Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Home Based / Southampton - onsite 2-3 days per 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 365
We 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 Southampton office 2-3 days per month. Key responsibilities Manage and support Azure tenants, subscriptions, resource groups and cloud resources
Configure, maintain and improve Azure infrastructure services including virtual machines, storage accounts, networking, DNS, web apps, application gateways and load balancing
Support Azure governance, access control, security, cost management and operational best practice
Act as a senior technical specialist across Azure and Microsoft cloud services
Design, implement and support secure, scalable Azure cloud solutions
Configure and improve Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity and Conditional Access policies
Develop and maintain Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell scripts to improve operational efficiency
Support the modernisation of legacy infrastructure into cloud-first services
Provide technical assurance, documentation and best-practice guidance
Support Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online and related collaboration platforms
Support PKI, certificate services and wider infrastructure security requirements
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 Essential experience Strong hands-on Azure infrastructure engineering experience
Experience managing Azure tenants, subscriptions, resource groups and resources within subscriptions
Good understanding of Azure IaaS services such as virtual machines, networking, storage, DNS and load balancing
Experience with Azure governance, access control, security and cost management principles
Good knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD and hybrid identity
Experience creating or managing Conditional Access policies
Experience with Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell scripting
Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online experience
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 Azure Virtual Desktop
PKI / certificate services
Exchange on-premise to Exchange Online / hybrid Exchange
Azure landing zones
Azure Policy / management groups
Azure Monitor / Log Analytics
Public sector, policing or secure environment experience
Active Directory, Windows Server and broader Microsoft infrastructure experience TPBN1_UKTJ