At a Glance
- Tasks: Own and enhance the Azure platform while managing infrastructure and security.
- Company: Dynamic tech company in Manchester with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Hybrid work, competitive salary, professional development, and free breakfasts.
- Other info: Join a smaller team with excellent growth opportunities and regular company events.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by improving and securing Azure environments.
- Qualifications: Strong Azure administration experience and ability to work independently.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 95000 £ per year.
Role: Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Location
Manchester
Salary
Work pattern
Hybrid
What's on Offer
- Hybrid working.
- Professional development.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Company perks and free breakfasts.
- Regular company events.
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays.
We're looking for a hands-on Senior Azure Platform & Infrastructure Engineer to take ownership of the Azure environment, working closely with the CTO.
This is a practical role within a smaller business, focused on improving, securing and supporting an existing Azure estate.
You'll be comfortable working independently, documenting inherited environments, making sensible technical recommendations, and balancing operational support with platform improvements.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and support the Azure platform day-to-day.
- Manage Azure infrastructure including VMs, networking, backup, recovery and monitoring.
- Improve platform security through hardening, patching, Defender recommendations and monitoring.
- Document architecture, standards, runbooks and disaster recovery processes.
- Support Microsoft 365 and related cloud services where required.
- Communicate progress, priorities and risks clearly to the CTO.
Essential Skills
- Strong hands-on Azure administration experience.
- Azure Iaa S (VMs, VNets, NSGs, routing, backup and monitoring).
- Good understanding of Azure networking, including VPNs and Private Endpoints.
- Practical cloud security experience (Defender, hardening, patching and logging).
- Experience documenting existing environments.
- Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of technical decisions.
Desirable Skills
- Azure App Services / Paa S.
- SQL Server / Azure SQL.
- Microsoft 365 / Intune.
- Cloudflare Zero Trust.
- Terraform or Bicep.
- Microsoft Defender / Sentinel.
- Backup & DR testing.
- Cyber Essentials or ISO27001 experience.
This role is perfect for someone who can own the Azure platform, improve it over time, communicate clearly, and work from outcomes rather than detailed task lists.
This role is well suited to candidates from smaller organisations, MSPs or lean infrastructure teams where broad technical ownership has been part of the role.
Role: Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Location
Manchester
Salary
Work pattern
Hybrid
If you're interested, please apply now!
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