Senior Azure Cloud & Hybrid Infra Architect

Pace Industries, LLC; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Rackspace Technology in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Azure Systems Engineer to build, operate, and optimize enterprise-grade infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, including hybrid-cloud environments. You will bridge traditional systems administration with modern cloud operations.

Responsibilities include deploying and managing Azure IaaS, Azure Arc, ExpressRoute, OS management, identity services, automation with PowerShell and Azure CLI, and disaster recovery planning.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems engineering experience with enterprise infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage hybrid systems infrastructure linking on-premises and cloud assets to Microsoft Azure.
• Oversee OS deployment, licensing, and patching for Windows Server and Linux in Azure.
• Manage identity and directory services including Entra ID and RBAC.
• Develop automation scripts using PowerShell and Azure CLI; utilize ARM templates/Azure Bicep for deployments.
• Design and test backup/topology disaster recovery with Azure Backup and ASR.
• Monitor performance and set up alerts with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

Skills

Azure

Cloud Architecture

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Automation

Tools

Azure Arc

ExpressRoute

ARM templates

Azure Bicep

Windows/Linux

Job description

Rackspace Technology in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Azure Systems Engineer to build, operate, and optimize enterprise-grade infrastructure on Microsoft Azure, including hybrid-cloud environments. You will bridge traditional systems administration with modern cloud operations.

Responsibilities include deploying and managing Azure IaaS, Azure Arc, ExpressRoute, OS management, identity services, automation with PowerShell and Azure CLI, and disaster recovery planning.