Cloud Engineering Manager

Gold Group; Epsom and Ewell; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm based in Epsom is looking for a Cloud Engineering Manager to lead a small team in managing and migrating their Azure cloud services. This role requires strong Azure design skills and team management experience. You will oversee deployment, maintenance, and security of cloud infrastructure, while also mentoring team members and developing operational procedures. Candidates should have substantial hands-on experience in a regulated environment with strong problem-solving skills. Competitive salary and hybrid working model offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid working model

Benefits package

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Azure design experience required.
• Experience in leading a team of engineers.
• Strong understanding of cloud security infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Manage the deployment and configuration of cloud services.
• Oversee ongoing maintenance of Azure cloud services.
• Lead team with regular meetings and performance reviews.

Skills

Azure cloud design

People management

Problem-solving skills

Excellent communication skills

Cloud monitoring tools

Platform security

Low level Azure solutioning

Tools

Azure DevOps

Veeam

Windows Server

Job description

Cloud Engineering Manager

Epsom, Surrey • Financial Services • Hybrid Working • £70k - £80k + Benefits

I am recruiting for a Cloud Engineering Manager on behalf of my financial services client based in Epsom, Surrey.

As a Cloud Engineering Manager you will work in team 5 and will have x3 direct reports. You will be an experienced hands‑on engineer with strong Azure design skills, along with AZ-104, AZ-305 certifications.

Cloud Engineering Manager Responsibilities

• Deployment and configuration of cloud services
• Ongoing configuration and maintenance of Azure cloud services
• Produce configuration design documentation (LLD) for proposed solutions
• Azure tenancy administration
• Implementation of cloud security infrastructure and defined security policy
• Migration of legacy systems to Azure cloud platform
• SQL Database infrastructure administration on‑prem and cloud deployments
• Azure capacity planning and Disaster Recovery
• Storage lifecycle management including blob, files SharePoint and OneDrive
• Backup strategy alignment, monitoring, escalation, resolution and MI
• In conjunction with the Service Desk, ensure CMDB artifacts are maintained and accurate and all resources are included.
• Providing support to the Service Desk for Infrastructure incidents and escalations
• Support Solution Architecture Team
• Develop and maintain operating and costing MI for management
• Deployment and maintenance of infrastructure monitoring tools into security and operational monitoring platforms
• Maintain infrastructure diagrams
• In conjunction with the change manager ensure changes and maintenance windows are effectively enacted
• Maintain transitional legacy physical and virtual infrastructure assets (Server & Networking)
• Team management via work allocation, regular meetings, conduct performance reviews measuring performance against agreed objectives and mentoring team members.
• Establish & maintain policy and procedural documentation

Cloud Engineering Manager Key Skills & Experience

• Previous experience working in a regulated environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Pro‑active, detail focused, can‑do attitude
• Excellent problem‑solving skills
• Low level Azure cloud design & solutioning
• People management and development
• Cloud networking and desire to develop skill set
• Cloud monitoring tools
• Platform security, DLP & MFA
• Good hands‑on experience of Microsoft technology and terminology
• Working knowledge of AWS
• VDI platforms (e.g. Azure Virtual Desktop, VMware ESX and Horizon VDI platforms)
• Veeam experience (Backup & Replication, Back up for Azure, Backup for Microsoft 365 & Data Cloud Vault)
• Azure administration experience & certifications
• Azure ASR and disaster recovery testing
• Azure networking & firewalls
• Microsoft 365 Enterprise including Exchange Online and SharePoint Online
• Windows Server deployment and maintenance (Windows Server Administration certification)

Cloud Engineering Manager Desirable Skills

• Infrastructure‑as‑code technologies (Terraform, Arm, Azure DevOps)
• Cloud security infrastructure and defined policy
• SQL Server administration
• Pluralsight skills/sandbox environment

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