Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

McLaren Racing; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical after 2 years

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

McLaren Racing is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement and operate Azure-based platforms and hybrid cloud environments. You will automate networks, identity, and platform services while enforcing security, governance and cost discipline.

You will own CI/CD pipelines, IaC tooling and change governance, collaborating with multiple teams to accelerate delivery and protect production systems in a fast-paced, high‑performance environment.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating secure, resilient cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud governance, FinOps and ITIL processes.
• Proven hands-on Azure engineering across compute, networking, storage and platform services.
• Administration of Entra ID and Microsoft 365 in hybrid identity environments.
• Experience with IaC tooling and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build, automate and operate Azure landing zones, networks and platform services using IaC.
• Administer Entra ID, Microsoft 365 and hybrid identity with least-privilege controls.
• Own Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines, automation and certificate provisioning.
• Deliver platform changes with risk assessments and operational documentation.
• Integrate cloud security tooling and monitor posture and vulnerabilities.
• Drive FinOps and cost visibility across the cloud estate.
• Provide third-line support, write SOPs and run-books to reduce key-person risk.

Skills

Azure engineering

IaC

Automation

RBAC & PIM

Conditional Access

CI/CD

Cloud security tooling

Kubernetes

Multi-cloud

GitHub/GitOps

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

PowerShell

Bicep

Terraform

Job description

The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer designs, builds, automates and operates McLaren's Azure, Microsoft 365 and hybrid-cloud platforms, keeping them secure, resilient, well-governed and cost-efficient, providing deep hands‑on capability across Azure infrastructure, identity, automation and platform engineering to accelerate delivery for the business while protecting production. What You'll Do

• Build, automate and operate Azure landing zones, virtual networks, AVD/VDI session hosts and platform services using Infrastructure-as-Code, ensuring secure‑by‑default, supportable and scalable outcomes.
• Administer Entra ID, Microsoft 365 and hybrid identity, including RBAC, PIM, Conditional Access, group management and privileged account governance to reduce attack surface and enforce least privilege.
• Own Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines, repositories, automation and certificate provisioning to deliver repeatable, auditable change and eliminate manual toil.
• Deliver and govern platform changes through the Technical CAB, producing designs, risk assessments and operational documentation for safe implementation.
• Integrate and operate cloud security tooling and act on posture, vulnerability and guardrail findings to maintain a strong security baseline.
• Drive FinOps and cost discipline across the cloud estate, identifying waste, right‑sizing workloads and improving spend visibility.
• Provide third‑line troubleshooting, transition BAU tasks to NTT, and author SOPs, knowledge articles and run‑books to reduce key‑person dependency.

What You’ll Bring

• Understanding of how secure, resilient cloud platforms enable engineering, manufacturing and commercial in a high‑performance environment.
• Awareness of cloud governance, FinOps, ITIL change/incident/problem management and data classification.
• Strong hands‑on Azure engineering across compute, networking (vNET/gateways), storage, AVD and platform services.
• Entra ID / Microsoft 365 administration, hybrid identity, RBAC, PIM and Conditional Access.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code and automation (Azure DevOps, PowerShell, Bicep/Terraform, CI/CD pipelines).
• Cloud security tooling, vulnerability remediation and secure configuration; exposure to containers/Kubernetes and multi‑cloud (AWS/GCP) an advantage.
• Automation‑first engineer who protects production and challenges the status quo with forward‑thinking solutions.
• Collaborative, clear communicator able to explain cloud risk and options to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Curious, delivery‑focused and comfortable operating in a fast‑changing, integrating organisation.

No restraints. No limitations. We don't simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath‑taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks. McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.

What We’ll Do for You

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice