IT Cloud & Data Centre Specialist

What will you be doing?

As our IT Cloud & Data Centre Specialist, you'll be responsible for the implementation and maintenance of our cloud infrastructure, as well as managing our technical architecture. This includes overseeing our Azure tenant and network, ensuring that patches, firmware upgrades, and releases are consistently applied in line with the Society's governance standards.

You'll also play a key role in delivering strategic IT projects that support our long-term goals.

You'll help maintain a seamless level of support by ensuring our applications, systems, services, and infrastructure are available 24/7/365, while all interactions with third parties are conducted within the agreed SLAs.

Some operational processes you will help oversee include:

• Management of Azure
• Use of Terraform to deploy to Azure
• Backup management
• Service alerting and monitoring
• Performance management of live services
• New service commissions and decommissions
• Disaster/recovery tests
• Third-party management and escalation
• Patch management
• Firmware upgrades

How will I know if I am right for this role?

To succeed, you'll be a strong problem solver, communicator, team player, and collaborator. You'll recognize the importance of building effective working relationships across the Society to help deliver our Purpose.

As a cloud computing expert, you'll bring proven experience in disaster recovery (DR), supplier management, and data backup, helping to strengthen both our people and infrastructure capabilities.

We're looking for talented, positive people from all walks of life. We're ready to help you develop your existing skills with the right coaching and guidance, offering a fantastic springboard into a great team and a rewarding career here at Central Co-op.

What is in it for me?

In addition to our competitive salaries, our colleagues also benefit from:

• Retail discounts-access to hundreds of exclusive retail discounts, savings on days out, and holiday discounts.
• Holiday buy-buy up to an additional week of annual leave each year.
• Colleague recognition-celebrating achievements both personally and professionally.
• Enhanced family-friendly policies-support during significant life events.
• Colleague Dividend-sharing profits with eligible colleagues.
• Paid time for volunteering-three days per year, fully paid.
• Give as you earn-support charities meaningful to you.
• Healthcare Cashplan-contribute towards healthcare expenses.
• Company Pension-access to a pension scheme and wellbeing information.
• Life Assurance-free cover after qualifying period.
• Personalized learning and development-wide range of training programs.
• Wellbeing campaign-resources accessible and relevant to your role.
• iTrent Financial Wellbeing (Wagestream)-manage finances and access earned pay flexibly.
• Workflex-flexible working options, including 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, and hybrid work.

For more details, visit Rewards and benefits - Central Co-op .

Everyone is welcome. We make reasonable adjustments for candidates needing support. Please specify any needs in the application form.

Who are we?

We're Central Co-op, a Member-owned and Member-led co-operative Society.

As our colleague, you're also a Member, owning a share of the business.

You'll make a positive community impact, joining us in our mission for sustainability and working with passionate people who'll support your growth. More at .