Cloud & Platform Technical Specialist
Posted 16 Oct 2026
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Contract
- Full-time
Compensation
No salary listed for this role.
Role speciality
Cloud ArchitectureCloud InfrastructureMicrosoft Azure
Useful technologies
Active DirectoryAWSAZ-104AZ-140AZ-305AZ-500AZ-700AzureAzure CLIAzure MigrateAzure MonitorAzure PolicyAzure Virtual DesktopAzure VMBicepEntra IDMicrosoft AzureNasuniPowerShellTerraformVirtual WAN
Required qualifications
CertificationsAZ-104, AZ-700
Preferred qualifications
CertificationsAZ-305, AZ-500, AZ-140
Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving real transformational change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.
Purpose of Role
- Provide specialist Azure design and architecture technical capability
- Provide expertise in Azure landing zones, networking, identity, virtual desktop, compute and storage services within the established target architecture and standards
- Act as technical point of reference for MSP and supplier delivery teams, working under the direction of the Lead Cloud & Platform Architect and escalating architectural decisions where needed
Purpose of Role
- Provide specialist Azure design and architecture technical capability
- Provide expertise in Azure landing zones, networking, identity, virtual desktop, compute and storage services within the established target architecture and standards
- Act as technical point of reference for MSP and supplier delivery teams, working under the direction of the Lead Cloud & Platform Architect and escalating architectural decisions where needed
Requirements
- Extensive experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering with significant recent hands-on Microsoft Azure experience, including at least one enterprise Azure migration and work in MSP- or supplier-delivered environments
- Azure Landing Zones, governance and Azure Policy; Azure networking, Virtual WAN (vWAN) and hybrid connectivity
- Entra ID, Active Directory, RBAC and DNS; Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) design and engineering
- Azure VM, GPU and HPC workloads; enterprise storage, NAS/Nasuni and large-scale data migration
- Azure security, firewalls and Private Endpoints; Terraform/Bicep, PowerShell and Azure CLI automation
- Azure Migrate, workload assessment and migration execution; Azure Monitor, backup, disaster recovery and operational support
- Microsoft Azure certification: AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate) and/or AZ-700 (Azure Networking Solutions)
Preferred Experience
- Additional Azure certifications (e.g. AZ-305, AZ-500 or AZ-140) and awareness of Zero Trust principles
- Exposure to AWS; experience in regulated, critical-infrastructure or energy sector environments.