Azure Cloud Solutions Consultant

This role is graded as: Senior Associate - Regulatory.

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth and shaping the future of UK finance services.

The Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) division enables the FCA to be a digital-first, data-led smart regulator by delivering a secure, agile, and cost-effective technology and data ecosystem that drives better decisions, transparency, and operational efficiency. Sitting within DTI, the Digital Intelligence Solutions team deliver a Digital Unified Intelligence Environment (DUIE) to surface insights for action through tools, dashboards, and bespoke analysis.

• Analyse solution designs, perform technical assessments, deliver Proofs of Concept (PoCs) and create high-quality documentation to define future engineering standards.
• Implement and manage Conditional Access Policies to strengthen security, maintain compliance and safeguard the organisation’s digital environment.
• Develop dynamic Power BI compliance dashboards and design KQL queries to produce actionable insights, support informed decisions and enhance performance.
• Collaborate with Azure stakeholders to boost platform efficiency, control budgets, optimise costs and apply automation to streamline operations.
• Work with the Resiliency Team to design, implement and test disaster recovery strategies ensuring reliability, data integrity and uninterrupted service delivery.
• Contribute to shaping the FCA’s Azure estate, gaining hands‑on experience with Microsoft Cloud technologies while advancing technical and professional skills.

• Minimum: Extensive experience in Azure Cloud Engineering, serving as a subject matter expert to design and deliver secure, scalable, and efficient cloud-native solutions, while effectively engaging and influencing key stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Proven experience in designing, implementing and managing Azure environments, delivering measurable enhancements in performance, reliability and cost efficiency.
• Skilled in utilising automation and governance tools such as Terraform, GitHub and Azure administration to optimise infrastructure and streamline operational workflows.

• Essential: Experience in Azure IAM, including Conditional Access Policies and SAML SSO, with hands‑on management of VMs, Storage, Networking, Azure Functions, Defender for Cloud, Azure Firewall, Virtual WAN and VNet Peering, alongside automation using PowerShell and Azure CLI.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code with tools such as Terraform, Bicep and ARM templates to streamline deployments, ensure consistency and enhance operational efficiency.
• Strong understanding of Azure Policies and Landing Zone Architecture, supported by multiple Azure certifications, showcasing expertise in architecture, stakeholder management and influencing outcomes.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work.
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary.
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection and 24/7 Employee Assistance.
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually.
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support. We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part‑time and job sharing where applicable.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

• Job advert close: 22nd January 11:59 PM.
• CV Review/Shortlist: w/c 26th January.
• First Interview: w/c 2nd February.

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.

SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) – you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting.