Codec is as award winning digital transformation company with big growth ambitions.   Codec Ireland is delighted to announce Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) status, after passing a stringent audit process. This is a status bestowed on only 82 other organisations globally and we are the first indigenous Partner in Ireland.

We are an award-winning full-stack IT consultancy, a local alternative to the Big 4, established in 1985, headquartered in Dublin with offices in Galway, Belfast, London, Poland and Germany.  Employing 240+ staff, we are growing rapidly and have crafted a clear vision of the future developing our own ‘IP’ to compliment the Cloud stacks from Microsoft and Oracle. We are looking to hire an Azure Architect to join our growing company.

Your role will be to provide IT consultancy to a range of clients. Based within our Cloud & Infrastructure Consultancy team, you will be working with Codec customers on the scoping, design and delivery of a variety of Azure solutions across several industry sectors.  You will work in a project environment where the emphasis is on delivering first class service to our clients - The objective is to demonstrate the value of their existing and future platforms.

The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate excellent analytical and problem-solving aptitude.

Present strong leadership capabilities and proficient in both verbal and written communications.  
 
 
Responsibilities:

• Meeting with clients to architect a cloud-based solution based on their needs. 

• Knowledge of how the architecture is determined will need to be demonstrated.

• Compile a high/low level design document based on the outcome of the customer meetings

• Hold workshops with customers / potential customer on various topics.

• Provide escalation point to the Service desk with more difficult issues

• Assist customers with cost management

• Azure Architecture (IaaS & PaaS)

• Azure Active Directory

• Strong knowledge on cloud-based deployments

• Scripting (PowerShell, Azure CLI)

• Templates (ARM Templates, Terraform)

• Disaster Recovery / High Availability technologies

• Networking knowledge • Knowledge of the following an advantage

• Containerisation technology

• Azure DevOps platform 

• Windows Server

• Active Directory 
• Strong English language

• Documentation & Communications 

• A competitive salary with a performance related bonus opportunity 

• A flexible workplace, in a prime city centre location 

• Contribution to your pension / company pension scheme and comprehensive health care scheme. 

• Travel to work scheme – bike and public transport

Competitive Corporate Pension Scheme 

• Comprehensive Health Insurance  

• Death in Service Life Insurance Benefit 

• PHI Personal Health insurance 

• Flexible working environment