IFS Cloud Delivery Engineer

Cloud Delivery Engineer (Developer) – Hybrid / Midlands

Location: Hybrid – minimum 2 days per week

Employment Type: Full-time

We’re on the lookout for a talented Cloud Delivery Engineer who’s excited about modern infrastructure, automation, and delivering high-quality cloud solutions. If you’re confident working across VMware and Azure, enjoy getting hands-on with Microsoft 365, and know how to bring IaC practices to life, you’ll feel right at home with us.

This is a great opportunity to join a forward-thinking team where your expertise will directly influence scalable, secure, and innovative cloud operations. You’ll play a key role in cloud migrations, new platform deployments, and ongoing optimisation across complex hybrid environments.

What You’ll Be Doing

Cloud Infrastructure Delivery & Management

• Designing, deploying, and managing cloud services across hybrid environments with scalability, resilience, and cost in mind.
• Implementing automated security controls, access policies, scripting, and CI/CD processes.
• Building and maintaining DR and business continuity solutions, including automated failover and backup validation.
• Setting up and managing automated security scanning tools and integrating them with the Power Platform where needed.
• Ensuring governance and compliance through policies, tagging standards, and automated reporting.
• Performing routine health checks using monitoring tools and dashboards to keep environments running smoothly.
• Supporting virtual machines and containerised workloads through automated patching, drift management, and performance tuning.
• Assisting cloud migration projects, shaping future-state architectures, and championing automation-first principles.
• Contributing to cloud strategy, adopting Azure/AWS services, and enhancing Power Platform capabilities.
• Continuously optimising infrastructure performance through scaling, tuning, and lifecycle management.
• Supporting IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments, and integrating these with Power Apps for workflows and self-service tooling.

Relationship & Stakeholder Management

• Building strong working relationships across delivery teams, QA, development, business analysis, and operational teams.
• Engaging business stakeholders to secure the right input throughout project lifecycles.
• Coordinating with third parties to support delivery of technical tasks.
• Communicating technical concepts clearly and confidently to non-technical audiences.

Financial & Governance Responsibilities

• Supporting FinOps processes, IT estimates, and budget reporting.
• Working with the Cloud Platform team to ensure governance gates are followed and funding aligned to the agreed budget.

Cloud Practice & Portfolio Support

• Sharing knowledge across the team and supporting skills development.
• Conducting peer reviews and supporting improvements to IT working practices.
• Mentoring junior engineers and helping onboard new starters.
• Supporting quality checks and contributing to the mobilisation of infrastructure initiatives.

What You’ll Bring

Essential Skills & Experience

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or above.
• Strong understanding of cloud management principles and IT architectures.
• Hands-on experience managing both private and public cloud environments.
• Solid grasp of DevOps practices and automation tooling.
• Experience delivering multiple cloud projects or portfolios.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical detail into business-friendly language.
• Confident, influential presentation and stakeholder skills.