Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

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., 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.

Skills: Azure, Terraform, On Prem, SC Clearance, * 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)