Cloud Services Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious opportunity as a Cloud Services Engineer with a pioneering market leader in Manchester, offering hybrid working. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure primarily within Microsoft Azure, with responsibilities spanning collaboration across teams and ensuring secure cloud solutions. Candidates should possess a strong background in Azure, networking principles, and automation tools, with ongoing career development opportunities provided.

Benefits

Ongoing career development

Training in a team environment

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure cloud platforms required.
• Strong understanding of networking and cloud security principles required.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform essential.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based infrastructure and services.
• Monitor performance, availability, and security across cloud environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools.

Skills

Azure cloud platforms

Networking principles

Cloud security principles

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Automation tools

Tools

Terraform

ARM

CloudFormation

Azure Monitor

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Description

Prestigious opportunity for a Cloud Services Engineer with a pioneering market-leading organisation based in Manchester with hybrid working.

In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and services that support our business operations. You will work across teams to ensure secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions, primarily within Microsoft Azure platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based infrastructure and services.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security across cloud environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation).
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines and cloud applications.
• Implement and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and high availability strategies.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and industry best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve cloud-related issues and incidents.
• Maintain documentation and provide technical support to internal teams.

If you possess a combination of some of the following skills, then LET'S TALK!

• Hands-on experience with Azure cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of networking, virtualisation, and cloud security principles.
• Operate, maintain, and enhance the Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environment.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, Prometheus).
• Expertise in setting up and managing host pools, session hosts, user access, application layers, and FSLogix profiles.
• Strong knowledge of cloud architecture, design, and implementation principles and practices.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation tools, such as PowerShell, Power Automate, Azure CLI, Azure DevOps, and Azure Monitor.
• Experience working with Azure Foundry, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and AI Agents.

What you'll get in return

In return, you will be rewarded with ongoing career development and training in an enviable team environment.

What you need to do now

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