Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Bestway Healthcare UK; Stoke-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Bestway Healthcare UK is seeking a Cloud Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer to join its IT Infrastructure team, supporting our on-premises datacentres and Azure cloud stack. You will help maintain security, resilience and scalability while driving automation and IaC across the estate.

You will lead the implementation of Azure services, manage Windows Server environments, and collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to deliver infrastructure improvements. An on-call rota is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing hybrid on-prem/cloud environments.
• Strong Azure knowledge (networking, storage, VMs, security).
• Windows Server administration experience.
• Solid networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs).
• Experience with virtualised/enterprise infrastructure.
• Strong documentation and stakeholder management.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support, maintain and enhance hybrid infrastructure environments across on-premises and cloud platforms.
• Implement and manage infrastructure solutions within Microsoft Azure, including virtual machines, networks, storage and associated services.
• Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues using structured root cause analysis.
• Maintain high levels of infrastructure security through patching, vulnerability remediation and access controls.
• Support disaster recovery, backup and business continuity capabilities across the estate.
• Drive automation and standardisation through scripting, Infrastructure as Code and repeatable deployment practices.
• Collaborate with internal teams, suppliers and technology partners to deliver infrastructure improvements and projects.
• Participate in an on-call rota and provide out-of-hours support when required.

Skills

Hybrid infrastructure

Microsoft Azure

Windows Server

Networking fundamentals

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Automation scripting

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Job description

Bestway Healthcare is a growing healthcare businesses, operating across both pharmaceutical wholesale and community pharmacy sectors and employing over 7000 colleagues nationwide.

We are looking for a Cloud Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer to join our IT Infrastructure team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced infrastructure professional to support and develop our hybrid environment, spanning on-premises datacentres and cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure. You will play a key role in ensuring our infrastructure remains secure, resilient, scalable and fit for the future.

Main Responsibilities

• Support, maintain and enhance hybrid infrastructure environments across on-premises and cloud platforms
• Implement and manage infrastructure solutions within Microsoft Azure, including virtual machines, networks, storage and associated services.
• Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues using structured root cause analysis.
• Maintain high levels of infrastructure security through patching, vulnerability remediation and access controls.
• Support disaster recovery, backup and business continuity capabilities across the estate.
• Drive automation and standardisation through scripting, Infrastructure as Code and repeatable deployment practices.
• Collaborate with internal teams, suppliers and technology partners to deliver infrastructure improvements and projects.
• Participate in an on-call rota and provide out-of-hours support when required.

The Ideal Candidate

• Minimum 5 years' experience managing hybrid infrastructure environments across on-premises and cloud services.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including networking, storage, virtual machines and security services.
• Strong Windows Server administration experience, including installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Solid networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, firewalls and VPN technologies.
• Experience supporting virtualised and enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Strong documentation, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with infrastructure automation, scripting and modern deployment methodologies would be advantageous.

Bestway Healthcare is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.

Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.