Azure Cloud Engineer

CGI's Space, Defence & Intelligence business unit delivers secure, mission-critical solutions that support national defence. We are seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to support a highly secure programme for UK Defence.

You will work on an established secure project- a global electronic medical and dental records system used by the UK Armed Forces worldwide, including deployed and maritime environments. This is a hands-on role supporting a live, business-critical service.

This position will require some on site work requirements in Leatherhead, as well as holding or going through UK Security Clearance.

Candidate profile

• Engineer, operate and maintain Azure Local / hybrid cloud platforms

• Manage compute, storage, networking, patching and hardware lifecycle

• Monitor platform health, performance and capacity

• Act as an escalation point for incidents and lead root cause analysis

• Deploy and configure Azure Local and Azure hybrid integrations (Azure Arc, Backup)

• Ensure compliance with security, governance and operational standards

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure Local / Azure Stack HCI

• Solid understanding of on-prem infrastructure (servers, storage, networking)

• Experience supporting production systems and resolving complex incidents

• Comfortable working in structured, ITIL-aligned environments

• Defence or regulated sector experience (desirable)

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