IT Operations Engineer

Salary: £49,000 - 89,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for someone with strong experience across Microsoft cloud and infrastructure technologies, including Azure, Microsoft 365 / E5 environments, Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Experience with SharePoint and OneDrive, Multi-Factor Authentication, DLP and identity management is required.
• Experience across SaaS and IaaS environments, device and mobility management, Windows Server and Windows operating systems is required.
• Experience with VMware and enterprise storage, VPN, SASE and cloud security technologies, and SIEM/security monitoring platforms is required.
• Experience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python, JavaScript or equivalent scripting languages is required.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Chef or Puppet is required.
• Knowledge or experience across CI/CD pipelines, Git repositories and relational databases such as SQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle would be advantageous.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications would be beneficial, including Microsoft 365 Administrator, Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, Azure Administrator Associate, and Endpoint Administrator Associate.
• Equivalent commercial experience will also be considered.

Responsibilities:

• We are responsible for maintaining the performance, availability and security of core systems and services.
• We work across cloud and on-premise infrastructure, owning complex incidents and problems through to resolution while supporting technical change, projects and the introduction of new services.
• We support and manage Microsoft 365 and Azure environments.
• We act as a technical escalation point for Service Desk and Desktop Support teams.
• We investigate, diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure and systems issues.
• We manage and maintain core systems, applications, hardware and cloud platforms.
• We monitor infrastructure performance, availability and capacity.
• We identify recurring technical problems and implement preventative solutions.
• We deliver system changes in line with established change control processes.
• We support backup, disaster recovery and restoration procedures.
• We contribute to infrastructure and cloud projects, owning assigned technical deliverables.
• We produce detailed technical documentation, solution designs and support procedures.
• We automate operational processes, provisioning and reporting through scripting and orchestration.
• We support security, vulnerability management and technical risk assessments.
• We work with third-party technology providers to resolve escalated technical issues.

Technologies:

• Active Directory
• Ansible
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Git
• Hardware
• IaaS
• Support
• JavaScript
• Microsoft 365
• Oracle
• PostgreSQL
• PowerShell
• Puppet
• Python
• SQL
• Security
• SharePoint
• Terraform
• VPN
• VMware
• Windows
• Office 365
• Cisco
• DevOps

More:

We are a growing IT Operations function based in Leeds / Doncaster, with 3 days on site, offering a salary of 45,000. This is a senior technical operations role for an experienced Operations Engineer who will take ownership of core infrastructure, cloud platforms and business-critical services. We offer the opportunity to work across Microsoft cloud technologies, infrastructure and systems support, with a strong focus on optimisation, automation and continuous improvement of our technology environment.

last updated 36 week of 2026