Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer12 Month Fixed Term ContractLocation: Home Based / Oxford (onsite 2 - 3 days a MONTH)Salary: £45,000 - £47,000 (+ on call, excellent benefits)Skills: Azure IaaS, Azure subscriptions, Azure tenant management, Azure networking, storage, virtual machines, resource groups, governance, PowerShell, Azure Automation, Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, Microsoft 365We are looking to recruit an Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer for a technology-driven public sector organisation.This is a hands-on Azure infrastructure role focused on supporting, managing and improving a Microsoft cloud environment. The organisation is looking for someone with practical experience managing Azure tenants, subscriptions and cloud resources, not just Microsoft 365, Intune or Entra administration.The successful candidate will act as a senior technical escalation point, helping to strengthen Azure governance, support cloud-first delivery, improve automation and close key skills gaps across Azure infrastructure, identity and operational support.This is not a traditional on-premise infrastructure role with occasional exposure to cloud, and it is not purely an Intune / Microsoft 365 administration role. The successful candidate will bring genuine hands-on Azure experience, ideally alongside a good understanding of hybrid Microsoft environments.This is a hybrid role and you will be required to work onsite at the client's Oxford office 2-3 days per month.Key responsibilitiesManage and support Azure tenants, subscriptions, resource groups and cloud resourcesConfigure, maintain and improve Azure infrastructure services including virtual machines, storage accounts, networking, DNS, web apps, application gateways and load balancingSupport Azure governance, access control, security, cost management and operational best practiceAct as a senior technical specialist across Azure and Microsoft cloud servicesDesign, implement and support secure, scalable Azure cloud solutionsConfigure and improve Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity and Conditional Access policiesDevelop and maintain Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell scripts to improve operational efficiencySupport the modernisation of legacy infrastructure into cloud-first servicesProvide technical assurance, documentation and best-practice guidanceSupport Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online and related collaboration platformsSupport PKI, certificate services and wider infrastructure security requirementsContribute to disaster recovery, business continuity and service availability improvementsWork with internal teams, suppliers and stakeholders to deliver secure and resilient technology servicesMentor and support other engineers, acting as an escalation point for complex technical issuesEssential experienceStrong hands-on Azure infrastructure engineering experienceExperience managing Azure tenants, subscriptions, resource groups and resources within subscriptionsGood understanding of Azure IaaS services such as virtual machines, networking, storage, DNS and load balancingExperience with Azure governance, access control, security and cost management principlesGood knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD and hybrid identityExperience creating or managing Conditional Access policiesExperience with Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell scriptingMicrosoft 365 / Exchange Online experienceAbility to produce clear technical documentation and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholdersExperience working in an operational environment with service improvement, incident/problem management and ITIL-style processesDesirable experienceAzure Virtual DesktopPKI / certificate servicesExchange on-premise to Exchange Online / hybrid ExchangeAzure landing zonesAzure Policy / management groupsAzure Monitor / Log AnalyticsPublic sector, policing or secure environment experienceActive Directory, Windows Server and broader Microsoft infrastructure experienceTPBN1_UKTJ