Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer – Cloud Transformation

University of Surrey; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Market-leading pension

40 days holiday

Travel & family benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Job summary

University of Surrey seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to ensure high-quality IT services and sustainable systems. The role focuses on Azure infrastructure, WAF, Firewall, App Service Plans, Azure Virtual Desktop and VMs, with emphasis on design, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer.

You will lead technical delivery, provide third-line support, and collaborate with procurement on IT tenders to drive effective, secure solutions across the university.

Responsibilities

• Take an active and often lead role as an Azure Infrastructure subject matter expert, liaising with internal IT teams, suppliers and contractors during design, development and implementation stages of IT projects.
• Provide technical consultancy and third line support for IT systems and services.
• Ensure testing, documentation and knowledge transfer at Go-Live and through the Change Process to enable smooth operation.
• Assist with tender exercises by contributing technical requirements and coordinating technical evaluation of bids.
• Manage incidents, problems and service requests, documenting workarounds and resolutions.

Job description

University of Surrey seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to ensure high-quality IT services and sustainable systems. The role focuses on Azure infrastructure, WAF, Firewall, App Service Plans, Azure Virtual Desktop and VMs, with emphasis on design, testing, documentation and knowledge transfer.

You will lead technical delivery, provide third-line support, and collaborate with procurement on IT tenders to drive effective, secure solutions across the university.