Proactive Appointments
Senior IT Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £49,000 - 89,000 per year
Requirements:- Strong hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure and cloud services.
- Proven experience supporting complex enterprise infrastructure environments.
- Solid understanding of Azure networking, virtual machines, storage, identity management, and security best practices.
- Experience with cloud migration projects and hybrid cloud environments.
- Strong troubleshooting skills with experience providing 2nd/3rd line infrastructure support.
- Knowledge of disaster recovery, business continuity, and cyber security principles.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.
- Design, deploy, maintain, and support Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments.
- Contribute to cloud migration projects and the design of new infrastructure platforms.
- Provide 2nd and 3rd line infrastructure support, working with internal teams and third-party suppliers to resolve complex technical issues.
- Monitor, optimise, and manage cloud performance, availability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Deliver technical implementation for infrastructure changes and participate in Change Advisory Board activities.
- Support disaster recovery planning, business continuity testing, and cyber security initiatives to meet regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Maintain accurate infrastructure documentation, technical standards, and operational procedures.
- Identify opportunities for automation, optimisation, and continuous improvement across the IT infrastructure estate.
- Azure
- Cloud
- IaaS
- Support
- PaaS
- Security
- DevOps
- HTTP
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We are a forward-thinking organisation offering a contract Senior IT Engineer role in London, UK, working on a hybrid basis and inside IR35. You will join a collaborative IT team where we focus on shaping and supporting our technology strategy to deliver secure, resilient, and cost-effective IT services that meet business objectives and regulatory requirements. This is an excellent opportunity to make an immediate impact across cloud, infrastructure, operations, applications, change, and delivery functions, while helping improve the stability and performance of our critical infrastructure.
last updated 34 week of 2026
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£75,000
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This salary is 8% below the UK median for Senior roles (£75,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks