Azure Integration Engineer - Fixed Term Contract

The salary for this role is £50,000 – £52,000

This role is advertised on a 12 month fixed term contract.

At Livestock Information Ltd, our mission is to be an outstanding service provider of livestock data, empowering government, industry and farmers to effectively manage disease and infection control, whilst enhancing productivity and innovation in agriculture. As an Azure Integration Engineer you’ll play a key role in keeping our platforms running smoothly and securely. Your day will involve monitoring systems, fixing issues as they arise and working closely with development teams to improve CI/CD pipelines and delivery processes. You’ll also look after Azure B2C identity flows and API Management (APIM), supporting security activities using tools like Defender for Cloud, SonarCloud and ZAP, respond to support requests and help prepare for upcoming releases and projects.

Responsibilities

• Providing timely and efficient break‑fix support to resolve system issues and minimise downtime in line with Service Level Agreements, including out‑of‑hours.
• Monitoring system performance, availability and capacity, performing infrastructure and code optimisation to ensure efficiency and reliability.
• Providing 3rd line support for the Azure customer identity and integration services and addressing escalated issues while coordinating with internal teams to maintain service uptime.
• Implementing real‑time monitoring tools for applications and underlying infrastructure.
• Setting up proactive alerts and developing incident response procedures to identify, respond to and resolve incidents efficiently.
• Monitoring system health and providing timely feedback on performance and potential risks to service availability.
• Conducting regular vulnerability assessments, enforcing security policies and ensuring patching and system hardening measures are applied.
• Adhering to corporate Information Security Policies, Azure Security Benchmark and CIS controls.
• Supporting development teams with technical guidance, ensuring robust and secure applications or services.
• Collaborating on new projects and enhancements to ensure customer identity and integration requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing high‑quality break‑fix support in a fast‑paced environment.
• Proven ability to monitor and maintain complex cloud‑based systems, ensuring uptime and performance.
• Experience managing Azure subscriptions and Azure resources efficiently.
• Expertise in managing customer identity using Azure AD B2C.
• Experience creating and configuring applications in Azure.
• Knowledge of OpenID, OAuth 2.0 & SAML 2.0.
• Experience creating and customizing user flows in Azure AD B2C.
• Strong understanding of user management and custom attributes in Azure AD B2C.
• Ability to customize user experience flows in AD B2C.
• Knowledge of claims providers and technical profiles in B2C.
• Ability to create complex and customised user flows based on requirements.
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Graph API and MSAL for managing identities.
• Understanding of SSL certificates and security best practices.
• Experience in implementing custom policies using the Identity Experience Framework in Azure AD B2C.
• Experience with APIM, including security and cloud‑to‑cloud integration.
• Hands‑on experience developing Azure Functions, Web Apps and C# programming.
• Experience in user administration, group assignment and role management in the Azure AD B2C portal.
• Proficiency using Azure Blob storage, Application Insights and monitoring tools.
• Expertise in building and automating CI/CD pipelines for efficient software delivery from development to production in Azure DevOps.
• Hands‑on experience maintaining and deploying SonarCloud and Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) in a CI/CD pipeline for code quality and security scanning.

Reporting structure

This role will report to the Azure Engineering Manager and will sit within our Service department.

Benefits

• Fully remote and flexible working set‑up.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service up to a maximum of 30 days (plus Bank Holidays).
• 1 Privilege Day.
• 4 × annual salary Life Assurance.
• Market‑leading pension scheme through Legal & General.
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies.
• Excellent learning, training and career development opportunities.
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Diverse and inclusive culture where everyone is respected and valued.

We are a fully remote organisation; however this role is UK‑based and can only be performed within the UK. We meet in person twice a year for All‑Hands events and may occasionally hold in‑person team meetings.

Livestock Information Ltd. cannot sponsor work visas at this time.

Livestock Information Ltd. does not discriminate based on race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in the provision of employment opportunities and benefits.