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# Interim Infrastructure Specialist

- **Company:** Michael Page
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK
- **Salary:** £104,000.0 - £109,200.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Identity and Access Management, Azure Active Directory, Office365, Microsoft InTune, Deployment Automation, Patch Management, Build Process
- **Published:** June 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.michaelpage.co.uk/job-detail/interim-infrastructure-specialist/ref/jn-062026-7031744

## About the Role

The ideal candidate will be a pragmatic, delivery-focused Interim Infrastructure Specialist with strong experience in modern Microsoft environments. You will bring:

 * Proven experience in a hands-on Infrastructure / Endpoint / EUC role
 * Strong technical expertise in:
 + Microsoft Intune & Autopilot
 + Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
 + Group Policy design, analysis, and migration
 * Experience working in hybrid infrastructure environments (on-prem and cloud)
 * Strong understanding of Conditional Access, identity governance, and endpoint compliance
 * Experience designing or improving patch management strategies
 * Ability to produce clear technical documentation and work autonomously in a project-led environment

Desirable:

 * Experience delivering GPO-to-Intune transformation projects
 * Exposure to high-availability or regulated environments
 * Experience working alongside MSPs or third-party providers

## Description

We are seeking a hands-on Interim Infrastructure Specialist to support a critical transformation programme focused on modern endpoint management, identity security, and operational maturity. This short-term contract will focus on Intune, Autopilot, Microsoft Entra, and Group Policy optimisation within a hybrid environment.

 * Interim Infrastructure Specialist | 3 Month Contract | Birmingham | Inside IR35
 * AzureAD | Group Policy | Office365 | InTune | Autopilot | Networking, * Working within a small but highly collaborative ICT team, you will support the delivery of key initiatives across a hybrid (on-prem and Azure) infrastructure, in a business where reliability, security, and efficiency are critical., This is a hands-on Interim Infrastructure Specialist role with a strong emphasis on endpoint management, identity, and cloud-first transformation., * Conducting a full discovery and assessment of the current infrastructure estate across Entra ID, Intune, Group Policy, and patching
 * Leading the rationalisation of Group Policy and developing a structured migration roadmap to Intune
 * Enhancing and optimising Autopilot deployments, including defining and validating a standard build process
 * Reviewing and strengthening the Microsoft Entra environment, including Conditional Access, identity security, and privileged access
 * Improving workstation patch management, including update rings, compliance reporting, and user impact considerations
 * Auditing application registrations, permissions, and group structures within Microsoft Entra
 * Developing clear, reusable documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
 * Supporting knowledge transfer and producing a comprehensive handover at the end of the engagement


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