Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

McLaren Automotive Limited; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical after two years’ service

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, automate and operate Azure, M365 and hybrid-cloud platforms. You will implement landing zones, networks and platform services using IaC, while enforcing security, cost discipline and governance.

You will manage Entra ID and hybrid identity, oversee pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitHub, and produce designs and runbooks for safe implementations. A strong emphasis on security and FinOps is essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Azure engineering across compute, networking, storage and platform services.
• Experience with Entra ID, Microsoft 365 and hybrid identity management.
• Ability to design secure, scalable cloud solutions with IaC tooling.
• Familiarity with FinOps and cost governance in a cloud estate.

Responsibilities

• Build, automate and operate Azure landing zones and VNETs using IaC.
• Administer Entra ID, RBAC, PIM and Conditional Access to reduce risk.
• Own Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines and automate provisioning.
• Deliver platform changes with risk assessments and docs for safe rollout.
• Integrate cloud security tooling and respond to posture findings.
• Drive FinOps and cost visibility across the cloud estate.
• Provide third-line support and author SOPs/runbooks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to explain cloud risks and options.

Skills

Azure engineering

IaC automation

Entra ID admin

DevOps pipelines

Cloud security tooling

FinOps

Multi-cloud awareness

Stakeholder communications

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 ,

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 commercia l 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:

• 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-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.