Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

Permanent

Location: Remote - UK

Salary: 80,000 - 90,000 (+ benefits)

Skills: Azure, Terraform, On Prem, SC Clearance

We are looking to recruit an SC Cleared Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer for a leading technology consultancy. This is a remote role with infrequent travel to London for team meetings.

You will work across complex cloud and on-premise environments that power critical systems and services. You'll play a key hands-on role supporting, optimising, and evolving infrastructure platforms across Azure and hybrid estates - driving reliability, performance, and automation.

Due to the nature of the project work valid SC Clearance is essential.

The Role

As a Senior Engineer, you'll:

• Lead on incident resolution and major escalations, working to strict SLAs.
• Provide hands-on technical support across Azure, private cloud, and on-prem environments.
• Drive service improvements by identifying root causes and implementing permanent fixes.
• Contribute to design, documentation, and standards to ensure stable, scalable operations.
• Collaborate with project and operations teams to ensure seamless service handovers.
• Champion best practice in automation, resilience, and cloud adoption.

Key Skills & Experience

• Microsoft Azure - IaaS, PaaS, and Identity (Entra ID / Azure AD).
• Strong on-premises infrastructure background (Windows Server 2012-2022, AD, DNS, DHCP, IIS, GPO, RDS).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and automation with PowerShell .
• Experience with virtualisation (VMware/Hyper-V) , SAN/Clustering , and backup technologies (Veeam, DPM, Commvault).
• Exposure to Microsoft System Center , Office 365 , and firewalling (Fortigate, Sophos).
• Knowledge of compliance and security frameworks.

Ideal Certifications (Microsoft)

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert