Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

My Customer is looking for a Platform/Infrastructure Engineer to take ownership of a hybrid technology estate spanning cloud and on-premise environments. This role combines hands-on operational support with technical leadership, driving platform improvements, modernisation initiatives, and ensuring a secure, stable, and scalable infrastructure., * Manage day-to-day operations of hybrid cloud and on-prem environments, ensuring performance and reliability.

• Drive cloud modernisation, including migration from Legacy Azure environments.
• Administer and optimise cloud platforms (accounts, networking, identity, security, services).
• Support on-prem infrastructure, including Windows Server, core services, virtualisation, and connectivity.
• Act as an escalation point for incidents, leading troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Apply security best practices using automation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Implement and improve governance, cost control, and compliance standards.
• Promote best practices in monitoring, backup, resilience, and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with architecture and security teams to align with organisational standards.
• Maintain documentation, procedures, and platform standards.
• Resolve complex hybrid infrastructure and connectivity issues with cross-team support.

• Hybrid Platform Operations: Proven experience managing and supporting production environments across both cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
• Cloud Platforms & Services: Hands-on experience with major cloud providers (eg, Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Exposure to decommissioning landing Zones.
• On-Premise Infrastructure
• Strong background in Windows Server environments and core services such as Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.
• Experience with virtualisation technologies such as VMware vSphere/ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Operational Support & Incident Management
• Governance & Cost Management - Azure
• Understanding of governance frameworks, cost optimisation strategies, and usage monitoring across cloud and hybrid platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as a code would be beneficial