

Duration: 3 months

Location: UK home based / Manchester

Outside IR35

Please send your CV to working@shapingcloud.com and a member of our Talent team will be in touch.

A little about us.

Born in the Cloud and raised in Manchester, we’re a Cloud first, digital transformation partner for Public Sector and Enterprise clients across the UK. Simply put, Cloud is what we know, and it is who we are. Partnering with Microsoft early on in their Azure development, we were one of the first Microsoft Gold Cloud Partners – and we still are today.

Our products and cloud services have been designed to swiftly inform, confidently plan, and deliver tangible and lasting difference, whilst ensuring that you are in control throughout. This is possible thank to our 4 service offerings – SC: Consult, SC: Deliver, SC: Manage and SC: Innovation.

Why choose Shaping Cloud?

You’ll be joining a community of technically gifted, business savvy and customer focused people who love what they do.

We have a culture first approach to hiring and look to identify our company values in all our people. We want someone that is happy to take ownership, that brings enthusiastic to all they do, someone that is inclusive and finds the value in everyone, that is entrepreneurial and remains relevant and at the forefront of developments and finally someone that will strive for excellence in their role.

We spend around 20% of our lives at work and so it makes sense to try and make that time enjoyable, challenging and rewarding. The key to any successful culture is trust — at Shaping Cloud we ask our clients and partners to trust us and so it is imperative that we replicate that trust internally. Flexible working policies mean that our people are able to work in the way that best suits them and their own family commitments.

What will be doing?

Within our Delivery Squads, you will be paired with seasoned Azure Engineers like yourself, Azure Architects, Technical PMs, and a lead Technical Consultant. We operate in an Agile environment, using Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure Migrate, and align to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well Architected Framework.

You will have the opportunity to work with a broad range of enterprise scale customers and will work as a key member of our project delivery team, where you will support the customers’ ability to build and deploy to cloud services and release software.

• Working within our Delivery or Managed Services teams, you will form an essential hands-on part of any delivery service to our notable large and medium-sized enterprise clients.
• You will act in a senior capacity for all matters relating to Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure Migrate, and the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) – capable of leading an engineering team migrating clients to Azure.
• You will be experience in assessing, remediating and migrating application platforms to Azure
• You will support as a consultant and take the lead in customer facing conversations when required.
• Support the implementation of DevOps processes and tooling
• Automate the configuration and management of cloud workloads in Azure
• Be entrepreneurial and offer contribution to technical solutions, whilst work in a cross- collaborative team
• Support automated build, configuration, test and deployments of applications to cloud agnostic
• Utilize IaC to achieve the configuration and deployment of Azure environment and workloads

Key Responsibilities

• Working within our Delivery or Managed Services teams, you will form an essential hands-on part of any delivery service to our notable large and medium-sized enterprise clients.
• You will act in a senior capacity for all matters relating to Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure Migrate, and the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) – capable of leading an engineering team migrating clients to Azure.
• You will be experience in assessing, remediating and migrating application platforms to Azure
• You will support as a consultant and take the lead in customer facing conversations when required.
• Support the implementation of DevOps processes and tooling
• Automate the configuration and management of cloud workloads in Azure
• Be entrepreneurial and offer contribution to technical solutions, whilst work in a cross- collaborative team
• Support automated build, configuration, test and deployments of applications to cloud agnostic
• Utilize IaC to achieve the configuration and deployment of Azure environment and workloads
• You will support the Squad Lead (Azure DevOps) by acting as a technical point of escalation where feasible and by offering additional support and mentoring to other members of the Azure DevOps team.
• You will complete additional task’s as assigned by the Squad Lead (Azure DevOps)

What experience do I need?

• Previous experience of working within Azure DevOps (or equivalent CI/CD tooling)
• Experience in deploying CI/ CD pipelines
• Experiencing building and configuring cloud services using Infrastructure as Code
• Knowledge of Terraform
• Previous experience building and configuring Azure IaaS and PaaS service
• Strong knowledge of core Azure infrastructure components such as Networking and Storage, Security capabilities such as KeyVault, and App hosting options such as VMs, App Service

Salary: £55,000 per annum

Location: UK home based / Manchester

Please send your CV to working@shapingcloud.com and a member of our Talent team will be in touch.

A little about us.

