Lead Project Engineer

Ekco; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Project Engineer to spearhead transformational cloud migration projects. In this pivotal role, you will guide a talented team in delivering exceptional service to clients, leveraging your extensive knowledge of Azure infrastructure and private cloud services. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction and collaboration, you will shape the future of cloud solutions while promoting best practices within a dynamic environment. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in a supportive and innovative firm that values professional development and teamwork.

Benefits

25 days leave plus public holidays

Company pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Participation in EkcOlympics

Unlimited access to Pluralsight

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a Cloud Managed Services role with strong Azure knowledge.
• Experience leading teams and managing cloud migration projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of cloud projects for clients.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure successful project delivery.

Skills

Azure infrastructure services

Private Cloud services

Customer focus

Communication skills

Cross-functional team leadership

ISO compliance

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Microsoft 365 services

Job description

About Ekco

Founded in 2016, Ekco is one of the fastest-growing cloud solution providers in Europe. We specialize in enabling companies to progress along the cloud maturity journey, managing transformation, and optimizing outcomes from our customers' existing technology investments. In essence, we help businesses migrate to the cloud and back. We have over 450 talented colleagues across regional offices in the UK, Benelux, and Ireland.

About the role

We are seeking a talented Lead Project Engineer to join our professional services team at Ekco. The role involves delivering transformational Public and Private Cloud migration and modernization projects. Our multidisciplinary, agile team collaborates closely with clients and internal teams to ensure excellent service delivery.

Responsibilities

1. Lead the design, planning, and implementation of Public and Private Cloud projects for key clients.
2. Collaborate with the Project Management team to deliver successful projects and solutions.
3. Create detailed high-level and low-level design documents and project handover materials.
4. Promote best practices within the professional services team.
5. Work with various business units and stakeholders to support customer solutions.
6. Serve as an escalation point for project issues and ensure resolution to customer satisfaction.
7. Conduct regular one-to-ones with team members, setting objectives and development plans.
8. Provide technical coaching and ensure documentation aligns with company standards.
9. Monitor and report on KPIs weekly and monthly.

About You

You will have:

• A strong customer focus with excellent communication skills at all levels.
• Extensive knowledge of Azure infrastructure services: Compute, Storage, Networking, Azure Virtual Desktop.
• Experience managing or implementing Private Cloud services, especially IaaS deployments.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams for successful outcomes.
• Experience ensuring solutions comply with relevant standards and documentation (ISO).
• Mentoring experience with Professional Services engineers.
• At least 5 years' experience in a Cloud Managed Services professional role.

Desirable skills include:

• Experience architecting environments across Physical, Virtualized, and Cloud platforms.
• Managing or implementing Microsoft 365 services: Entra ID, Conditional Access, Exchange Online, Intune, SharePoint.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD tools.
• Proficiency with Terraform.
• Understanding of ITIL and service management frameworks.
• Knowledge of on-premise networking and integration with cloud services.

Benefits & Perks

• 25 days leave plus public holidays, and 1 birthday leave day annually.
• Company pension scheme with 5% employer contribution and flexible salary sacrifice.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for mental health and wellbeing support.
• Participation in EkcOlympics, a global fun activity.
• Unlimited access to Pluralsight for learning and development.
• Opportunities for growth, including international roles.