Technical Specialist

Technical Specialist - Azure & Infrastructure
Position Overview
We are looking for a Technical Specialist to join our Managed Services business.

In this role, you will deliver end-to-end infrastructure projects across customer environments, leading technical work from discovery and design through implementation, migration, testing and handover. The role provides hands-on delivery across core infrastructure technologies, reviews scopes and estimates for technical accuracy and deliverability, and combines customer-facing consultancy with technical leadership and problem-solving.

Salary & Benefits

The budgeted salary for this role is between £60,000 - £75,000 a year, depending on experience.

Click here for the list of benefits.

Hybrid working

We recognise the benefits that remote and flexible working brings.

We operate a hybrid working policy that allows our employees to balance time in the office and time from home. Each team within our organisation can decide how to implement this policy. If you have any questions after applying, please reach out to our recruitment team.

Responsibilities
Some of your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Leading infrastructure projects from discovery and design through to implementation, testing, migration and operational handover

• Delivering hands-on technical work across Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows Server, Azure, VMware, storage, backup and recovery, Azure Virtual Desktop, security and management tooling

• Supporting data centre migration and decommissioning activities

• Reviewing and validating scopes of work, delivery assumptions and effort estimates

• Ensuring technical plans are accurate, complete, realistic and achievable

• Providing senior customer-facing consultancy throughout project delivery

• Solving complex technical issues and support project decision-making

• Leading small work packages and engineering teams to deliver successful outcomes

What Success Looks Like

• Projects are delivered confidently end-to-end, with technical work completed accurately from discovery and design through to implementation, migration, testing and handover

• Customers trust your expertise, seeing you as a credible, professional advisor who communicates clearly and handles complex infrastructure challenges effectively

• Technical delivery is high quality and dependable, with solutions that are well-designed, secure, realistic, and aligned to customer requirements

• Work is well managed and commercially sound, with scopes, assumptions and effort estimates that are accurate, achievable and support successful delivery

• You add leadership value to the team, helping to solve problems, guide engineers, lead small work packages and contribute to smooth, successful project outcomes

Qualifications & Experience

The right candidate for this role will have:

• Strong end-to-end infrastructure project delivery experience, from discovery and design through to implementation, migration, testing and handover

• Deep hands-on technical expertise across core infrastructure platforms, especially Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows Server, Azure and VMware

• Experience delivering across supporting infrastructure services, such as storage, file services, backup and recovery, Azure Virtual Desktop, security and management tooling

• Proven ability to deliver complex migrations and transformation work, including data centre migration and decommissioning

• Strong technical design and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate customer requirements into practical, supportable solutions

• Experience reviewing and validating scopes of work, assumptions and effort estimates to ensure delivery is realistic, accurate and achievable

• Customer-facing consultancy skills, including strong communication, stakeholder management and the ability to build credibility with clients

• Ability to lead small work packages or engineering teams, providing technical direction and ensuring quality delivery

• Good understanding of infrastructure security, operational standards and service handover requirements

• Strong documentation and governance discipline, including producing clear designs, implementation plans, test evidence and handover material

About Us:
We are the tech company with people at heart.

At Advania, we believe in empowering people to create sustainable value through the clever use of technology. As one of Microsoft's leading partners in the UK, specialising in Azure, Security, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365, we have a proven track record of success in delivering transformational IT services.

Our Selection Process:

We are committed to ensuring an equitable experience for all candidates, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Please do let us know if you’ll need any reasonable adjustments as part of the selection process by highlighting these on your application form.

As part of our commitment to our clients we will need to carry out background checks, including a criminal record check, for all offers of employment. If you have any unspent criminal convictions or questions about the screening process, please notify your recruiter once the application has been submitted.