Senior Digital Applications & Azure Tenant Specialist
Senior Digital Applications & Azure Tenant Specialist will report to the Executive Manager, ICT and will play a central role in overseeing the governance, optimisation and strategic use of the organisation’s Microsoft Azure tenant environment. The successful candidate will support business‑critical digital applications, including the SFPA’s Power Platform‑based inspections application and other existing and future SaaS solutions. This role also supports digital transformation initiatives, application lifecycle management, cyber security objectives and business systems integration across the Authority.
Key Duties
Azure & Cloud Governance: Oversee and optimise a Microsoft Azure tenant, ensuring secure, scalable support for business-critical and SaaS applications.
Power Platform Management: Support and enhance solutions built on Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse, including a core inspections application.
Vendor & Delivery Management: Act as the primary interface with external vendors, managing SLAs, roadmaps, releases, and issue resolution for Azure-based and Power Platform solutions.
System Integration Oversight: Manage API integrations, data flows, and system dependencies across internal and external platforms, ensuring stability and impact awareness.
Security & Compliance: Ensure Azure and connected systems follow cybersecurity best practices, including IAM, secure APIs, and data protection compliance.
Testing & Release Management: Lead UAT processes and structured release cycles, coordinating upgrades with minimal operational disruption.
Architecture & Lifecycle Management: Maintain visibility of application architecture, integrations, and lifecycle, promoting best practices in cloud and digital governance.
Digital Transformation & SaaS Enablement: Identify opportunities to expand or optimise SaaS and cloud solutions, contributing to business cases and procurement.
Stakeholder & Requirements Management: Translate business needs into technical specifications for vendors, ensuring effective delivery of enhancements and new digital initiatives.
Risk & Resilience Management: Identify and escalate risks related to data security, third-party access, and system interdependencies.
Qualifications
Possess a qualification (minimum NFQ Level 7) in a relevant discipline with an ICT component together with a minimum of three years directly relevant ICT experience
Considerable experience managing or overseeing a Microsoft Azure tenant environment
Proven experience working with Microsoft Power Platform technologies including Power Apps, Dataverse and Power Automate
Experience managing third‑party vendors and overseeing externally delivered ICT services
Experience in the configuration, deployment and management of cloud‑based application solutions
Experience working with APIs, systems integration and data exchange mechanisms
Knowledge of cyber security principles relevant to cloud environments, including identity management, access control and secure configuration
Experience engaging with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions
Experience acting as Technical Lead on projects involving multiple stakeholders and complex interdependencies from project initiation through implementation and support
Experience coordinating or participating in User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Fluent spoken and written English with excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Be prepared to carry out some business travel to offsite meetings and to SFPA port offices nationally
Full driving licence and access to personal vehicle
Contact
Please contact us at sfpa@consciatalent.com for any queries about the role.
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