Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer

ComXps; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer to join their remote team. The role involves building and supporting enterprise infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments, primarily focusing on Azure services. Candidates should have hands-on experience with Terraform, networking, and cloud migration, alongside strong scripting skills. This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and contribute to substantial company projects.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with Azure services such as VMs, Firewall, and Sentinel.
• Strong networking background, particularly in software-defined networking.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and support enterprise infrastructure in various environments.
• Design, deploy, and automate cloud platforms, focusing on Azure.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues efficiently.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Networking expertise

Cloud migration assessment

Azure services knowledge

Scripting languages (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Azure Monitor

Grafana

Kubernetes

Job description

This role is a permanent position.

Clearance: SC (NPPV3 Ideal)

Location: Remote (Hybrid as needed)

About You

• Passionate about solving real-world business challenges using public cloud services.
• Customer-focused, committed to exceeding expectations.
• Collaborative and proactive in knowledge sharing.
• Able to balance priorities without compromising quality.
• Confident yet continuously seeking improvement.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Experience with configuration management tools, such as Ansible or Puppet, would be desirable.

Deep knowledge of the following Azure services:

Azure VMs, Azure Firewall, Entra ID, Application Gateway & WAF, SIEM (Azure Sentinel), Defender for Cloud, Azure Fabric, AI Foundry, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Front Door, App Service, Dev Box, Azure Data Factory, Virtual Network Gateways (VPN).

Other Technical Experience

• Strong networking, specifically software defined networking.
• Experience deploying solutions in AWS.
• Familiarity with FinOps tools (Flexera, Apptio, ProsperOps).
• Working knowledge of AI tools and services (GitHub Copilot, LLMs).
• Skilled in scripting languages (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Experience with observability tools (Grafana, Azure Monitor, DataDog, New Relic) for SRE.
• Knowledge of security standards (CAF, CIS, SIEM, AIOps, DevSecOps).
• Experience assessing and migrating workloads to Azure using tools such as Azure Migrate and native platform services.
• Strong experience designing and operating Windows Server and Linux platforms across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Experience designing and supporting Microsoft 365 services, including tenant configuration, service integration, and platform-level security features.
• Solid working knowledge of Intune.
• Proven expertise in designing and implementing IAM, cloud security, and governance controls, including Conditional Access and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, including hybrid identity integration using Entra ID Connect (Password Hash Synchronization, Pass-Through Authentication) and AD FS where required.
• Strong experience designing and operating Active Directory environments, including domain and forest architecture, Group Policy design, and security hardening.
• Proven experience migrating databases (e.g., MS SQL).
• Experience of VMware (NSX-T, VCenter) would be advantageous.
• Experience with container platforms, such as Kubernetes (AKS), would be advantageous.

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer to build, operate, and support enterprise infrastructure across on-premises, hybrid, and public cloud environments. This role is heavily technical and requires deep practical experience designing, deploying, automating, and troubleshooting infrastructure and cloud platforms, with a strong focus on Azure.