Azure cloud engineer

🌐 Job Ad: Azure Cloud Engineer (Legal Experience Required) – Outside IR35 – £500/day


Location: Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite at a range of UK offices (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds)

Contract: 6 months initial (likely extension)

Rate: £500/day (Outside IR35)


About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer with proven legal sector experience to join a major transformation programme for a leading law firm. This is a hands‑on engineering role focused on delivering secure, scalable Azure platforms during complex migrations from legacy infrastructure.


Key Responsibilities:


* Design and implement Azure cloud environments for Intune rollouts, Windows 11 upgrades, EUC transformations, and M365 migrations.
* Deliver secure Exchange Online migrations and integrate with legal‑sector applications.
* Build Infrastructure‑as‑Code templates (Terraform, ARM/Bicep) for automated deployments.
* Configure Azure AD, identity governance, and zero‑trust controls.
* Collaborate with architects, PMs, and legal IT stakeholders to ensure compliance with GDPR and sector governance.
* Troubleshoot and optimise hybrid/cloud performance.


Essential Skills:


* Strong Azure engineering background (VMs, networking, storage, security).
* Proven delivery of cloud migration and legacy system transitions.
* Expertise in Intune, M365, Exchange Online, EUC (Citrix/VDI).
* IaC (Terraform, ARM/Bicep) and automation scripting (PowerShell).
* Legal experience is required.
* Knowledge of compliance frameworks (GDPR, ISO27001, Cyber Essentials).


📩 If you’re keen to take on this high‑profile legal sector migration project, reach out now to discuss further.