Description
While this is a Hybrid role and can be partially remote there will be requirements to travel to Codec offices (Dublin, Belfast, London) and to customer sites across UK \& Ireland . This will be discussed at interview stage.
Codec is as award winning digital transformation company with big growth ambitions. Codec Ireland is delighted to announce Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) status, after passing a stringent audit process. This is a status bestowed on only 82 other organisations globally and we are the first indigenous Partner in Ireland.
We are an award-winning full-stack IT consultancy, a local alternative to the Big 4, established in 1985, headquartered in Dublin with offices in Galway, Belfast, London, Poland and Germany. Employing 300+ staff, we are growing rapidly and have crafted a clear vision of the future developing our own ‘IP’ to compliment the Cloud stacks from Microsoft and Oracle. We are looking to hire an Azure Architect to join our growing company.
Your role will be to provide IT consultancy to a range of clients. Based within our Cloud \& Infrastructure Consultancy team, you will be working with Codec customers on the scoping, design and delivery of a variety of Azure solutions across several industry sectors. You will work in a project environment where the emphasis is on delivering first class service to our clients - The objective is to demonstrate the value of their existing and future platforms.
The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate excellent analytical and problem-solving aptitude and a strong understanding of the Microsoft frameworks such as the Cloud Adoption Framework and Well Architected Framework.
Present strong leadership capabilities and proficient in both verbal and written communications.
Key Competencies* Must have strong interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills and be able to build relationships at all levels of the organisation
Influence, shaping solutions, negotiation and consultative skill
Excellent project management skills including successful leadership of projects from planning phase through completion
Be able to diagnose problems quickly and have foresight into potential issues
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities:* Provide presales assistance where required including working on tender responses.
Meeting with clients to architect a cloud-based solution based on their needs.
Knowledge of how the architecture is determined will need to be demonstrated.
Compile a high/low level design document based on the outcome of the customer meetings
Hold workshops with customers / potential customer on various topics.
Provide escalation point to the Service desk with more difficult issues
Assist customers with cost management
Work with internal teams to streamline the project deployment work by making use of deployment pipelines.
Requirements* Azure Architecture (IaaS \& PaaS)
Azure Entra ID
Strong knowledge on cloud-based deployments
Azure DevOps platform
Scripting (PowerShell, Azure CLI)
Templates (ARM/Bicep Templates, Terraform)
Disaster Recovery / High Availability technologies
Networking knowledge
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Knowledge of the following an advantage* Azure AI
Containerisation technology
Windows Server
Active Directory
Strong English language
Documentation \& Communications
About Codec
Established over 40 years ago, Codec is a multi-award-winning Microsoft Solutions Partner, trusted by public and private sector organisations to deliver impactful digital transformation. With offices in Dublin, Belfast, Cologne, and across Germany, our team of over 300 experts specialises in harnessing the full potential of Microsoft technologies—including Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure, and Copilot—to drive innovation, automation, and operational excellence. Codec combines deep industry expertise with a proven track record to help organisations unlock the power of AI and modern cloud solutions
Though originally best known as a hardware reseller, since 2010 Codec has focused on building an outstanding software consulting business with a team of experts implementing enterprise solutions using products from Microsoft and Oracle. Our customer base, revenues and average contract values have grown steadily year on year and we continue to invest in the provision of new product and service offerings.
Our team is a careful mix of recent graduates and experienced professionals from a variety of diverse cultural backgrounds. We are a melting pot of seasoned consultants supported by the best talent from the local universities. We have a thriving placement student academy and graduate recruitment programme which grows year on year.
This company is an equal opportunities employer