Cloud Engineer

La Fosse; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

La Fosse in Manchester is seeking an experienced Datacentre & Cloud Engineer to strengthen a global technology environment, focusing on Azure, datacentre automation and virtualization. You’ll operate at 3rd-line level, providing expert technical support while helping shape improvements across cloud and infrastructure estate.

You’ll work on complex projects, contribute to automation initiatives and develop your expertise in a broad modern tech stack.

Qualifications

• Extensive Azure infrastructure experience with hands-on engineering and automation.
• Proven ability to design, deploy and optimise cloud architectures.
• AZ-104 or equivalent Azure certification.
• Experience with IaC using Terraform, ARM, Bicep or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and manage Azure infrastructure with focus on availability, security, scalability and cost optimisation.
• Use IaC to automate provisioning with Terraform, ARM, Bicep, PowerShell or similar.
• Act as 3rd-line escalation point, diagnosing and resolving complex infra incidents.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• AZ-104 or equivalent Azure expertise.
• Experience deploying and managing Azure IaaS and public cloud infra.
• Strong IaC knowledge: Terraform, ARM, Bicep and/or PowerShell.

Skills

Azure

IaC

Terraform

PowerShell

Tools

Terraform

ARM templates

Bicep

PowerShell

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced Datacentre & Cloud Engineer that will play a key role in the ongoing development, stability and optimisation of a global technology environment.

This is a broad infrastructure role combining Microsoft Azure, datacentre infrastructure automation, identity and virtualisation, with the opportunity to work on complex, business-critical systems and projects.

You’ll be operating at 3rd-line / engineering level, providing expert technical support while also helping shape and deliver improvements across the organisation's cloud and infrastructure estate.

What you'll be doing

• Design, deploy and manage infrastructure and services across Microsoft Azure, with a focus on availability, security, scalability and cost optimisation.
• Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform, ARM, Bicep, PowerShell or similar.
• Act as a 3rd-line escalation point, diagnosing and resolving complex infrastructure incidents and problems.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• AZ-104 certification or equivalent demonstrable Azure expertise.
• Experience deploying and managing Azure IaaS and public-cloud infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep and/or PowerShell.

This is an opportunity to join a global technology environment where you'll have genuine exposure across Azure, cloud engineering, datacentre infrastructure, automation, virtualisation and enterprise systems.

You'll have the opportunity to work on complex projects, influence infrastructure improvements and develop your expertise across a broad modern technology estate.

If you're an Azure-focused infrastructure engineer who enjoys combining hands‑on engineering with automation, problem solving and continuous improvement, we'd like to hear from you.