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Cloud Engineer - Azure
UBDS Group · Manchester, ENG, United Kingdom
Manchester, ENG, United KingdomOnsite
Remuneration
Discretionary bonus based on personal and company performance; private medical cover; 25 days of annual leave plus a birthday day and work anniversary day, in addition to UK bank holidays; electric vehicle leasing through salary sacrifice; contributed pension scheme; death-in-service cover
Location
Manchester, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
This hands-on Cloud Engineer role deploys, operates, and modernises Microsoft Azure infrastructure across customer cloud and hybrid environments. The work includes cloud migrations, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code automation, Azure networking and identity, security and monitoring, and troubleshooting. It also supports legacy application modernisation and compatibility, including Windows 11 migrations and Microsoft Office applications using Excel macros, VBA, Access, and SQL.
Benefits
Training and personal developmentPrivate medical coverDiscretionary performance-based bonusAnnual leave plus birthday and work anniversary daysElectric vehicle leasing through salary sacrificeContributed pension schemeDeath-in-service cover
Qualifications
- Experience in Azure cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a similar role
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing Microsoft Azure services
- Knowledge of Azure networking, compute, storage, and identity
- Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation
- Experience with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates
- Experience with PowerShell, Python, or other scripting languages
- Understanding of cloud security, monitoring, and infrastructure best practices
- Experience supporting cloud migrations and hybrid infrastructure
- Experience working in technical, multidisciplinary delivery teams
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Eligibility and willingness to obtain and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance where required
Responsibilities
- Deploy, configure, and support Microsoft Azure infrastructure and services
- Support cloud migrations, infrastructure modernisation, and hybrid environments
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Implement Infrastructure as Code and automated deployments
- Configure and troubleshoot Azure networking, compute, storage, and identity
- Support cloud security, monitoring, resilience, and operational improvements
- Investigate and resolve cloud infrastructure and deployment issues
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, delivery teams, customers, and stakeholders
- Support application and infrastructure migrations, including Windows 11 transformation
- Remediate legacy application compatibility and configuration issues
- Support Excel macros, VBA, Microsoft Access, SQL databases, and data integrations
- Contribute to technical documentation, engineering standards, and continuous improvement
Skills
ARM TemplatesAzureAzure DevOpsAzure FilesBicepGitHubGitHub ActionsJavaPowerShellPythonTerraformWindows
Certifications
Microsoft Azure certification such as AZ-104 or equivalent
Industry
GovernmentDefenceRegulated environments
Security clearance
Security Check (SC) clearance
Relocation
No