Senior Cloud & Security Infrastructure Engineer

VIQU IT Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

VIQU IT Recruitment is partnering with a growing organisation to hire an Infrastructure Engineer with a security focus. You’ll be the most hands-on technical person in a small IT team, responsible for both infrastructure and security, mostly improving and delivering projects with some reactive support.

The role covers cloud and Microsoft 365, with governance, vulnerability management and audits, and requires strong communication with non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Senior infrastructure experience with responsibility for improving IT and security estate.
• Experience with cloud and on-prem infrastructure.
• Understanding of security, risk and governance; comfortable working within change control.
• Relevant certifications or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Managing and improving cloud infrastructure alongside the Microsoft 365 technology stack.
• Patching, monitoring, backup and recovery (including testing restores/backups).
• Provide third level IT support when required.
• Implementing identity and access, including privileged access.
• Coordinating vulnerability scanning and organising penetration tests when needed.
• Supporting ISO 27001 controls, risk management and audit readiness.
• Managing third-party suppliers (eg AWS cloud partners).
• Depising for the Head of IT when required.

Skills

Senior infra experience

Cloud & on-prem infrastructure

Security governance

Project ownership

Communication skills

Education

Certifications in cloud / security (e.g. Microsoft/Azure/AWS/CompTIA/Cisco)

Tools

AWS

Azure

Microsoft 365

Job description

VIQU IT Recruitment is partnering with a growing organisation to hire an Infrastructure Engineer with a security focus. You’ll be the most hands-on technical person in a small IT team, responsible for both infrastructure and security, mostly improving and delivering projects with some reactive support.

The role covers cloud and Microsoft 365, with governance, vulnerability management and audits, and requires strong communication with non-technical stakeholders.