Overview
As a Senior Infrastructure Consultant within the Cloud Operations team, you will provide technical expertise for enterprise IT solutions, ensuring they operate effectively and remain aligned with business needs, corporate strategies, and architectural standards. Your focus will be on maintaining and improving existing cloud and infrastructure services as part of BAU operations, while managing evergreen changes to keep systems secure, compliant, and up to date. You'll work across a broad range of technologies and act as a subject matter expert in one or more of the following areas: Microsoft Cloud Services.
Responsibilities
* Maintain and improve existing cloud and infrastructure services as part of BAU operations, while managing evergreen changes to keep systems secure, compliant, and up to date.
* Provide expert consultancy to senior management, guiding IT strategy and promoting awareness of IT policies, technologies, systems, and processes.
* Act as a subject matter expert in one or more areas: Microsoft Cloud Services (Microsoft 365 administration, governance, and optimisation; Azure services across security, authentication, Conditional Access, Application and Enterprise Application registrations, DevOps practices, CI/CD tooling, and PaaS/IaaS; Power Platform environment management; Endpoint & Device Management (Windows 11 enterprise-scale deployment & management; Intune / Microsoft Endpoint Manager); Automation & Infrastructure as Code (PowerShell scripting; Infrastructure as Code using ARM templates or Bicep; Automated deployments and maintaining declarative Azure configurations); Core Infrastructure (Windows Server; Virtualisation platforms (Hyper-V, VMware); Networking).
* Mentor and develop less experienced colleagues, offering direction, peer reviews, coaching, and support.
Qualifications
* Strong technical background with expertise in enterprise-scale Microsoft Cloud and Windows End User Compute technologies within a corporate setting.
* Experience as a Cloud technology subject matter expert, able to act as a trusted advisor to senior management.
* Ability to work in a collaborative, high-performing environment and deliver excellence and drive innovation in public service IT.
* Eligibility for security vetting: Criminal Records Check and Non-Police Personnel Vetting, with UK residence for a minimum of 3 years to obtain clearance.
* Disability Confident Employer status, committed to inclusive recruitment and selection processes.
Benefits
* Hampshire County Council benefits package including holiday entitlement, pension scheme, family-friendly policies, and interest-free travel loans and discounts.
* Flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace with opportunities to grow and develop.
* A pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment.
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