About this role
Codec is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Integration Engineer to join a dedicated team responsible for the ongoing development, enhancement and evolution of a business-critical Microsoft application platform supporting essential public services. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, developing and enhancing integration and data solutions built on Microsoft Azure. Working within a highly collaborative multidisciplinary team, the role will focus on delivering new functionality, modernising integration processes, improving platform reliability and driving continual improvement across a complex enterprise application estate. The solution integrates Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE, Dataverse, Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Integration Services, providing the opportunity to work across a modern cloud technology stack supporting critical business processes and citizen outcomes. This is a managed application support and continuous improvement engagement rather than a greenfield build. Because the platform is business-critical and citizen-facing, the role demands the ability to troubleshoot end-to-end across the full integration chain without extensive handoffs from on-premises and SFTP sources, through the Azure integration tier, into Dynamics 365 and out to downstream payment interfaces. The estate spans both classic data-integration technologies (ADF, SSIS, Azure SQL) and application-level components (Azure WebJobs, .NET services), so breadth of hands-on capability across that boundary is essential. In addition to development and enhancement activities, the role will provide technical expertise in the investigation and resolution of complex integration and data-related issues, acting as a senior escalation point where deep technical knowledge is required. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong Azure professional who enjoys solving challenging integration problems, working with modern cloud technologies and contributing to the long-term evolution of a strategically important Microsoft platform. Integration Design & Development · Design, develop and enhance Azure integration and data solutions supporting critical business processes. · Deliver new integration capabilities, automation solutions and platform improvements aligned to customer requirements. · Develop and maintain data movement, transformation and orchestration processes using Azure-native services. · Develop, maintain and troubleshoot Azure WebJobs and .NET background services — including batch processing, retry logic, error handling and notification mechanisms — which form a core part of the operational estate · Contribute to architecture discussions and technical design activities. · Identify opportunities to improve reliability, scalability, supportability and operational efficiency. · Participate in technical workshops and collaborate with architects, engineers and customer stakeholders. Platform Enhancement & Continuous Improvement · Lead the technical implementation of approved enhancement initiatives and change requests. · Analyse existing integrations and recommend improvements to performance, maintainability and operational resilience ·Identify and address technical debt across integration and data services. · Support the adoption of new Azure capabilities and cloud-native technologies where appropriate. · Contribute to the ongoing evolution and modernisation of the overall solution architecture. Azure Engineering ·Develop and maintain solutions built using: · Azure Data Factory · Azure SQL · Azure Logic Apps · Azure Storage · Azure App Services · Azure WebJobs · Azure Key Vault · SSIS packages (including the Azure-SSIS Integration Runtime) and KingswaySoft connectors for Dynamics/Dataverse data movement ·Self-Hosted Integration Runtime (SHIR) for hybrid, on-premises and SFTP-based integrations ·Additional expectations: · Support the delivery of secure, scalable and resilient cloud solutions. · Promote engineering best practices and technical standards. Security & Assurance · Security is a core service pillar for this platform, not a supporting activity. The successful candidate will: · Implement changes in line with secure development practices and the customer's security posture (least privilege, Managed Identities over stored secrets, Key Vault usage). · Support vulnerability management and remediation activities across the integration estate. · Contribute to security testing, audit evidence provision and assurance activities aligned to ISO 27001:2022, Cyber Essentials Plus and GovAssure / CAF. ·Follow secure change and access-control processes appropriate to a citizen-facing public sector payments platform. DevOps, Release & Quality Management ·Support deployment and release activities using Azure DevOps · Contribute to CI/CD implementation and automation initiatives · Participate in code reviews and technical quality assurance activities. ·Collaborate with development and testing teams to ensure successful solution delivery Support continuous improvement of application lifecycle management practices. Technical Leadership & Escalation Support · Act as a senior technical resource within the delivery team. · Provide expert analysis and resolution of complex integration and data-related issues. · Perform end-to-end fault diagnosis across hybrid integration chains — e.g. SFTP → SHIR → Blob Storage → ADF → SSIS → Dynamics 365, and Dynamics 365 ↔ WebJobs ↔ payment interfaces — isolating failure points independently. · Participate in root cause analysis and major incident investigations. · Support knowledge sharing and mentoring within the wider engineering team. · Contribute to technical documentation, design artefacts and operational runbooks. · Build and maintain operational runbooks and knowledge-capture to reduce key-person dependency on a lean support team. Stakeholder Engagement · Work directly with customer stakeholders and delivery teams to understand technical requirements and business objectives. · Translate business requirements into robust technical integration solutions. · Provide technical input into roadmap planning, solution design and continual improvement initiatives. · Build trusted customer relationships through technical expertise and quality delivery. · Coordinate effectively within a multi-supplier operating model, managing cross-boundary issues and escalations.