Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Well Pharmacy; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Well in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking a Cloud Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer to join its IT Infrastructure team. The role focuses on supporting a hybrid environment spanning on‑premises data centres and Microsoft Azure, ensuring security, resilience and scalability.

You will implement Azure solutions, manage VMs, networks and storage, and drive automation and standardisation through scripting and IaC. A strong background in Windows Server and networking is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience managing hybrid infrastructure environments across on-premises and cloud services.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure networking, storage, VMs and security services.
• Strong Windows Server administration experience: installation, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Solid networking knowledge: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, firewalls, VPNs.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and modern deployment methodologies would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support, maintain and enhance hybrid infrastructure environments across on-premises and cloud platforms.
• Implement and manage Azure infrastructure including VMs, networks and storage.
• Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues with root-cause analysis.
• Maintain infrastructure security through patching, vulnerability remediation and access controls.
• Support disaster recovery, backup and business continuity across the estate.
• Drive automation and standardisation through scripting and IaC.
• Collaborate with teams, suppliers and partners on infrastructure projects.
• Participate in an on-call rota and provide out-of-hours support.

Skills

Hybrid infrastructure

Azure

Windows Server

Networking

Automation & scripting

On-call support

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Job description

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Competitive annual salary dependent on experience

37.5

Location:

Well HSC Security Office, Enterprise Way, Stoke-on-Trent

Closing Date:

02/12/2026

Job Category:

Support Centre

Business Area:

Support Centre

Division / Function:

IT

Overview of the role

Bestway Healthcare is a growing healthcare businesses, operating across both pharmaceutical wholesale and community pharmacy sectors and employing over 6500 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.

About The Company

With the purpose of improving the lives of our patients and customers, Bestway Healthcare supports communities across the United Kingdom and Ireland through an extensive network of community pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesale depots.

Our retail business, Well Pharmacy, owns and operates over 650 community phramacy branches across the UK, making us the Uk's 2nd largest retail pharmacy.

Our wholesale business unit operates two pharmaceutical wholesale brands, Lexon and Bestway Medhub which combined support over 5,000 independent community pharmacy contractors, processing over 100m packs of medication every year making us the 4th largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in the United Kingdom. Our wholesale business unit also operates a leading appliance wholesaler, Wardle's, a generic supplier Key Pharmaceuticals. We operate from 3 distribution centres with a fleet of vans delivering to independent pharmacies & directly to the most vulnerable patients every day.