Jobs / METCloud
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
METCloud · Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom
Birmingham, ENG, United KingdomExp: 5+ yrs40,000-60,000 GBP/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
Salary negotiable; 25 days annual holiday plus bank holidays; company pension after the qualifying period; private healthcare after one year of service; private life insurance
Location
Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
Designs, secures, automates, and supports enterprise-grade Microsoft Azure and hybrid infrastructure across customer and internal environments. The role leads cloud migrations and modernisation, maintains resilient production platforms and disaster recovery, resolves complex infrastructure incidents, and develops Infrastructure as Code and automation. It also provides technical guidance to customers and project teams and mentors junior engineers.
Benefits
25 days of annual leave plus bank holidaysCompany pension after the qualifying periodPrivate healthcare after one year of servicePrivate life insuranceTraining and wellbeing programmesWork from home one day per week after the qualifying period
Qualifications
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure infrastructure and services.
- Knowledge of AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, including Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, or CloudFormation.
- Strong networking knowledge, including VPNs, DNS, routing, firewalls, and hybrid connectivity.
- Experience with Windows Server, Linux administration, virtualisation platforms, and Kubernetes.
- Strong scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
- Experience with DevOps and CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
- Understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery, and compliance frameworks.
- At least five years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering.
- Proven experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise cloud environments.
- Experience delivering cloud migration and infrastructure transformation projects.
- Experience supporting production and business-critical systems.
- Experience in managed services, consultancy, or customer-facing environments.
- Familiarity with ITIL-based service management processes.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and support Azure and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
- Maintain production platforms for availability, performance, resilience, and security.
- Monitor infrastructure and identify improvements and automation opportunities.
- Resolve complex infrastructure incidents as a senior escalation point.
- Lead cloud migration, modernisation, and transformation projects from architecture through implementation.
- Configure and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
- Maintain security controls, identity management, compliance, and patch management.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code and automation solutions.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, solution designs, build guides, and operational procedures.
- Collaborate with service delivery, project, DevOps, and customer success teams.
- Work with vendors and cloud providers to resolve issues and improve platform performance.
- Support pre-sales with technical expertise and solution designs.
- Mentor junior engineers and promote technical best practices.
Skills
ARM TemplatesAWSAzureAzure DevOpsBashBicepCloudFormationGCPGitHubGitHub ActionsIAMJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPowerShellPythonTerraformWindowsWindows ServerOktaVMware
Certifications
Microsoft Azure certifications: AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-500 or equivalentAWS certificationsKubernetes certifications: CKA or CKADITIL FoundationSecurity certifications: Security+, CISSP, SC-200, or SC-300Networking certifications: CCNA or Network+
Industry
Cloud infrastructureCloud securityCybersecurity
Relocation
No