Cloud Infrastructure Lead: Azure Migration & Modernisation

Derbyshire County Council; Bonsall CP; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexi time

Local government pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Incremental pay increases

Continuing professional development

Discounts at leisure centres

Job summary

Derbyshire County Council is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to steer a small cloud team through a major migration to Microsoft Azure and modernisation of key services. You will provide technical leadership, shape the cloud strategy, and ensure secure, cost-efficient delivery in a dynamic governance framework.

The role requires extensive Azure experience, strong leadership, and the ability to collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to realise digital transformation across the

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading cloud migrations and managing Azure environments.
• Strong leadership skills with a track record of delivering complex programmes.
• Deep knowledge of Microsoft 365 administration and security controls.
• Proven ability to work with stakeholders to translate requirements into cloud solutions.
• awareness of ITIL processes, governance, and cost optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small cloud team to deliver cloud transformation and migrations.
• Define and govern cloud strategy, standards, and roadmaps.
• Ensure secure, resilient, cost-effective cloud services across Azure.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to meet business requirements and changes.
• Drive modernization of critical services and support New Ways of Working.
• Manage suppliers, contracts, and performance against SLAs.

Skills

Azure

Azure IaaS

Azure PaaS

Microsoft 365 admin

Identity & Access Management

MFA

Zero Trust

ITIL

Cloud migration

Technical leadership

Tools

Azure networking

Monitoring & automation

Backup/DR

Job description

Derbyshire County Council is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to steer a small cloud team through a major migration to Microsoft Azure and modernisation of key services. You will provide technical leadership, shape the cloud strategy, and ensure secure, cost-efficient delivery in a dynamic governance framework.

The role requires extensive Azure experience, strong leadership, and the ability to collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to realise digital transformation across the