Infrastructure Engineer

Role Overview

6‑month fixed‑term contract. The Cloud and Infrastructure team will design, provision, and support Azure cloud infrastructure to enable global business growth. Focus on secure, resilient Azure solutions with emphasis on networking, deployment automation, and adherence to enterprise standards.

• Azure Networking Architecture: develop and maintain virtual networks, routing, firewalls, private endpoints, load balancers, and API Gateways; produce and review low‑level designs for new and existing services.
• Deployment & Automation: deliver repeatable, compliant infrastructure using Terraform, Azure Dev Ops pipelines, and Git‑based workflows; support blue/green and canary deployment patterns.
• Connectivity Troubleshooting: diagnose and resolve complex network and service‑to‑service connectivity issues across IaaS, PaaS, and hybrid environments using Network Watcher, NSG flow logs, packet capture, and log analytics.
• Security & Compliance: implement and enforce Azure security best practices including identity and access management, network segmentation, encryption, policy governance, and threat protection; ensure alignment with organisational standards and regulatory requirements.
• Operational Excellence: monitor, optimise, and support cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance; contribute to incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Collaboration & Documentation: work closely with architects, developers, and security teams to deliver integrated solutions; produce clear technical documentation, including LLDs, runbooks, and standards for BAU support teams.

• Strong expertise in Azure networking (VNets, routing, firewalls, private links, load balancing).
• Experience producing low‑level designs and implementing enterprise‑grade architectures.
• Hands‑on proficiency with infrastructure‑as‑code and automated deployments (ideally Terraform and Azure Dev Ops).
• Deep troubleshooting capability for network and connectivity issues across cloud environments.
• Understanding of building, deploying, and managing API Gateways.
• Strong knowledge of Azure security controls, governance, and compliance frameworks.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and diagnostic tooling.
• Solid scripting skills (Power Shell, Bash, or Python).

• Experience with observability tools like Data Dog.
• Understanding of Zero Trust Architecture.
• Snowflake experience.

Willis Re is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability, orientation, or any other legally protected categories.