Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Salary: £45,000 - 45,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on Azure infrastructure engineering experience
• Experience managing Azure tenants, subscriptions, resource groups and resources within subscriptions
• Good understanding of Azure IaaS services such as virtual machines, networking, storage, DNS and load balancing
• Experience with Azure governance, access control, security and cost management principles
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID and hybrid identity
• Experience creating or managing Conditional Access policies
• Experience with Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell scripting
• Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online experience
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in an operational environment with service improvement, incident/problem management and ITIL-style processes
• Azure Virtual Desktop experience is desirable
• PKI / certificate services experience is desirable
• Experience with Exchange on-premise to Exchange Online or hybrid Exchange is desirable
• Experience with Azure landing zones is desirable
• Experience with Azure Policy and management groups is desirable
• Experience with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics is desirable
• Public sector, policing or secure environment experience is desirable
• Active Directory, Windows Server and broader Microsoft infrastructure experience is desirable

Responsibilities:

• Manage and support Azure tenants, subscriptions, resource groups and cloud resources
• Configure, maintain and improve Azure infrastructure services including virtual machines, storage accounts, networking, DNS, web apps, application gateways and load balancing
• Support Azure governance, access control, security, cost management and operational best practice
• Act as a senior technical specialist across Azure and Microsoft cloud services
• Design, implement and support secure, scalable Azure cloud solutions
• Configure and improve Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity and Conditional Access policies
• Develop and maintain Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell scripts to improve operational efficiency
• Support the modernisation of legacy infrastructure into cloud-first services
• Provide technical assurance, documentation and best-practice guidance
• Support Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online and related collaboration platforms
• Support PKI, certificate services and wider infrastructure security requirements
• Contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity and service availability improvements
• Work with internal teams, suppliers and stakeholders to deliver secure and resilient technology services
• Mentor and support other engineers, acting as an escalation point for complex technical issues

Technologies:

• Active Directory
• Azure
• Cloud
• IaaS
• Support
• ITIL
• Load Balancing
• Microsoft 365
• PowerShell
• Security
• Web
• Windows
• Office 365
• DevOps

More:

We are recruiting an Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer for a technology-driven public sector organisation on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is a hands-on Azure infrastructure role focused on supporting, managing and improving our Microsoft cloud environment. The position is home based with onsite work at our Oxford office 2 to 3 days per month. We offer a salary of £45,000 to £47,000, including on-call and excellent benefits. This is a hybrid role, and we are looking for someone with genuine Azure infrastructure experience who can help strengthen our cloud governance, automation, identity and operational support.

last updated 30 week of 2026