Azure Cloud Engineer
12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Home Based / Southampton (onsite 2 - 3 days a MONTH)
Salary: £45,000 - £47,000 (+ on call, excellent benefits)
Skills: Azure, Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, Azure Automation Runbooks, PowerShell, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online,
We are looking to recruit an Azure Cloud Engineer for a technology driven public sector organisation.
This is a senior technical role focused on strengthening and modernising a Microsoft cloud environment. The organisation is looking for someone with strong hands-on Azure experience who can act as a technical escalation point, support cloud-first delivery, improve operational automation and help close key skills gaps across Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access and Azure automation.
This is not a traditional on-prem infrastructure role with a small amount of cloud. The successful candidate will bring genuine Azure cloud engineering experience, ideally alongside a good understanding of hybrid Microsoft environments.
This is a hybrid role and you will be required to work onsite at my client's office in Southampton 2 / 3 days in a month.
Key responsibilities:
Act as a senior technical specialist across Azure and Microsoft cloud services
Design, implement and support secure, scalable Azure cloud solutions
Configure and improve Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity and Conditional Access policies
Develop and maintain Azure Automation Runbooks to improve operational efficiency
Support the modernisation of legacy infrastructure into cloud-first services
Provide technical assurance, documentation and best practice guidance
Support Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online and related collaboration platforms
Work across Azure services such as virtual machines, networking, DNS, storage, web apps, app gateways and load balancing
Support PKI, certificate services and wider infrastructure security requirements
Contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity and service availability improvements
Work with internal teams, suppliers and stakeholders to deliver secure and resilient technology services
Mentor and support other engineers, acting as an escalation point for complex technical issues
Essential experience:
Strong hands-on Azure cloud engineering experience
Good knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD and hybrid identity
Experience creating or managing Conditional Access policies
Experience with Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell scripting
Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online experience
Understanding of Azure networking, identity, security and governance principles
Ability to produce clear technical documentation and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Experience working in an operational environment with service improvement, incident/problem management and ITIL-style processes
Desirable experience:
PKI / certificate services
Azure Virtual Desktop
Exchange on-prem to Exchange Online / hybrid Exchange
Azure cost management
Public sector, policing or secure environment experience
Active Directory, Windows Server and broader Microsoft infrastructure experience
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