.NET/ Azure Specialist

The .NET/ Azure Specialist will take ownership of completing the development and operational refinement of a well-established SaaS platform, ensuring stability, performance, and scalability within a cloud-native environment. This role exists to bridge the gap between architecture design and delivery, requiring a senior consultant to apply deep technical expertise and practical developer skills to finalise remaining components rather than starting from scratch. Working closely within a focused development team, the successful candidate will have significant impact on both the technical direction and day-to-day execution, advancing a platform critical to ongoing business continuity and growth.

The core objective of this position is to quickly assimilate the existing platform architecture and define the remaining development tasks, predominantly across backend services built on Microsoft Azure. The .NET/ Azure Specialist will take responsibility for hands-on backend development using C# and .NET, enabling continuous enhancements to APIs, integrations, and cloud infrastructure. This includes driving improvements to ensure the platform operates securely and reliably in a production environment, with a particular focus on monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning. Proactive identification of cost optimisation opportunities in Azure resource consumption will also form a key element of the role, aligning technical improvements with operational efficiency.

Day-to-day activities centre on close collaboration with a small team of developers, balancing independent delivery with shared decision-making on technical approaches. The role demands a combination of solution design and practical implementation, with the individual expected to contribute to long-term platform maintainability and scalability. Responsibilities include extending cloud-based services, refining API capabilities, and supporting ongoing operational management to ensure a seamless experience for end users. The work environment is hybrid, offering flexibility in location to accommodate both remote and on-site collaboration as appropriate for team and project needs.

A strong background in software development with modern Microsoft technologies is essential, including extensive experience in C# and .NET and a broad skill set covering Microsoft Azure cloud solutions. The ideal candidate combines development expertise with operational insight, having actively participated in production environment management, incident resolution, and continuous deployment practices. Hands-on familiarity with cloud resource cost control—through logging, database management, and architectural assessment—is highly regarded, as is experience within smaller teams or companies where broad responsibility across development and operations is commonplace.

Experience with extending APIs and integrations, along with knowledge of contemporary development workflows and CI/CD pipelines, underpins success in this role. While not mandatory, additional familiarity with SaaS platforms, multi-tenant architectures, and the migration challenges from single-tenant environments will add value. Awareness of infrastructure-as-code practices, Azure DevOps automation, and container technologies such as Kubernetes or Docker is advantageous, particularly as these may feature in future stages of platform evolution. Equally, an understanding of backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes complements the operational side of the role.

Professional attributes sought include a pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset, combined with humility and a readiness to engage directly with complex legacy systems. The successful .NET/ Azure Specialist will swiftly translate architectural decisions into effective software delivery and operational improvements, demonstrating both a detailed technical perspective and an appreciation for sustainable, maintainable codebases. Autonomy in driving technical initiatives is important, balanced by close teamwork within a compact, agile development group.

This contract-based role offers the chance to influence the trajectory of a significant cloud-hosted application, contributing specialist expertise that supports ongoing business resilience and service quality. The working arrangement is hybrid, reflecting the client’s flexibility in enabling collaboration and individual focus.