Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure Consultant - Contract - Dublin.

Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure & Migration Consultant

Location: Dublin Park West and Customer Sites
Working Pattern: Hybrid Minimum 2 days onsite per week in Dublin
Contract: Initial 6 months, with potential for extension
Day Rate: 700 per day DOE

Important: Applicants must have full, unrestricted working rights in Ireland. Sponsorship is not available.

The Opportunity

Auxilion is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure & Migration Consultant to join our Cloud Services team on an initial six-month contract, with potential for extension.

This is an opportunity to work on complex enterprise Microsoft Azure infrastructure and cloud transformation projects, supporting some of Ireland's leading organisations.

You'll play a key role in designing, implementing and delivering Azure infrastructure solutions, with a particular focus on enterprise cloud migrations, application modernisation, Azure Front Door, Azure Landing Zones, networking and Infrastructure as Code.

We are looking for a genuinely hands-on Azure specialist who can take ownership of technical delivery, work through complex migration challenges and engage directly with enterprise customers. This is not an architecture-only or advisory role; you'll be expected to get involved in the technical build, configuration, migration and implementation of solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver complex Azure migration projects, moving workloads and applications from on-premises and Legacy environments into Microsoft Azure.

• Deliver both IaaS infrastructure migrations and application migrations to Azure PaaS, selecting appropriate migration approaches based on application requirements.

• Design, implement and configure Azure Front Door, including Front Door Premium, WAF policies, routing, origin configuration, custom domains, SSL certificates and private connectivity where required.

• Design and implement secure application architectures using Azure Front Door, Private Link, Private Endpoints, Application Gateway and other relevant Azure networking services.

• Plan and execute application cutovers, including DNS changes, staging environments, testing, validation and downtime minimisation.

• Design, build and implement Azure Landing Zones and enterprise cloud foundations.

• Design and implement Azure networking architectures, including VNets, subnets, NSGs, Azure Firewall, VPNs, ExpressRoute and private connectivity.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including the development and maintenance of reusable modules.

• Implement Azure governance frameworks covering management groups, subscriptions, RBAC and Azure Policy.

• Work directly with enterprise customers to conduct technical discovery, understand existing environments and develop practical migration and infrastructure solutions.

• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and take ownership of delivery from initial design through to implementation and handover.

• Produce technical documentation, migration plans and operational handover materials.

• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, security and application development teams throughout project delivery.

Essential Experience

• Strong commercial experience designing, building and implementing Microsoft Azure solutions within enterprise environments.

• Demonstrable hands-on experience with Azure Front Door, including configuration, implementation and troubleshooting. Experience with Front Door Premium and WAF is particularly relevant.

• Proven experience delivering complex Azure migrations, including both traditional IaaS infrastructure migrations and application migrations to Azure PaaS.

• Practical experience migrating and modernising applications using Azure PaaS services such as Azure App Service, Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance.

• Strong understanding of application architecture, web application hosting, traffic management, routing, security and private connectivity within Azure.

• Experience planning and executing production migration cutovers, including testing, validation, DNS changes and minimising service disruption.

• Proven experience designing, building and implementing Azure Landing Zones and enterprise cloud foundations.

• Strong hands-on Azure networking experience, including VNets, subnets, NSGs, Azure Firewall, VPNs, ExpressRoute and Private Link.

• Practical Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly Terraform, including developing and maintaining reusable modules.

• Good understanding of Azure governance, management groups, subscriptions, RBAC and Azure Policy.

• Experience working directly with enterprise customers in a consulting, professional services or project delivery environment.

• Ability to independently take ownership of technical design, configuration, implementation and delivery.

Desirable Experience

• Microsoft Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305 or AZ-700.

• Experience with Azure Front Door Premium, WAF policies and private origin configurations.

• Experience with Azure Traffic Manager, Application Gateway and Azure Load Balancer.

• Experience with Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell and Azure CLI.

• Experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD automation.

• Knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, Defender for Cloud and Azure security best practices.

• Experience with hybrid cloud architecture and datacentre migrations.

• Experience developing enterprise-scale automation frameworks and reusable infrastructure modules.

The Type of Person We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate genuine technical delivery experience, rather than simply familiarity with Azure services.

You should be comfortable explaining projects you've personally delivered, the technical decisions you made, the Azure services you implemented and the challenges you encountered along the way.

In particular, we are interested in candidates who can demonstrate practical experience with Azure Front Door and application migrations to PaaS, alongside a broader background in enterprise Azure infrastructure and IaaS migrations.

You should be capable of working independently, taking ownership of complex technical challenges and delivering solutions with minimal day-to-day supervision.

Additional Requirements

• Full, unrestricted working rights in Ireland. Sponsorship is not available.

• Ability to work onsite in Dublin at least two days per week, including occasional attendance at customer sites.

• Availability to commence an initial six-month contract.

Interested?

If you're a hands-on Azure specialist with proven experience in Azure Front Door, enterprise IaaS migrations, application migrations to PaaS and infrastructure implementation, we'd like to hear from you. Apply today.