Azure Cloud Engineer

Location:
Home Based / Oxford (onsite 2 - 3 days a MONTH)

We are looking to recruit an Azure Cloud Engineer for a technology driven public sector organisation.

This is a senior technical role focused on strengthening and modernising a Microsoft cloud environment. The organisation is looking for someone with strong hands‑on Azure experience who can act as a technical escalation point, support cloud‑first delivery, improve operational automation and help close key skills gaps across Microsoft Entra , Conditional Access and Azure automation.

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, ideally alongside a good understanding of hybrid Microsoft environments.

This is a hybrid role and you will be required to work onsite at my client's office in Oxford 2 / 3 days in a month.

• Act as a senior technical specialist across Azure and Microsoft cloud services
• Design, implement and support secure, scalable Azure cloud solutions
• Configure and improve Microsoft Entra , hybrid identity and Conditional Access policies
• Develop and maintain Azure Automation Runbooks to improve operational efficiency
• Support the modernisation of legacy infrastructure into cloud‑first services
• Provide technical assurance, documentation and best practice guidance
• Support Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online and related collaboration platforms
• Work across Azure services such as virtual machines, networking, DNS, storage, web apps, app gateways and load balancing
• Support PKI, certificate services and wider infrastructure security requirements
• 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
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Entra  / Azure AD and hybrid identity
• Experience creating or managing Conditional Access policies
• Experience with Azure Automation Runbooks and Power Shell scripting
• Understanding of Azure networking, identity, security and governance principles
• 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
• PKI / certificate services
• Exchange on‑prem to Exchange Online / hybrid Exchange
• Public sector, policing or secure environment experience
• Active Directory, Windows Server and broader Microsoft infrastructure experience