Born in the Cloud and raised in Manchester, we’re a Cloud first, digital transformation partner for Public Sector and Enterprise clients across the UK. Simply put, Cloud is what we know, and it is who we are. Partnering with Microsoft early on in their Azure development, we were one of the first Microsoft Gold Cloud Partners – and we still are today.

Our products and cloud services have been designed to swiftly inform, confidently plan, and deliver tangible and lasting difference, whilst ensuring that you are in control throughout. This is possible thank to our 4 service offerings – SC: Consult, SC: Deliver, SC: Manage and SC: Innovation.

Why choose Shaping Cloud?

You’ll be joining a community of technically gifted, business savvy and customer focused people who love what they do.

We have a culture first approach to hiring and look to identify our company values in all our people. We want someone that is happy to take ownership, that brings enthusiastic to all they do, someone that is inclusive and finds the value in everyone, that is entrepreneurial and remains relevant and at the forefront of developments and finally someone that will strive for excellence in their role.

We spend around 20% of our lives at work and so it makes sense to try and make that time enjoyable, challenging and rewarding. The key to any successful culture is trust — at Shaping Cloud we ask our clients and partners to trust us and so it is imperative that we replicate that trust internally. Flexible working policies mean that our people are able to work in the way that best suits them and their own family commitments.

What will be doing?

Within our Delivery Squads, you will be paired with seasoned Azure Engineers like yourself, Azure Architects, Technical PMs, and a lead Technical Consultant. We operate in an Agile environment, using Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure Migrate, and align to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well Architected Framework.

You will have the opportunity to work with a broad range of enterprise scale customers and will work as a key member of our project delivery team, where you will support the customers’ ability to build and deploy to cloud services and release software.

• Working within our Delivery or Managed Services teams, you will form an essential hands-on part of any delivery service to our notable large and medium-sized enterprise clients.
• You will act in a senior capacity for all matters relating to Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure Migrate, and the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) – capable of leading an engineering team migrating clients to Azure.
• You will be experience in assessing, remediating and migrating application platforms to Azure
• You will support as a consultant and take the lead in customer facing conversations when required.
• Support the implementation of DevOps processes and tooling
• Automate the configuration and management of cloud workloads in Azure
• Be entrepreneurial and offer contribution to technical solutions, whilst work in a cross- collaborative team
• Support automated build, configuration, test and deployments of applications to cloud agnostic
• Utilize IaC to achieve the configuration and deployment of Azure environment and workloads

What experience do I need?

• Previous experience of working within Azure DevOps (or equivalent CI/CD tooling)
• Experience in deploying CI/ CD pipelines
• Experiencing building and configuring cloud services using Infrastructure as Code
• Knowledge of Terraform
• Setting up landing zones
• Previous experience building and configuring Azure IaaS and PaaS service
• Strong knowledge of core Azure infrastructure components such as Networking and Storage, Security capabilities such as KeyVault, and App hosting options such as VMs, App Services and

Equal Opportunities

At Shaping Cloud, we are intentionally inclusive, which is why it is one of company values.  We aim to encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, characteristic or status. If you feel you meet most but not all the requirements, then please still apply because likelihood is that you will still bring your innovation and perspective, which is what diversity and inclusion is all about. As an SME we are proud of our stats:

• 41% of our employees identify as female
• 67% of our Executive team are female
• 44% of all management are female
• 50% of our company board are female
• 95% of employees upskilled themselves in the last 12 months

What is the process?

At Shaping Cloud, we operate a non-bias recruitment and selection process, meaning all identify data is masked during initial shortlisting. We commit to each candidate meeting with a diverse interview panel throughout selection with the promise to hire purely based on merit and skills.

• 3 stage interview process, all held remotely via MS Teams
• Fair and constructive feedback provided to all following an interview

All successful candidates, at the point of offer will be required to undergo a basic DBS check and pre-employment checks in line with BPSS criteria, to include evidencing Right to Work in the UK.

Please send a copy of your CV to working@shapingcloud.com and a member of our Talent team will be in touch

What will be doing?

