Azure Cloud Engineer
Azure Cloud Engineer 12 Month Fixed Term
Contract Location: Home Based/Oxford or Southampton (onsite 2 - 3 days a month)
Salary: up to £52,000 (+ on call, excellent benefits and a very generous pension)
Security Clearance required: Please only apply if you have been a resident of the UK for over 5 years
We are looking to recruit an Azure Cloud Engineer for a technology driven public sector organisation.
This is a senior technical role focused on managing, securing and modernising a Microsoft Azure environment across multiple subscriptions. The organisation is looking for someone with strong hands-on Azure engineering experience who can create and govern new cloud services, act as a technical escalation point, support cloud-first delivery and work closely with application teams to onboard services into Azure.
This is not a traditional on-prem infrastructure role with a small amount of cloud. The successful candidate will bring genuine Azure cloud engineering experience, with a strong understanding of governance, networking, identity, automation and secure cloud administration.
Key responsibilities:
Act as a senior technical specialist across Azure and Microsoft cloud services
Manage an Azure estate across multiple subscriptions, including the creation of new subscriptions and implementation of governance standards
Design, implement and support secure, scalable Azure cloud solutions
Design and administer Azure Resource Groups, RBAC, Azure Policies and management groups
Manage Azure networking including VNets, NSGs, DNS, app gateways, load balancing and VPN connectivity
Administer Azure Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts and Key Vault
Configure and improve Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity and Conditional Access policies
Automate Azure administration using PowerShell, Azure CLI and Azure Automation Runbooks
Work closely with application teams to onboard new services into Azure and provide technical guidance
Support the modernisation of Legacy infrastructure into cloud-first services
Provide technical assurance, documentation and best practice guidance
Contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity and service availability improvements
Work with internal teams, suppliers and stakeholders to deliver secure and resilient technology services
Mentor and support other engineers, acting as an escalation point for complex technical issues
Skills: Azure, multi-subscription Azure estates, Azure Resource Groups, RBAC, Azure Policy, Management Groups, VNets, NSGs, VPN connectivity, Azure Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access
Essential experience:
Strong hands-on Azure cloud engineering experience in an enterprise or public sector environment
Experience managing an Azure estate across multiple subscriptions
Experience designing and administering Azure Resource Groups, RBAC, Azure Policies and management groups
Experience creating new Azure subscriptions and implementing governance standards
Strong understanding of Azure networking including VNets, NSGs, VPN connectivity and DNS
Experience administering Azure Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts and Key Vault
Experience automating Azure administration using PowerShell, Azure CLI and Azure Automation Runbooks
Good knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, hybrid identity and Conditional Access
Ability to produce clear technical documentation and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Experience working in an operational environment with service improvement, incident/problem management and ITIL-style processes
Desirable experience:
Microsoft 365/Exchange Online experience
Exchange on-prem to Exchange Online/hybrid Exchange
PKI/certificate services
Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure cost management
Public sector, policing or secure environment experience
Active Directory, Windows Server and broader Microsoft infrastructure experience
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