Senior Infrastructure Cloud Engineer

M&C Saatchi; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the advertising industry is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Cloud Engineer to join their London team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role involves designing, deploying, and managing a robust hybrid IT infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with cloud technologies and systems administration, and will play a key role in global IT transformation projects. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, including 27 days annual holiday and private healthcare.

Benefits

27 days annual holiday

Private healthcare

Employer contributory pension

Life assurance

Income protection

Subsidized gym membership

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in IT infrastructure support and administration.
• Strong technical knowledge in Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Windows OS, Active Directory.
• Proficient in Identity and Access Management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Designing and deploying hybrid IT infrastructure systems.
• Administering systems including servers and cloud platforms.
• Responding to infrastructure incidents and system failures.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Incident Response

Capacity Management

Education

Industry-recognised IT certifications (e.g., ITIL, Microsoft, Cisco)

Tools

PowerShell

Microsoft Azure

Google Workspace

VMware

Nutanix

Hyper-V

Intune

JAMF

Job description

M+C Saatchi Group is looking for highly skilled and experienced Senior Infrastructure Cloud Engineerto join our team in London on a 12 monthfixed-term contract. In this role, you'll play a key part in designing, deploying, and managing a hybrid IT infrastructure that is robust, scalable, and secure.

We're seeking individuals with deep technical expertise across a range of systems and technologies, as well as strong incident response and problem-solving capabilities. If you're passionate about cloud infrastructure and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Designing and Deploying hybrid IT infrastructure systems: responsible for designing and deploying servers, cloud solutions, storage, network devices, and applications. Ensure infrastructure reliability, scalability, and security.
• Systems Administration: responsible for administering systems including servers, cloud platforms, workstations, and mobile devices. Ensure systems are up to date and configured securely.
• Incident Response and Management: required to, in collaboration with partners, respond to infrastructure incidents and system failures. Identify root causes, contain damage, and remediate affected systems and data.
• End User Compute Environment Management: Maintain policy, software, and operating system deployment management. Leverage Intune, Mosyle, and JAMF. Demonstrate deep understanding of Microsoft technologies and related infrastructure. Utilise strong PowerShell scripting skills.
• Capacity Management: manage overall capacity utilisation of server, storage, and network environments. Optimise resources to meet business requirements.
• Deployments: Support and manage branch office and technical deployments.
• IT Project Team: Key technical contributor in global IT transformation projects including but not limited to Google Workspace to Microsoft 365/Microsoft Entra migrations and data migrations.
• Required Technology Experience: Extensive experience with Microsoft 365, Azure, Google Workspace, Networks, Meraki, VMware, Nutanix, HyperV, DHCP, DNS, etc. Strong knowledge of hybrid IT infrastructure design and deployment. Proven systems administration skills. Expertise in incident response and management. Proficiency in managing end-user compute environments using Microsoft tools. Capacity management experience. Ability to handle technical deployments in various locations. Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

ABOUT YOU:

You have a proven track record in developing hybrid IT systems and infrastructure on a global scale. Experience in having delivered Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 migrations is essential. You’ll demonstrate a strong understanding of on-premises and cloud technologies such as VMware, Nutanix, HyperV, Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Extensive experience in IT infrastructure support and administration.
• Strong technical knowledge in Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Windows OS, Active Directory, Backup and Disaster Recovery.
• Proficient in Identity and Access Management platforms (e.g., Entra ID, Okta).
• In-depth understanding of server technologies, enterprise storage, network protocols, and infrastructure components.
• Skilled in managing and deploying resources within public cloud environments (e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS).
• Familiar with virtualisation infrastructure (e.g., VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI).
• Knowledgeable in Mobile Device Management platforms (e.g., Intune, Mosyle, JAMF).
• Well-versed in ITIL frameworks and best practices.
• Experience with Desktop as a Service (e.g., Citrix, AVD), automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Power Automate), and Linux OS.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Industry-recognised IT certifications (e.g., ITIL, Microsoft, Cisco) are a plus.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

For the right candidate, we will offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes 27 days annual holiday, private healthcare, employer contributory pension, life assurance and income protection. We also offer a host of benefits that support wellbeing including subsided gym membership, whilst our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sees us offer learning opportunities around D+I, targeted mentoring programmes and the opportunity to participate in a number of active Employee Led Networks and associated events. Finally, this role will be supported with all the necessary personal development required to set someone up for success.

ABOUT M+C SAATCHI GROUP

M+C Saatchi Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not discriminate, celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on talent and capability, without regard for any personal characteristics.

All employee information is kept confidential according to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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