Your primary responsibilities are:

• Understanding problems, needs, requirements of our clients, capturing these and playing them back to confirm understanding
• Designing solutions, or leading on the design of solutions, to ensure our clients are able to solve their problem or achieve their goals
• Quality assurance of technical delivery for our clients – occasionally stepping in to help ensure a successful outcome

Key Responsibilities

Your regular day to day duties will include, but may not be limited to:

• Discovery, Review, and Assessment:
  • Define scope of data / information to capture, based on engagement scope and deliverables
  • Analyse data captured to identify needs, constraints, and opportunities – informing solution design
  • Summarise findings in easy to understand outputs (words, diagrams, schematics, presentations)
  • Make recommendations prioritised according to client context
  • Help technical and technical leadership stakeholders to understand and get on board with way forward
• Solution Design:
  • Work closely with client stakeholders and/ or internal teams to ensure requirements are reflected appropriately in solution designs (e.g. Applications, Networks, Security)
  • Design (and test designs) cloud-first solutions, with Azure as the base platform for non-SaaS services
  • Identify where automation is best used to implement the design(s)
  • Develop technical roadmaps for implementation / adoption
  • Ensure all designs are making the most of latest innovations and are secure-by-design
  • Keep key client technical stakeholders supportive of designs through positive engagement and knowledge transfer
  • Work closely with internal technical teams to develop and deliver proof of concepts (PoC)/ pilots where required
  • Pre-sales – support sales and bidding processes through swift high level designs and approaches to go into winning proposals, occasionally part of bid team to provide assurance and answer queries during presentations
• Quality Assurance:
  • Oversee technical delivery to ensure delivery is as per design, or modify designs where necessary
  • Provide leadership and guidance to internal technical teams, when needed to ensure they stay on track to deliver as intended
  • Peer review designs from other architects and be open to peer review of own designs – with overall intention for all designs to be high quality, viable (technically), and feasible (affordable / deliverable)
  • Feed into customer success processes to ensure successful outcomes for our clients and the company

Essential Skills and Experience

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Experience designing and delivering solutions in Azure (hands-on technical experience)
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of DevOps and common tooling for automation
• Knowledge of Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
• Evidenced ability to produce presentations and documentation to present complex technical information in simple language and diagrams
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Good communication and client management skills, including written and verbal English

What will be doing?

As Principal Consultant, your primary responsibilities are:

• Leadership on client-facing cloud-first engagements
• Guidance and assurance, ensuring technical and enterprise architecture principles are captured and executed against as part of delivery, taking into account wider aims and constraints for the client and the company.
• Bringing a wealth of experience and knowledge to consulting approach, analysis, and outputs for enterprise clients.

Key Responsibilities

Your regular day to day duties will include, but may not be limited to:

• Consulting (Technology and Technology Leadership/Management):
  • Engaging with enterprise-sized clients to understand their context, aims, and constraints and to reflect these back to them
  • Problem solve and shape prioritised and outcome-aligned solutions and recommendations for enterprise clients
  • Engage with, present to, and run workshops with C-suite and Digital Leaders within enterprise clients
  • Demystify cloud and make the technically complex simple to understand and make informed decisions about
  • Business and Technical Leadership for large Delivery projects – ensuring quality assurance and customer success throughout
• Strategic Relationship Management:
  • Ensure that we are continually delivering most/best value to our most important clients – client relationships remain good and engagements are seen as successful
  • Account mapping – feeding into sales and delivery plans
  • Pre-sales – building trusted client relationships, capturing requirements, shaping proposals, and presenting win-win propositions
• Product Management:
  • Building, reviewing, and refining our consultancy products and services to ensure they remain relevant and of high value to our current and prospective customers

Essential Skills and Experience

• Successful track record of presenting to senior audiences in large organisations
• Broad technical knowledge across technology, with specific expertise in cloud (Azure/ AWS)
• Hands-on technical experience at some point during career to date
• Stakeholder mapping knowledge and experience
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal in English
• Evidenced ability to produce presentations and documentation to present complex technical information in simple language and diagrams
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong problem-solving skills

Ideal Additional Key Skills and Experience

• Consulting experience at the enterprise level
• Maintains a toolbox of business consulting go-to methods and products
• Enterprise Architecture training / certification (e.g. TOGAF)
• Knowledge and experience of UK public sector, Legal sector, or Finance/ Insurance sector
• Successful track record of leading on technology transformation programmes incorporating cloud services
• Professional certifications in Microsoft Azure
• Knowledge of Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
• Knowledge and experience of DevOps / SecOps
• Knowledge of large sales or procurement processes

Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum

Location: Remote home based / Manchester

Please send your CV to working@shapingcloud.com and a member of our Talent team will be in touch.