Senior Azure & Hybrid Infrastructure Engineer

First Military Recruitment Ltd; Milton Keynes, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

First Military Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to support enterprise infrastructure across on‑premises and cloud environments, with emphasis on Azure, Windows Server and Linux.

The role includes deploying and maintaining Azure Arc, AMA installations, XDR/EDR agents, and securing resilient platform services. Hybrid work between Milton Keynes and London is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS or cyber security or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in Platform/Infrastructure Engineering or related roles.
• Experience supporting enterprise Windows and Linux server environments.
• Strong Microsoft Azure administration and Arc/AMA experience.
• DV Security Clearance or eligibility is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure and support Microsoft Azure infrastructure services.
• Install and onboard Windows and Linux servers to Azure Arc.
• Configure and manage Azure Arc-enabled servers and extensions.
• Support Azure resource management, subscriptions, resource groups and RBAC.
• Assist with hybrid cloud integration and infrastructure modernisation initiatives.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) on Windows and Linux.
• Configure Azure Monitor, Log Analytics Workspaces, Data Collection Rules and dashboards.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, capacity and security events.
• Deploy, configure, upgrade and maintain XDR/EDR agents across Windows and Linux servers.
• Automate operational tasks using PowerShell and Bash scripting.
• Develop deployment/validation scripts for Azure Arc, AMA and XDR solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation and security hardening standards.

Skills

Azure administration

Windows Server

Linux server administration

Azure Arc

Azure Monitor Agent

XDR/EDR security agents

Networking fundamentals

PowerShell

Bash scripting

Terraform

Security hardening

Active Directory

DNS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cyber Security or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

First Military Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to support enterprise infrastructure across on‑premises and cloud environments, with emphasis on Azure, Windows Server and Linux.

The role includes deploying and maintaining Azure Arc, AMA installations, XDR/EDR agents, and securing resilient platform services. Hybrid work between Milton Keynes and London is offered.