Azure Cloud Engineer: Automation, Security & Optimisation

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Manchester, Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Cloud Engineer in Manchester to design, implement and optimise enterprise-scale cloud environments. You will contribute to cloud transformation initiatives and work with operations, security and tech teams to shape strategy and drive automation.

The role involves building secure, scalable Azure platforms, managing networking, IAM and governance, and ensuring cost-effective operations across multi-site environments.

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud security and governance best practices.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Designing and supporting Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
• Building highly available, scalable and secure infrastructure platforms.
• Implementing Infrastructure as Code and automation solutions.
• Managing cloud networking, security, identity and access management.
• Monitoring system performance, availability and reliability.
• Supporting disaster recovery, backup and business continuity planning.
• Driving security improvements and cloud governance initiatives.
• Optimising cloud spend and infrastructure performance.
• Producing technical documentation, standards and procedures.
• Collaborating with teams on strategic projects.

Skills

Azure

Security governance

Scripting

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

ARM Templates

PowerShell

Azure DevOps CI/CD

Job description

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Cloud Engineer in Manchester to design, implement and optimise enterprise-scale cloud environments. You will contribute to cloud transformation initiatives and work with operations, security and tech teams to shape strategy and drive automation.

The role involves building secure, scalable Azure platforms, managing networking, IAM and governance, and ensuring cost-effective operations across multi-site environments.