Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - GBP 60000

Role: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on experience
Location: Hybrid - Remote with occasional Reading HQ visits (1-2 days/month)
Hours: Full-time, Monday-Friday (7.25 hrs/day)

We're seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure Engineer to join a busy, growing IT team responsible for keeping mission-critical systems running across multiple UK sites. This role blends hands-on technical work with involvement in major upcoming projects-cloud migrations, office moves, and infrastructure upgrades-within a "cloud-first" strategy. You'll work across Azure, Microsoft 365, networking, and on-prem virtualisation, collaborating with experienced 2nd & 3rd line engineers and security specialists.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and support servers (Hyper-V virtual and physical), ensuring proactive monitoring, patching, and maintenance
  
• Design, manage, and monitor Azure environments and resources
  
• Support Office 365, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Teams, Power Automate, Power BI, Intune, and MFA
  
• Administer SQL databases and IIS-based applications hosted in Azure
  
• Oversee backup, DRaaS, and BaaS solutions (Zerto, Commvault), perform DR tests and restore checks
  
• Maintain networking (SD-WAN, switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs)
  
• Handle certificate management (SSL), DNS, DHCP, and authentication (ADFS, SAML, WAP)
  
• Keep CMDB and capacity planning records up to date
  
• Collaborate on security monitoring and compliance activities, including audit support
  
• Write and maintain PowerShell/Terraform scripts to automate tasks
  
  What you'll bring
  
  
• Strong Microsoft Windows Server, Azure, and O365 administration experience
  
• Proven SQL database and Hyper-V virtualisation skills
  
• Networking knowledge across firewalls, routing, and VPN technologies
  
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and work independently under pressure
  
• A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and reliability in delivering results
  
  Desirable experience
  
  
• IT certifications (Azure, MCP/MCSA/MCSE, CCNA)
  
• SAN administration (Compellent, NAS/iSCSI), Hyper-V clusters, Microsoft Failover clustering
  
• Backup management, monitoring systems (PRTG), build image maintenance, and infrastructure decommissioning
  
• PowerShell scripting for automation and infrastructure management
  
• ITIL foundation knowledge
  
  Why this role?
  
  
• Competitive salary + discretionary bonus
  
• 25 days holiday + pension + life assurance
  
• Flexible benefits scheme covering health, wellbeing, and lifestyle perks
  
• Hybrid working with minimal office travel
  
  Exposure to a wide range of tech and large-scale infrastructure projects in a fast-paced environment