Azure Integration Engineer

Established over 40 years ago, Codec is a multi-award-winning Microsoft Solutions Partner, trusted by public and private sector organisations to deliver impactful digital transformation. With offices in Dublin, Belfast, Cologne, and across Germany, our team of over 300 experts specialises in harnessing the full potential of Microsoft technologies-including Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure, and Copilot-to drive innovation, automation, and operational excellence. Codec combines deep industry expertise with a proven track record to help organisations unlock the power of AI and modern cloud solutions.

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 customer outcomes.

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.

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.

Develop and maintain solutions built using:

- Azure Data Factory

- Azure SQL

- Azure Logic Apps

- Azure Storage

- Azure App Services

- Azure WebJobs

- Azure Key Vault

Support the delivery of secure, scalable and resilient cloud solutions.

Promote engineering best practices and technical standards.

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.

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.

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.

Primary Technical Skills (Essential)

The successful candidate will possess strong hands-on experience designing, developing and delivering Azure integration and data solutions within enterprise environments.

Azure Integration & Data Services

Azure Data Factory (ADF)

Azure SQL

Azure Logic Apps

Azure App Services

Azure Storage

Azure Key Vault

API & Data Integration Solutions

Data Transformation & Orchestration

Cloud Engineering & DevOps

Azure DevOps

Source Control (Git)

CI/CD Concepts

Release Automation

Deployment Management

Infrastructure & Application Monitoring

Monitoring & Diagnostics

Azure Application Insights

Azure Monitor

Performance Monitoring

Root Cause Analysis

Operational Troubleshooting

Architecture & Integration Design

Integration Design Principles

Data Architecture Fundamentals

Technical Design Documentation

Performance & Scalability Optimisation

Secure Cloud Solution Design

Microsoft Business Applications (Highly Desirable)

Exposure to Microsoft Business Applications technologies would be highly advantageous.

Business Applications

Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE

Microsoft Dataverse

Microsoft Power Platform

Power Automate

Model-Driven Apps

Solution Understanding

D365 Solution Configuration

Plugin Troubleshooting

Dataverse Data Structures

Business Process Automation

Application Integration Patterns

The ability to understand and troubleshoot business processes spanning both Azure and

Dynamics 365 environments would be highly advantageous.

Experience

Essential

Proven experience designing and developing Azure integration and data solutions.

Strong hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL and Logic Apps.

Experience delivering enhancements and new functionality within enterprise environments.

Experience designing, implementing and supporting system integrations.

Experience using Azure DevOps and modern application lifecycle management practices.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Highly Desirable

Exposure to Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE and Power Platform solutions.

Experience integrating Azure services with business applications.

Experience working within complex, integrated Microsoft technology estates.

Experience in Managed Services or regulated environments.