Azure Integration Engineer

Codec is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Integration Engineer to join a dedicated team responsible for the ongoing development, enhancement and evolution of a business-critical Microsoft application platform supporting essential public services.

The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, developing and enhancing integration and data solutions built on Microsoft Azure. Working within a highly collaborative multidisciplinary team, the role will focus on delivering new functionality, modernising integration processes, improving platform reliability and driving continual improvement across a complex enterprise application estate.

The solution integrates Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE, Dataverse, Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Integration Services, providing the opportunity to work across a modern cloud technology stack supporting critical business processes and citizen outcomes.

This is a managed application support and continuous improvement engagement rather than a greenfield build. Because the platform is business-critical and citizen-facing, the role demands the ability to troubleshoot end-to-end across the full integration chain without extensive handoffs from on-premises and SFTP sources, through the Azure integration tier, into Dynamics 365 and out to downstream payment interfaces. 

The estate spans both classic data-integration technologies (ADF, SSIS, Azure SQL) and application-level components (Azure WebJobs, .NET services), so breadth of hands-on capability across that boundary is essential.

In addition to development and enhancement activities, the role will provide technical expertise in the investigation and resolution of complex integration and data-related issues, acting as a senior escalation point where deep technical knowledge is required.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong Azure professional who enjoys solving challenging integration problems, working with modern cloud technologies and contributing to the long-term evolution of a strategically important Microsoft platform.

 

 

·       Design, develop and enhance Azure integration and data solutions supporting critical business processes.

·       Deliver new integration capabilities, automation solutions and platform improvements aligned to customer requirements.

·       Develop and maintain data movement, transformation and orchestration processes using Azure-native services.

·       Develop, maintain and troubleshoot Azure WebJobs and .NET background services — including batch processing, retry logic, error handling and notification mechanisms — which form a core part of the operational estate

·       Contribute to architecture discussions and technical design activities.

·       Identify opportunities to improve reliability, scalability, supportability and operational efficiency.

·       Participate in technical workshops and collaborate with architects, engineers and customer stakeholders.

Platform Enhancement & Continuous Improvement

· Lead the technical implementation of approved enhancement initiatives and change requests.

· Analyse existing integrations and recommend improvements to performance, maintainability and operational resilience

·Identify and address technical debt across integration and data services.

· Support the adoption of new Azure capabilities and cloud-native technologies where appropriate.

· Contribute to the ongoing evolution and modernisation of the overall solution architecture.

·Develop and maintain solutions built using:

· Azure Data Factory

· Azure SQL

· Azure Logic Apps

· Azure Storage

· Azure App Services

· Azure WebJobs

· Azure Key Vault

·  SSIS packages (including the Azure-SSIS Integration Runtime) and KingswaySoft connectors for Dynamics/Dataverse data movement

·Self-Hosted Integration Runtime (SHIR) for hybrid, on-premises and SFTP-based integrations

·Additional expectations:

· Support the delivery of secure, scalable and resilient cloud solutions.

· Promote engineering best practices and technical standards.

· Security is a core service pillar for this platform, not a supporting activity. The successful candidate will:

· Implement changes in line with secure development practices and the customer's security posture (least privilege, Managed Identities over stored secrets, Key Vault usage).

· Support vulnerability management and remediation activities across the integration estate.

· Contribute to security testing, audit evidence provision and assurance activities aligned to ISO 27001:2022, Cyber Essentials Plus and GovAssure / CAF.

·Follow secure change and access-control processes appropriate to a citizen-facing public sector payments platform.

·Support deployment and release activities using Azure DevOps

· Contribute to CI/CD implementation and automation initiatives

· Participate in code reviews and technical quality assurance activities.

·Collaborate with development and testing teams to ensure successful solution delivery
Support continuous improvement of application lifecycle management practices.

·       Act as a senior technical resource within the delivery team.

·       Provide expert analysis and resolution of complex integration and data-related issues.

·       Perform end-to-end fault diagnosis across hybrid integration chains — e.g. SFTP → SHIR → Blob Storage → ADF → SSIS → Dynamics 365, and Dynamics 365 ↔ WebJobs ↔ payment interfaces — isolating failure points independently.

·       Participate in root cause analysis and major incident investigations.

·       Support knowledge sharing and mentoring within the wider engineering team.

·       Contribute to technical documentation, design artefacts and operational runbooks.

·       Build and maintain operational runbooks and knowledge-capture to reduce key-person dependency on a lean support team.

·       Work directly with customer stakeholders and delivery teams to understand technical requirements and business objectives.

·       Translate business requirements into robust technical integration solutions.

·       Provide technical input into roadmap planning, solution design and continual improvement initiatives.

·       Build trusted customer relationships through technical expertise and quality delivery.

·       Coordinate effectively within a multi-supplier operating model, managing cross-boundary issues and escalations.

The successful candidate will possess strong hands-on experience designing, developing and delivering Azure integration and data solutions within enterprise environments.

·        Azure Data Factory (ADF)

·        Azure SQL

·        Azure Logic Apps

·        Azure App Services

·        Azure Storage

·        Azure Key Vault

·        API & Data Integration Solutions

·        Data Transformation & Orchestration

·        Azure DevOps

·        Source Control (Git)

·        CI/CD Concepts

·        Release Automation

·        Deployment Management

·        Infrastructure & Application Monitoring

·        Azure Application Insights

·        Azure Monitor

·        Performance Monitoring

·        Root Cause Analysis

·        Operational Troubleshooting

·        Integration Design Principles

·        Data Architecture Fundamentals

·        Technical Design Documentation

·        Performance & Scalability Optimisation

·        Secure Cloud Solution Design

Exposure to Microsoft Business Applications technologies would be highly advantageous.

·        Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE

·        Microsoft Dataverse

·        Microsoft Power Platform

·        Power Automate

·        Model-Driven Apps

·        D365 Solution Configuration

·        Plugin Troubleshooting

·        Dataverse Data Structures

·        Business Process Automation

·        Application Integration Patterns

The ability to understand and troubleshoot business processes spanning both Azure and 

Dynamics 365 environments would be highly advantageous.

Experience

•        Proven experience designing and developing Azure integration and data solutions.

•        Strong hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL and Logic Apps.

•        Experience delivering enhancements and new functionality within enterprise environments.

•        Experience designing, implementing and supporting system integrations.

•        Experience using Azure DevOps and modern application lifecycle management practices.

•        Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

•        Exposure to Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE and Power Platform solutions.

•        Experience integrating Azure services with business applications.

•        Experience working within complex, integrated Microsoft technology estates.

•        Experience in Managed Services or regulated environments.