Infrastructure Cloud Engineer

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Manchester, Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Cloud Engineer in Manchester to design, implement and optimise enterprise-scale cloud environments. You will contribute to cloud transformation initiatives and work with operations, security and tech teams to shape strategy and drive automation.

The role involves building secure, scalable Azure platforms, managing networking, IAM and governance, and ensuring cost-effective operations across multi-site environments.

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud security and governance best practices.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Designing and supporting Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
• Building highly available, scalable and secure infrastructure platforms.
• Implementing Infrastructure as Code and automation solutions.
• Managing cloud networking, security, identity and access management.
• Monitoring system performance, availability and reliability.
• Supporting disaster recovery, backup and business continuity planning.
• Driving security improvements and cloud governance initiatives.
• Optimising cloud spend and infrastructure performance.
• Producing technical documentation, standards and procedures.
• Collaborating with teams on strategic projects.

Skills

Azure

Security governance

Scripting

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

ARM Templates

PowerShell

Azure DevOps CI/CD

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a large international organisation undergoing significant investment in its cloud and infrastructure platforms.

We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Cloud Engineer to play a key role in designing, implementing and optimising enterprise-scale cloud environments that support critical business operations running 24/
7. This role offers the chance to work within a complex, multi-site environment, helping to shape cloud strategy, improve security posture and drive infrastructure automation while collaborating with operations, security and technical teams across the business.

As an Infrastructure Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, deployment and ongoing support of cloud infrastructure, ensuring environments remain secure, scalable, highly available and cost-effective.

You will contribute to cloud transformation initiatives, implement automation and support business-critical applications and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing and supporting Microsoft Azure cloud environments
• Building highly available, scalable and secure infrastructure platforms
• Implementing Infrastructure as Code and automation solutions
• Managing cloud networking, security, identity and access management
• Monitoring system performance, availability and reliability
• Supporting disaster recovery, backup and business continuity planning
• Driving security improvements and cloud governance initiatives
• Optimising cloud spend and infrastructure performance
• Producing technical documentation, standards and operational procedures
• Collaborating with infrastructure, operations and security teams on strategic projects

Key Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
• Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure environments
• Knowledge of cloud security and governance best practices
• Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting