Salary: £33,482 - 38,249 per year Requirements: Knowledge, understanding, and experience of infrastructure configurations, physical and virtual servers, SANs, WAN topologies, HA/clustering, and dynamic allocation policies Familiarity with the number of processors, memory, and storage allocations, as well as external interfaces and RF subsystem components Experience with the installation, testing, and commissioning of supplier-specific equipment and software Understanding of standards associated with digital risk and security practices published by authorities such as IEEE, IEC, BSI, ISO, IISP, and ISACA Expertise in hosting and cloud technologies, particularly Azure Cloud and Azure Kubernetes Service, including design, planning, security, compliance, and integration Experience in networking and communications concepts like topological design, load balancing, and virtual distributed firewalls Responsibilities: Install, operate, manage, and support the company-wide digital infrastructure, both physical and virtual, throughout product and system life cycles Provision, build, deploy, and maintain SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS environments within Azure Cloud and manage virtual servers Consider and implement options to expand automation of current processes Monitor systems performance and conduct capacity planning for proactive infrastructure fine-tuning Administer storage and backup systems to meet agreed service levels and maintain a robust backup policy Prepare and maintain operational and disaster recovery procedure documentation Provide technical support for disaster recovery activities, including regular testing of systems Research and implement critical software updates for system standards and cybersecurity vulnerability remediations Participate in the service Duty Officer Rota and manage customer support or service requests following agreed SLOs Technologies: Azure Cloud IaaS Support Kubernetes Load Balancing PaaS Security DevOps Firewall Swift More: We are Hays Technology, partnering with a large education establishment in Stoke-on-Trent to recruit an Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer on a permanent basis. This role offers a salary of up to £38,249, with 35 annual leave days plus bank holidays, a competitive pension scheme, and other employee benefits. Our team is dedicated to supporting the delivery and technical development of server, storage, and Azure Cloud services across the organization, and we value skilled professionals who make a positive contribution. last updated 16 week of 2026