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Senior Cloud Engineer
Som*** · Bristol, ENG, United Kingdom
Bristol, ENG, United KingdomContract55,000-60,000 GBP/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
Discretionary annual bonus; pension with 5% employee and 6% employer contributions; annual leave of 25 days, increasing to 27 days after two years and 30 days after five years, plus bank holidays; healthcare cash plan; electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme; retailer discounts; wellbeing and fitness app; enhanced parental leave; life assurance at four times salary; car and travel insurance discounts; Cycle to Work Scheme; employee referral scheme; community support day.
Location
Bristol, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa
Job summary
The Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer delivers and strengthens secure, scalable Microsoft Azure services while supporting modernisation and migration of on-premises data centre infrastructure. The role manages cloud governance, networking, cost controls, patching and security, alongside VMware, Pure Storage, Microsoft 365 and endpoint protection services. It also maintains infrastructure documentation and standards, coordinates vulnerability remediation, and mentors junior engineers.
Benefits
Discretionary annual bonusPension with 5% employee and 6% employer contributions25 days annual leave, increasing to 27 days after two years and 30 days after fiHealthcare cash planElectric vehicle salary sacrifice schemeRetailer discountsWellbeing and fitness appEnhanced parental leaveLife assurance at four times salaryCar and travel insurance discountsCycle to Work SchemeEmployee referral schemeCommunity support day
Qualifications
- Extensive experience delivering Azure cloud services, including WAF, VNETs, infrastructure as code and CLI scripting.
- Experience supporting hybrid Active Directory and Entra environments with MFA.
- Experience managing physical and cloud infrastructure, networking, Windows and Linux servers, storage and virtualisation.
- Advanced knowledge of LAN/WAN, VPNs, firewalls, Active Directory, DNS and TCP/IP.
- Experience with endpoint security tools such as Tenable, Wiz, Mandiant or Sophos.
- Experience with Commvault or similar backup and recovery solutions.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage priorities and meet deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Commercial awareness of the impact of infrastructure downtime.
- Ability to lead and mentor junior team members and handle complex technical issues.
Responsibilities
- Oversee Azure infrastructure deployment, configuration and right-sizing.
- Manage Azure and physical firewalls and network infrastructure.
- Manage VMware environments and Pure Storage solutions.
- Maintain core network services and connectivity.
- Manage the Microsoft 365 backup solution.
- Produce Azure cost reports and maintain FinOps practices.
- Configure Azure budget alerts and deploy Azure Policy to reduce configuration drift.
- Administer Intune for device management and security compliance.
- Manage Sophos endpoint protection.
- Support data centre operations and migration of services to the cloud.
- Coordinate remediation of penetration test findings.
- Manage Mimecast email security and archiving.
- Oversee Windows, infrastructure and network device patching.
- Use the vulnerability management framework and Tenable to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
- Implement Wiz and Mandiant monitoring.
- Maintain infrastructure documentation and enforce system management and security standards.
- Collaborate with the Infrastructure Technical Lead and team on projects and strategic initiatives.
- Provide technical support and mentor junior engineers.
Skills
AzureGoLinuxVMwareWindowsBashIAMTerraform
Work schedule
2 days in the office and 3 days working from homeFlexible workingFlexi-time
Industry
Insurance
Contract length
Until March 2028
Relocation
No