Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Isio; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid flexible approach to work

Job summary

Isio is looking for an Azure Infrastructure Engineer to join their team on a 12 month fixed term contract based in Croydon, Birmingham or Belfast. This role supports a hybrid workstyle, providing flexibility for work-life balance.

The ideal candidate should possess strong skills in managing Azure services, AWS, and O365. Responsibilities include implementing solutions, automating tasks, and ensuring optimal system performance across various projects.

Qualifications

• Experience with managing and implementing Azure services.
• Strong knowledge of automation tools for routine tasks.
• Ability to document all solutions to a high standard.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and implement new solutions within Azure tenants.
• Implement Automation tooling to enhance efficiency.
• Monitor system performance and availability across tenants.
• Work on varying projects to improve existing solutions.

Skills

AWS hosting suite

Azure services (Entra ID, App Services, etc.)

O365 Suite Administration

Automation tools (Tines, N8N, etc.)

Azure DevOps

Cloud native/serverless components

System monitoring tooling

Change management

Tools

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Job description

Azure Infrastructure Engineer - 12 month fixed term contract

This role is a 12 month fixed term contract and can be based in our Birmingham, Croydon or Belfast City centre office with a hybrid workstyle.

What does the role entail?

• Maintaining and implementing new solutions within Isio’s Azure tenants, ensuring alerts are handled, virtual machines are maintained, and new resources are set up according to best practice.
• Implementation and maintenance of Automation tooling to improve efficiency of deployments, maintenance tasks and any other recurring activities.
• Implementation and maintenance of Monitoring tooling such as DataDog to report on performance and availability of systems across multiple tenants.
• Maintaining and implementing new solutions within Isio’s M365 stack including Entra, InTune, M365 Admin Portal, and Defender.
• Aiding the improvement of the security posture of the business by ensuring security standards are met, following best practice, and assisting with audit information.
• Working on varying projects of different sizes to implement new solutions and improve existing ones within the IT stack.
• Working with the service desk as an escalation point, highlighting key issues and tackling root causes.
• Ensuring implemented resources are fully documented in Confluence or equivalent documentation tool.

What we’re looking for?

Essential

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosting suite.
• Strong proven knowledge of Azure services such as Entra ID, App Services, Storage, Backups, Conditional Access, Front Door, and Load Balancers.
• Experience with O365 Suite Administration, Intune & Defender for Endpoint.
• Strong experience of using tools to automate regular activities (e.g. Tines, N8N, Zapier, Power Automate, PowerShell).
• Use of Azure DevOps or similar tools to deploy Infrastructure As Code into Azure – experience with ARM or Bicep templates and YAML pipelines.
• Experience of cloud native/serverless components hosted in Microsoft Azure including containerisation and App Service Plans.
• Strong system monitoring tooling experience to identify and troubleshoot performance and availability issues.
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders effectively across varying levels of technical knowledge.
• Great communication and problem‑solving skills with the ability to work under pressure.
• Strong technical knowledge with an aptitude for learning.
• Strong documentation skills to ensure all solutions are documented to a high standard.
• Self‑motivated individual able to complete tasks independently and as part of a team.
• Change management experience.

Desirable

• Experience of Windows server administration – Active Directory, DNS, IIS, Update Management, performance troubleshooting through log analysis.
• Familiarity with security and compliance standards, e.g. experience in an ISO 27001 certified environment.
• SharePoint Online experience.
• Familiarity with mail flow and security solutions such as ProofPoint and ONDmarc.
• Experience working in a regulated industry such as telecoms, financial services, or utilities.
• Experience with Jira & Confluence for work management & documentation.
• Networking experience – LAN/WAN/SDWAN/Azure networking such as routing, firewalls, network peering, etc.
• Microsoft certifications relating to Infrastructure within Azure.
• Experience with configuration management database tooling.

Benefits

Hybrid flexible approach to work, supporting a work‑life balance.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Reasonable Adjustment

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].