Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Infrastructure Engineer (Azure / Microsoft Stack )
Location: UK (Hybrid)
Salary: £70,000 – £80,000
Type: Permanent
We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with a strong Microsoft technology background to support the delivery of major infrastructure and platform improvement initiatives.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on implementing operating system upgrades, database upgrades, Azure cloud migrations, Microsoft 365 configuration, and backup/disaster recovery improvements across enterprise environments.
The successful candidate will work closely with solution architects, internal IT teams and third-party suppliers to deliver secure, scalable infrastructure changes while ensuring compliance with security standards and architectural governance.
Experience working within a Managed Service Provider (MSP) environment is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver hands-on technical implementation across infrastructure and platform projects
- Support operating system and database upgrades
- Implement Azure cloud migrations and infrastructure improvements
- Configure and support Microsoft 365 services
- Implement and maintain identity and access management solutions
- Deliver improvements across backup, monitoring and disaster recovery platforms
- Perform technical discovery, configuration, testing and troubleshooting
- Coordinate implementation activities with internal IT teams and third-party suppliers
- Ensure all changes follow security standards, architectural guidelines and operational governance
- Produce as-built documentation and support handover to operational teams
Required Experience
- Strong experience with Microsoft Server environments
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
- Experience configuring and supporting Microsoft 365
- Knowledge of Active Directory / Azure AD (Entra ID)
- Experience with backup and disaster recovery technologies
- Experience supporting hybrid on-premise and cloud infrastructure
- Strong troubleshooting and implementation capability
- Previous experience working within a Managed Service Provider (MSP)
Key Skills
- Strong infrastructure engineering background
- Experience delivering infrastructure upgrades and cloud migrations
- Ability to collaborate with architects and technical stakeholders
- Strong documentation and operational handover capability