Introduction:

Unlock the potential of Microsoft 365 Copilot as a visionary engineer, transforming challenges into cutting-edge solutions. Embrace continuous learning and collaborate with global teams to shape the future of technology-driven excellence. Join us at Avanade, where creativity, innovation, and career growth thrive.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop Power Platform, Microsoft Copilot Studio agents, Teams Toolkit Agents to meet client requirements.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams under challenging circumstances to deliver high-quality solutions.

• Demonstrate expertise in the Power Platform suite of products and Microsoft 365 Copilot.

• Translate business requirements into technical solutions using Microsoft 365 products.

• Share practices for Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio and extensibility knowledge with global Avanade team members.

• Manage task backlog for continuous improvement of client solutions and contribute to solution estimates

Introduction:

Revolutionize Technology: Embrace Your DevOps Expertise and Lead the Way in an Innovation-Driven Journey!

Come join us:

Welcome to the realm of DevOps Engineering! As an accomplished software expert with a broad skillset encompassing cloud infrastructure, OS knowledge, and software delivery, you'll be the driving force behind transformation and speed to value through cutting-edge technology. Thriving in high-pressure situations, you passionately pursue top-quality results while quickly adapting to new technologies and domains. Join us on this innovation-driven journey, and together, let's redefine the future of DevOps Engineering. Elevate your career and make a lasting impact in the world of technology.

Together we do what matters.

What you’ll do:

• Demonstrate knowledge of core DevOps tenets and principles
• Work with development, quality assurance, and infrastructure team members to build an effective continuous integration / continuous delivery pipeline
• Develop and deliver SRE-minded solutions that improve service stability and reliability
• Share best practices for build and deployment across several technologies (Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, etc.)
• Drive the team’s triaging capability by taking on challenging problems not understood by front-line support teams and building robust, resilient solutions
• Relentless automation and productization of every aspect of the development, build & deployment process, including Agentic Workflows
• Manage a backlog of tasks focused on continuous improvement
• Support development of agentic engineering solutions to improve efficiency in the SDLC.

Skills and experiences:

• Masterful development or scripting abilities in languages like PowerShell, Bash, or JavaScript, Python, C#
• Seamless expertise in Git and adeptness in enterprise development environments, navigating complex enterprise-level software delivery and release management practices
• Championed the configuration and administration of CI/CD for Azure DevOps or GitHub Enterprise
• Trailblazing experience with micro-services or cloud-based architectures for web or mobile applications
• Secure delivery pipelines, applications, and services through IT security best practices, harnessing resources like Azure Key Vault, Azure Active Directory, GitHub Advanced Security, etc.
• Any experience of agentic engineering welcome.

As an M365 Consultant/Senior Consultant, you will help transform clients’ cybersecurity posture by designing and implementing advanced Microsoft Threat Protection technologies. You will work directly with clients in a consulting capacity, supporting medium to large enterprise environments and contributing to robust Cyber Defence strategies across endpoints, identities, cloud, and collaboration platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement AV/EDR solutions (e.g., Microsoft Defender for Endpoint) to detect and respond to cyber threats across major operating systems.

• Protect email, messaging, and collaboration platforms from phishing, spear phishing, BEC, and identity-related attacks.

• Develop and maintain cyber defence use cases, correlation rules, and attack chain detections across disparate systems.

• Design, implement, and integrate SIEM solutions—particularly Microsoft Sentinel—into Security Operations.

• Perform threat hunting across endpoints, identities, networking, cloud, and collaboration platforms in the Microsoft ecosystem.

• Handle L2-level incidents leveraging Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender tools.

• Support incident response, triage, threat modelling, and vulnerability remediation within Azure-hosted environments.

• Create, run, and troubleshoot Azure Logic Apps, playbooks, and Sentinel automation components.

• Collaborate with business and security stakeholders to define and enhance security standards and improve security posture.

Microsoft Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst – T2 & T3

(Security Clearance Required)

Preferred Location - Newcastle

Job Description

The SOC Analyst Team operates as a next‑generation, intelligence‑led Security Operations function, designed to deliver high‑quality, scalable 24×7 security monitoring and response.

All SOC analysts participate in a 24×7 shift model, ensuring uninterrupted service coverage, while also contributing to detection improvement, automation feedback, and service optimisation when operational demand allows.

Tier 2 – SOC Analyst

Technology Primary – Microsoft Sentinel & Service Now.

Role Purpose

Tier 2 SOC Analysts represent the primary human analysis function, responsible for investigating escalated alerts and incidents that require human judgement, contextual understanding, and analytical depth.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform deep investigation of escalated alerts and incidents from automated Tier 1 workflows

• Validate threats, scope impact, and determine severity using contextual analysis

• Investigate across multiple data sources, including:

  • SIEM

  • EDR / XDR

  • Identity and authentication telemetry

  • Cloud and SaaS platforms

• Coordinate and execute response actions in line with:

  • Defined playbooks

  • Client‑specific requirements

  • Incident response procedures

• Maintain clear, high‑quality investigation documentation and handover notes

Operational Expectations

• Operate as part of a 24×7 shift rota

• Maintain accountability for investigation accuracy and quality

• Escalate complex or ambiguous cases to Tier 3 appropriately

• Provide structured feedback into:

  • Detection tuning

  • Alert quality improvements

  • Automation optimisation

Continuous Improvement Contributions

When operational demand allows, Tier 2 analysts are expected to contribute insight time to platform improvement activities, supporting the Platform Automation Lead through:

• Identification of repeatable investigation patterns

• Feedback on automation opportunities

• Playbook refinement and improvement

• Detection logic tuning recommendations