Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Bonus award

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical option

Employee discounts

Parental leave

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

McLaren Automotive Ltd. is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, build and operate our Azure‑based platforms, enabling secure, scalable delivery for engineering and manufacturing.

You will automate landing zones, manage hybrid identity and oversee CI/CD pipelines across Azure DevOps and GitHub, ensuring governance and cost discipline. The role emphasises hands‑on engineering, security posture, and collaboration with stakeholders to protect production while driving performance and

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating Azure-based platforms in a secure, scalable environment.
• Knowledge of cloud governance, FinOps and ITIL change/incident/problem management.
• Hands-on Azure engineering across compute, networking, storage and platform services.
• Administration of Entra ID and Microsoft 365, with hybrid identity and least privilege.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code and automation (CI/CD pipelines).

Responsibilities

• Build, automate and operate Azure landing zones and platform services.
• Administer Entra ID and hybrid identity for secure access.
• Own Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines, automation and certificates.
• Deliver platform changes with risk assessments and docs.
• Integrate cloud security tooling and address posture findings.
• Drive FinOps and cost visibility across cloud.
• Provide third-line troubleshooting and write SOPs/run-books.

Skills

Azure engineering

Hybrid identity

Infrastructure-as-Code

CI/CD pipelines

PowerShell

Bicep/Terraform

FinOps

Cloud security tooling

Multi-cloud

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Job description

What to Expect

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.

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

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath‑tacking 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.