Contract Location: Home Based / Oxford or Southampton (onsite 2 - 3 days a month)
Salary: up to £52,000 (+ on call, excellent benefits and a very generous pension)
We are looking to recruit an Azure Cloud Engineer for a technology driven public sector organisation.
This is a senior technical role focused on managing, securing and modernising a Microsoft Azure environment across multiple subscriptions. The organisation is looking for someone with strong hands‑on Azure engineering experience who can create and govern new cloud services, act as a technical escalation point, support cloud‑first delivery and work closely with application teams to onboard services into Azure.
This is not a traditional on‑prem infrastructure role with a small amount of cloud. The successful candidate will bring genuine Azure cloud engineering experience, with a strong understanding of governance, networking, identity, automation and secure cloud administration.
Key responsibilities:
- Act as a senior technical specialist across Azure and Microsoft cloud services
- Manage an Azure estate across multiple subscriptions, including the creation of new subscriptions and implementation of governance standards
- Design, implement and support secure, scalable Azure cloud solutions
- Design and administer Azure Resource Groups, RBAC, Azure Policies and management groups
- Manage Azure networking including VNets, NSGs, DNS, app gateways, load balancing and VPN connectivity
- Administer Azure Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts and Key Vault
- Configure and improve Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity and Conditional Access policies
- Work closely with application teams to onboard new services into Azure and provide technical guidance
- Support the modernisation of legacy infrastructure into cloud‑first services
- Provide technical assurance, documentation and best practice guidance
- Contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity and service availability improvements
- Work with internal teams, suppliers and stakeholders to deliver secure and resilient technology services
- Mentor and support other engineers, acting as an escalation point for complex technical issues
- Strong hands‑on Azure cloud engineering experience in an enterprise or public sector environment
- Experience managing an Azure estate across multiple subscriptions
- Experience designing and administering Azure Resource Groups, RBAC, Azure Policies and management groups
- Experience creating new Azure subscriptions and implementing governance standards
- Strong understanding of Azure networking including VNets, NSGs, VPN connectivity and DNS
- Experience administering Azure Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts and Key Vault
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD, hybrid identity and Conditional Access
- Ability to produce clear technical documentation and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working in an operational environment with service improvement, incident/problem management and ITIL-style processes
- Exchange on-prem to Exchange Online / hybrid Exchange
- PKI / certificate services
- Public sector, policing or secure environment experience
- Active Directory, Windows Server and broader Microsoft infrastructure experience
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Cloud Engineer in Southampton employer: DataCareers
As a leading provider of Transformation Consultancy within the ERP Sector, our company offers an exceptional work environment that fosters collaboration and innovation. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide tailored training opportunities and a supportive culture that encourages continuous learning. Our home-based role allows for flexibility, while the chance to engage with C-level executives in the public sector ensures that your contributions have a meaningful impact.
