Datacentre & Cloud Engineer

Pinsent Masons; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinsent Masons is seeking a Datacentre & Cloud Engineer to join the Technology Delivery team in the UK. The role focuses on Azure, cloud infrastructure, automation and IaC while supporting datacentre and office systems.

You’ll work with diverse stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable services in a hybrid model (3 days in office, 2 from home). The role offers the opportunity to influence major cloud initiatives across multiple offices and clients, with a strong emphasis on collaboration,

Qualifications

• AZ-104 certification minimum requirement.
• Proven hands-on experience deploying, managing and optimising Microsoft Azure environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale infrastructure with change control procedures.
• Exposure to public cloud and Azure services.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage Azure-based datacentre and cloud infrastructure.
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform and IaC practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate technical requirements into practical solutions.
• Support security, reliability and scalability initiatives across cloud and office environments.

Skills

Azure

DevOps practices

Stakeholder communication

Education

AZ-104 certification

Tools

Terraform

Azure IaaS

Job description

Datacentre & Cloud Engineer

Birmingham, London, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow or Edinburgh

Role Overview

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results.

Job Description

We are recruiting a Datacentre & Cloud Engineer to join our Technology Delivery team, supporting the growth, stability, security and scalability of our datacentre, cloud and office infrastructure. The role is UK based with an international remit, and will focus primarily on Microsoft Azure, cloud infrastructure, automation and infrastructure as code.

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to work on complex cloud and infrastructure projects, provide expert-level technical support, and contribute to the continued development of our cloud-based services. You will work closely with a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating complex technical information into clear, practical insight that supports decision-making and delivery.

This role can be based out of Birmingham, London, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow or Edinburgh, our standard working hours are 9.30am-5.30pm, and we operate 3 days in the office, 2 days from home working model, however as an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.

Candidate Overview

• AZ-104 certification, as a minimum requirement.
• Proven hands-on experience deploying, managing and optimising Microsoft Azure environments, with demonstrable activity and examples, ideally in a legal or wider professional services environment.
• Strong experience using Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform, to provision and manage cloud and infrastructure resources.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale, mission-critical infrastructure environments with appropriate change control procedures.
• Demonstrable experience working across public cloud infrastructure, including Azure IaaS and related cloud services.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, tooling or automation would be beneficial.
• Confident working independently, organising your own workload and communicating effectively with a variety of stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams.

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It’s with different perspectives that we’ll find solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. It’s how we’ll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate your experience and talents.