Cloud Infrastructure Consultant

OneAdvanced; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days’ holiday

Private medical insurance

Pension with matched contributions

Job summary

OneAdvanced is delivering expert IT services with a focus on datacentre and Azure environments across UK clients. The role is hybrid, customer-facing, and centres on delivering high-quality, scalable infrastructure solutions with strong governance and security baselines.

You will work closely with pre-sales, architects, and operations to implement landing zones, Identity solutions, backups, and DR testing, ensuring delivery to agreed standards and timelines.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server and Active Directory services.
• Experience implementing and supporting enterprise virtualization both on-prem and cloud.
• Experience with VMware vSphere and Hyper‑V for cluster design and HA.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on design and delivery expertise across datacentre, hybrid, and Azure environments.
• Support pre-sales engagements, contributing to solution definition and scoping.
• Lead and review solution designs from Pre-Sales Architects to ensure delivery alignment.
• Deploy secure, resilient Azure infrastructure and hybrid identity solutions.
• Design and deploy Windows Server platforms and core directory services.
• Lead migration of server estates and DR/backup implementations.

Skills

Windows Server

Customer-facing consulting

Azure infrastructure

Hybrid identity

Entra ID

Terraform

PowerShell

Azure Monitor

Tools

VMware vSphere

Hyper‑V

PowerShell

Terraform

Azure Monitor

Entra ID

Job description

Join OneAdvanced

OneAdvanced's IT Managed Services business helps customers modernise and run their datacentre and Azure environments. The Professional Services function delivers structured, outcome driven technical engagements that help customers design, implement, and optimise their infrastructure, spanning both on premises datacentres and Microsoft Azure.

This is a hybrid, delivery focused, customer facing role covering datacentre infrastructure and Microsoft Azure. You will implement and migrate infrastructure across Windows Server, virtualisation and compute platforms, storage, clustering, backup, and disaster recovery, and deliver Azure infrastructure and hybrid identity workloads alongside them. Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 is desirable. You will work closely with pre-sales, Principal Consultants, Architects, and operational teams to deliver high quality, supportable solutions aligned to agreed standards.

What You Will Do

• Provide hands-on design and delivery expertise across datacentre, hybrid, and Azure environments, acting as the customer's main technical point of contact during engagements.
• Support pre-sales engagements, contributing to solution definition, technical assurance, and scoping of infrastructure, migration, and business continuity opportunities.
• Take handover of solution designs from Pre-Sales Architects, review the agreed scope, define how the solution will be delivered, and flag any gaps or out-of-scope requirements before delivery begins.
• Implement and deploy secure, resilient, well-documented Microsoft Azure infrastructure and hybrid identity solutions, including landing zones, virtual machines, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, Entra ID, and Azure Monitor, aligned to the Azure Well-Architected Framework and operational support standards.
• Design and deploy Windows Server platforms and core directory services, including Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, certificate services, and hybrid identity through Entra Connect.
• Design and deploy resilient compute and storage platforms, including failover clustering, high availability, shared and software-defined storage, and the backup and replication that underpins them.
• Lead and support migration of customer server estates, including physical-to-virtual, virtual-to-virtual, datacentre relocation, and migration of workloads into Microsoft Azure.
• Deliver backup and disaster recovery solutions, including OneAdvanced BaaS and DRaaS services, replication tooling, RTO/RPO design, and DR testing.
• Implement security hardening and compliance baselines, including CIS hardening, PKI, encryption at rest and in transit, and access control.
• Contribute to automation and standardisation using Terraform, PowerShell, agreed runbooks, and reference architectures.
• Deliver engagements to agreed time, cost, and quality targets, communicating progress, risks, and dependencies clearly and flagging scope change early.
• Work with operational teams to ensure environments are supportable, resilient, and well documented.
• Produce clear, structured technical design documentation and support service handover activities.
• Act as an escalation resource for complex infrastructure incidents and technical challenges.
• Build trust and long-term relationships with customers as a representative of the wider business.
• Ability to advise customers on practical AI use cases, risks, and governance considerations.
• Experience using AI-assisted tools responsibly to improve solution design, documentation, or operational efficiency.

What You Will Have

• Proven experience, delivering infrastructure solutions in consultancy, managed service, or enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server, including Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, certificate services, and file and storage services.
• Demonstrable experience implementing and supporting enterprise virtualisation platforms and services, both on premise and as a cloud service.
• Strong hands-on experience with VMware vSphere and Hyper‑V, covering cluster design, high availability, live migration, shared storage, and virtual networking.
• Experience of infrastructure design, operating system deployment, and storage connectivity, including failover clustering and shared or software‑defined storage.
• Experience migrating server estates using structured, low‑risk approaches, covering planning, migration tooling, execution, cutover, and decommission.
• Working knowledge of backup, replication, and disaster recovery tooling, including RTO and RPO design.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure IaaS and hybrid cloud, including landing zones, virtual machines, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, and Azure Monitor.
• Working knowledge of Azure identity and access management (Entra ID, Entra Connect, RBAC, Conditional Access), Infrastructure as Code, and Azure cost optimisation.
• Working knowledge of PowerShell and Terraform for administration, automation, and standardisation.
• Understanding of security hardening, PKI, and compliance baselines such as CIS, and of ITIL‑aligned service management.
• Strong customer‑facing consultancy and communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts clearly and deliver to time, cost, and quality targets on chargeable engagements.
• Ability to travel to customer sites and datacentres as required.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance.

Please note, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application.

What We Do For You

Wellbeing that means something

• 26 days’ holiday + bank holidays (and the option to buy more) plus 1 paid volunteering day every year
• Exceptional family leave, 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave
• Robust sick pay of up to 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support
• Private medical insurance for everyone, no medical-history exclusions

Financial benefits that have your back

• Performance-based rewards tailored to your role, from company-wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures
• Income protection: up to 75% salary for 5 years if you ever need it
• Pension with 5% matched company contributions
• Life assurance worth 4x your salary from day one
• Free financial planning session with the option to engage in more tailored financial coaching.

Grow your career with us

• SkillsHub learning platform with leadership pathways, future‑manager training, and a huge online library
• Access to external training and apprenticeships

Making a Difference

• MatchIt! Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and OneAdvanced will match part of the funding
• Pennies from Heaven donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger

Plus plenty other flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle on our RewardHub, including:

• ULEV car scheme with 1,000+ models
• Dental insurance, Health Cash Plan, Critical Illness Cover, Partner Life Cover, Health Assessment, Gym Membership

Who We Are

At OneAdvanced, we are at the forefront of delivering sector-focused technology solutions that simplify complexity, drive meaningful progress, and help build a fairer, more inclusive society.

We’re much more than a software company. We deliver SaaS workflow applications and IT services that power organisations across Education, Government, Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, Housing, Retail, and more.

OneAdvanced is one of the UK’s largest business software and services companies. Based in Birmingham (The Mailbox), operating across the UK, Ireland, India, and Australia.

Our secure, scalable platform, including OneAdvanced AI, our private AI service for UK organisations, powers connectivity and innovation across critical sectors. Alongside our software are our IT services, including hosting, managed services, and application modernisation.

We strive to create an inclusive workplace that drives innovation and collaboration, championing diverse perspectives and ideas. Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy is embedded in everything we do, guiding us to create meaningful impact for our people, our customers and the planet.

Proud to be recognised in the Financial Times’ Best Employers 2026 list for the second-year running, an independent and data led ranking based on employee feedback. Join us and become part of a team that’s powering the world of work and making a real difference.

Join us and become part of a team that’s powering the world of work and making a real difference.

Learn more at www.oneadvanced.com