Remote Azure Integration Engineer - Fixed Term Contract in Portsmouth

The salary for this role is £50,000 - £52,000. This role is advertised on a 12 month fixed term contract.

Do you have hands-on experience supporting and optimising Azure integration platforms, including CI/CD pipelines and live production environments? Are you confident designing, managing, and securing Azure AD B2C identity flows and API Management (APIM)? Can you develop, maintain, and troubleshoot cloud solutions using multiple technologies and languages—such as C#, Azure Functions, and Web Apps—while embedding security and quality into your code? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

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. To achieve this, we need great people, who share in our values. 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), helping ensure seamless and secure integrations. Alongside this, you’ll support 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 address 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, enforce security policies, and ensure 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.

You may be required to undertake other duties assigned by your line manager as appropriate.

We are looking for someone with the following:

• 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 of managing Azure subscriptions and Azure resources efficiently.
• Expertise in managing customer identity using Azure AD B2C.
• Experience in creating and configuring applications in Azure.
• OpenID, OAuth2.0.

We are transparent together, embracing honesty and building trust. We are accountable to the industry and strive for the best possible solutions for the communities we serve. We drive change with passion, commitment and enthusiasm to deliver a great service to the livestock industry. We work kindly and cohesively which allows us to support each other in our personal and strategic goals.

For more information on our values and what it's like to work at Livestock Information, please visit our Careers Page.

At Livestock Information Ltd, we have a zero-tolerance approach to harassment, abuse, discrimination, or bullying during our recruitment process. Any such behaviour may result in a candidate being withdrawn from consideration. We are committed to upholding our company values and ensuring a safe and respectful experience for all candidates and staff.

How you’ll work/ Remote working

We’re a fully remote organisation however, our roles are UK-based and can only be performed within the UK. We come together in person twice a year for our All Hands events to connect, collaborate, and strengthen relationships. From time to time, there may also be occasional in-person team meetings.

Diversity statement

At Livestock Information, we value diversity and believe that every individual brings different strengths. We understand that not everyone may possess every single skill outlined in this job description, but if you believe you have a solid skill set that enables you to excel in this position then we really encourage you to apply.

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in a fair and open manner or if you are dissatisfied with any of your interactions during the recruitment process and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact our Talent team via email: talent@livestockinformation.org.uk.

Disclaimer

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 provision of employment opportunities and benefits. Livestock Information Ltd. does not accept unsolicited CVs from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited CVs not originating directly from a candidate and sent to Livestock Information Ltd or any Livestock Information Ltd employees, including unsolicited CVs sent to a Livestock Information Ltd mailing address or email address, are rejected. Livestock Information Ltd will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited CV. Livestock Information Ltd considers any candidate for whom the recruiter has submitted an unsolicited CV referred by the company free of any fees.