Senior Azure Platform & Environment Engineer

Candidate Description

Marked by a platform-as-a-product mindset, this Senior Azure Platform & Environment Engineer brings more than seven years of hands-on experience governing Microsoft Dynamics 365 (F&O/CE), Dataverse and complex Azure estates for global clients. Having navigated automotive retail, consulting and environments similar to a Microsoft Partner, they excel at bridging build and run functions, enforcing robust governance and driving operational excellence through Infrastructure-as-Code and automated release practices.

Their technical acumen is demonstrated through end-to-end multi-stage CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, IaC frameworks with Terraform, Bicep and ARM, and API-driven integrations between Dynamics 365 and Azure services. Notable accomplishments include increasing deployment success rates by 40 %, halving provisioning lead times via reusable IaC modules, and embedding proactive monitoring with Azure Monitor and Application Insights that underpinned 99.9 % platform uptime.

Combining ITIL-aligned service management with agile delivery, this professional mentors high-performing squads, leads stakeholder engagement and orchestrates seamless go-live events. Adept at incident response, RCA and continuous improvement, they offer a rare blend of strategic governance and hands-on engineering expertise delivering resilient, scalable and cost-efficient cloud platforms that accelerate customer value and organisational growth.