Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Rate: £450 - £500 Inside IR35 Duration: 3 months Location: Remote (occasional onsite meetings may be required - Gloucestershire)
OverviewWe're seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join a leading enterprise environment apart of the Infrastructure team responsible for ensuring that all environments are secure and reliable, supporting business-critical systems and services in line with defined policies, standards and SLAs.
This role will provide specialist Microsoft expertise, particularly across Azure and M365, to support a project team conducting detailed analysis and cost assessment for implementing and operating Microsoft Copilot (or similar AI-driven capabilities).
Key Responsibilities-
Ensure enterprise infrastructure is available, secure and operating within agreed SLAs.
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Maintain and improve Azure-based workloads and services, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and standards.
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Provide technical leadership in the configuration, optimisation and governance of Microsoft 365 services.
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Support the assessment and deployment planning of Microsoft Copilot and related technologies.
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Manage and maintain identity and access solutions, including SSO identity providers (SAML2/OAuth2), especially within Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD).
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Collaborate with project teams to design and document technical solutions, contributing to infrastructure roadmaps and cost models.
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or equivalent certification preferred.
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Minimum 3+ years' hands-on Azure experience, building, managing and maintaining large-scale enterprise workloads.
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Strong knowledge of M365 architecture, configuration and controls.
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Proven experience maintaining SSO and identity management solutions (SAML2/OAuth2).
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Deep understanding of Entra ID / Azure AD and associated identity security principles.
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Excellent documentation, analysis and stakeholder engagement skills.
Reasonable Adjustments:
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- Company
- Sanderson
- Location
- Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Employment Type
- Contractor
- Salary
- £400 - £450 per day
- Posted
- Company
- Sanderson
- Location
- Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Employment Type
- Contractor
- Salary
- £400 - £450 per day
- Posted