Azure Infrastructure Analyst

Buro Happold group.; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking an Azure Infrastructure Analyst to design and implement secure Azure solutions. Candidates should have strong Azure experience, including policy management and Terraform expertise. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working, and a range of employee benefits, all aimed at fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Generous company pension scheme

Flexible benefits including cycle scheme

Enhanced parenthood leave policies

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Azure Policy, RBAC, and subscription/resource management.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure services (VMs, networking, storage, Azure AD/Entra ID).
• Solid understanding of cost analysis, budgeting, and Azure billing tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Manage Azure policies, governance frameworks, and ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with finance, security, and development teams to align strategies.

Skills

Azure Policy

RBAC

Subscription/resource management

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code best practices

Automation (Azure CLI, PowerShell)

Problem-solving

Education

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Azure CLI

ARM templates

Job description

# Azure Infrastructure Analyst## The role can be based at any of our UK offices, ideally Leeds, and offers a flexible hybrid working arrangement. Buro Happold is currently going through a period of strategic growth. This growth has resulted in an increased demand within the IT and Business Services Team, as we support BAU and drive forward with improvement initiatives.As an extremely collaborative professional, you excel at building excellent working relationships and possess a high level of political sensitivity and ethics. Your essential soft skills include effective listening, persuasion, a collaborative leadership style, flexibility, self-motivation, creativity, and insightfulness. **What You’ll Do*** Design and implement secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions on Microsoft Azure.* Manage Azure policies, governance frameworks, and ensure compliance across the organisation.* Optimise subscriptions, resource groups, and access controls for efficiency and security.* Automate infrastructure using **Terraform** and other Infrastructure as Code tools.* Monitor performance, costs, and usage patterns to drive optimisation and reduce spend.* Collaborate with finance, security, and development teams to align cloud strategies with business goals.**What We’re Looking For*** Strong experience with Azure Policy, RBAC, and subscription/resource management.* Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure services (VMs, networking, storage, Azure AD/Entra ID, monitoring, security).* Expertise in **Terraform****and Infrastructure** as Code best practices.* Solid understanding of cost analysis, budgeting, and Azure billing tools.* Hands-on experience with automation (Azure CLI, PowerShell, ARM templates).* Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work both independently and collaboratively.**Preferred*** Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or equivalent.* A good few years in a similar cloud administration or engineering role.* Familiarity with hybrid environments and CI/CD processes. **What we offer you**Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies. * Hybrid working arrangements.* Attractive salary and benefits package including, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.* Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.* Generous company pension scheme.* Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.* Enhanced parenthood leave policies.* 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.* A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.* Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions* A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.* An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.**Apply today and be where exceptional is everywhere.****A place for everyone**Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers. Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive. We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact [e-mail] so we can work with you to support you throughout your application. *#LI-TG1 #LI-Hybrid***Azure Infrastructure Analyst** **to join our team and help shape the future of our cloud operations.**The following content displays a map of the job's location.| OpenStreetMap contributors### Azure Infrastructure Analyst* **Salary** Competitive* **Frequency** Annual* **Job Reference** burohappold/TP/659/1645* **Contract Type** Permanent* **Job Category** Engineering and Design* **Discipline** IT* **Location** Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bath, London , United Kingdom* **Closing Date** 27 February, 2026