Cloud-First Infrastructure Lead (Azure & Hybrid)

allpay Limited; Hereford; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidised café and restaurant

Staff gym

The Sidings farm shop

Job summary

allpay Limited is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Technical Lead to shape the future of our technology estate. This senior role drives Cloud First strategy across Azure, private cloud and on-premises platforms, while leading a team of infrastructure engineers to deliver resilient, scalable solutions.

You will champion automation with PowerShell and ARM templates, guide architecture decisions, and collaborate with partners to accelerate migration and modernization projects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading infrastructure teams within a cloud/enterprise environment.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure (IaaS and PaaS).
• Experience delivering cloud transformation and infrastructure modernisation initiatives.
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation experience.
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server technologies.
• Experience operating and supporting hybrid infrastructure environments.
• VMware and/or Hyper-V administration experience.
• Experience with monitoring, capacity planning, performance tuning and disaster recovery.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across Azure, private cloud and on-premises infrastructure estate.
• Lead the design, implementation and optimisation of scalable, resilient cloud solutions.
• Drive automation initiatives using PowerShell, ARM templates and Azure-native technologies.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex infrastructure incidents and major technical challenges.
• Champion best practices around monitoring, performance management, disaster recovery and service resilience.

Skills

Azure IaaS/PaaS

PowerShell automation

Windows Server

VMware/Hyper-V

Cloud transformation

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Tools

ARM templates

Azure-native technologies

Monitoring tools

Job description

allpay Limited is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Technical Lead to shape the future of our technology estate. This senior role drives Cloud First strategy across Azure, private cloud and on-premises platforms, while leading a team of infrastructure engineers to deliver resilient, scalable solutions.

You will champion automation with PowerShell and ARM templates, guide architecture decisions, and collaborate with partners to accelerate migration and modernization projects.