Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer – Hybrid Our client is urgently looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join their team on a permanent basis. Please note, the role is hybrid with 3 days on-site each week. You will assume day-to-day ownership of the firm’s infrastructure estate. With a clear mandate to migrate from on-premise legacy systems to a cloud-first model, this role demands both the practical expertise to manage existing environments and the vision to drive a modern, secure, and scalable infrastructure forward.

You will be rewarded with an excellent salary, as well as a brilliant benefits package including discretionary bonus, pension scheme (3% from you, 5% from the company), medical insurance, hybrid working and many, many more perks! Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer – Key

Skills:

A minimum of 10 years’ experience in an infrastructure engineering or senior systems administration role, ideally within professional services i.e. legal services Demonstrated experience with Broadcom VMware Cloud Foundation and vSphere, including the ability to manage, optimise, and troubleshoot on-premise virtualised environments Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including IaaS, PaaS, Azure networking, and Azure-based storage, with hands-on experience planning and executing cloud migration programmes from on-premise infrastructure Extensive experience with Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, and Entra , including hybrid identity, conditional access, and single sign-on, with familiarity in transitioning from legacy identity platforms such as Workspace One Access Solid understanding of on-premise Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, and DHCP, and the ability to manage hybrid environments during the transition to cloud-native services

Experience with Cisco, Meraki, and Ubiquiti Uni Fi networking environments, including switching, routing, wireless, and site-to-site connectivity Experience configuring and managing Sophos firewalls, including SD-WAN, intrusion prevention, and web filtering policies Familiarity with Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM) and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for security monitoring, threat detection, and incident response Familiarity with infrastructure and application monitoring tools, such as Auvik or Whats Up Gold for network monitoring and Datadog for cloud application performance Hands-on experience with Veeam backup and replication, including the design and management of backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions

Experience with storage migration, including transitioning from on-premise SAN solutions (e.g. Dell EMC) to Azure-based storage services Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences and collaborate effectively across a multi-site, international organisation A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability, comfortable operating both independently and as part of a distributed team Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Hybrid Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.

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