Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Duration: Permanent
Location: Gloucester
Job Ref: 204864
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About the role
Benefact Group are looking for an Azure Platform Operations Engineer to join our Gloucester office.
As an Azure Platform Operations Engineer you will be responsible for the operational management, maintenance, and improvement of core Azure shared platform services. You will contribute to stable platform operations, collaborates with architects and senior engineers, and provides guidance to application teams within defined patterns and standards
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Why join us?
Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's 15 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2025, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group - where all profits go to charity and good causes.
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What you'll be doing
* Operate and maintain hybrid connectivity services (ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, Azure Firewall, Private DNS Resolver).
* Support hybrid authentication services including Entra ID and Azure VM Domain Controllers.
* Support day-to-day operations of Azure API Management and Application Gateway/WAF.
* Assist with configuration, policy updates, and routine platform changes.
* Implement and maintain Azure Policy assignments and security guard rails.
* Maintain monitoring and alerting configurations for shared services using Azure Monitor, AMBA, and Dynatrace.
* Deliver platform changes using Azure Bicep, PowerShell/CLI, and Azure DevOps pipelines.
What you'll need to have
* Considerable experience in cloud operations (Azure preferred) or platform engineering roles.
* Knowledge of API Management and Application Gateway/WAF configuration.
* Solid troubleshooting and analysis skills.
* Strong documentation and communication abilities.
What makes you stand out
* Networking basics (vNets, routing, NSGs, Firewalls), hybrid connectivity, and private DNS.
* Understanding of Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, RBAC.
* Proficiency with IaC (Bicep), scripting (PowerShell/CLI), and Azure DevOps pipelines.
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What we offer
* A competitive salary - let's discuss it
* Hybrid working
* Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
* Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 6% and 24%.
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
* An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
* £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
* Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Full study support to gain professional qualifications
* Access to virtual GP
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
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About us
Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.
We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.
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At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.
If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.
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*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26