Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer
Permanent
Location: Remote - UK
Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 (+ benefits)
Skills: Azure, Terraform, On Prem, SC Clearance
We are looking to recruit an SC Cleared Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer for a leading technology consultancy. This is a remote role with infrequent travel to London for team meetings.
You will work across complex cloud and on-premise environments that power critical systems and services. You'll play a key hands-on role supporting, optimising, and evolving infrastructure platforms across Azure and hybrid estates - driving reliability, performance, and automation.
Due to the nature of the project work valid SC Clearance is essential.
The Role
As a Senior Engineer, you'll:
* Lead on incident resolution and major escalations, working to strict SLAs.
* Provide hands-on technical support across Azure, private cloud, and on-prem environments.
* Drive service improvements by identifying root causes and implementing permanent fixes.
* Contribute to design, documentation, and standards to ensure stable, scalable operations.
* Collaborate with project and operations teams to ensure seamless service handovers.
* Champion best practice in automation, resilience, and cloud adoption.
Key Skills & Experience
* Microsoft Azure - IaaS, PaaS, and Identity (Entra ID / Azure AD).
* Strong on-premises infrastructure background (Windows Server 2012-2022, AD, DNS, DHCP, IIS, GPO, RDS).
* Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and automation with PowerShell.
* Experience with virtualisation (VMware/Hyper-V), SAN/Clustering, and backup technologies (Veeam, DPM, Commvault).
* Exposure to Microsoft System Center, Office 365, and firewalling (Fortigate, Sophos).
* Knowledge of compliance and security frameworks.
Ideal Certifications (Microsoft)
* Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
* Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
* Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert