Azure Infrastructure Engineer

As an Azure Infrastructure Engineer, you will join our Infrastructure Operations team, owning, supporting and evolving secure Microsoft Azure and hybrid Windows platforms. You will help ensure availability, performance, security and cost-effective operation across business-critical cloud services, while driving automation, standardisation and modernisation.

Working closely with cloud, network, security, application and service teams, you will design, implement and operate resilient Azure solutions across the UK&I. The role combines hands-on Azure engineering with strong Windows infrastructure expertise to support migrations, platform improvement and reliable transition into operational service.

Azure Platform Engineering & Operations

• Administer, maintain and support Azure subscriptions, management groups, resource groups and core platform services within established governance controls.
• Deploy and manage Azure Virtual Machines, managed disks, availability sets/zones, virtual networks, network security groups, private endpoints, load balancing and supporting platform components.
• Operate Azure identity and access services, including Microsoft Entra ID, role-based access control, managed identities, privileged access and access reviews.
• Support Azure Backup, recovery services, business continuity and disaster recovery, including recovery testing and remediation.
• Use Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, alerts, dashboards and service health information to manage availability, performance and capacity.
• Manage cloud resource lifecycle, tagging, policy compliance, security posture and cost optimisation.

Hybrid Windows Infrastructure

• Administer and support Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022 workloads hosted in Azure and on-premises.
• Support Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy, DNS, DFS, DHCP, RDS, IIS, Certificate Services and Windows Failover Clustering.
• Perform server provisioning, configuration, hardening, patching, vulnerability remediation, upgrades and decommissioning.
• Support Azure Arc, Azure Migrate and hybrid identity technologies where applicable.

Automation, Infrastructure as Code & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and maintain automation using PowerShell, Azure CLI and approved scripting technologies.
• Build and support infrastructure-as-code solutions using Bicep and/or Terraform, with reusable modules, version control and peer review.
• Use Azure DevOps or Git-based workflows to support controlled deployment, configuration management and platform standardisation.
• Deliver improvements that increase reliability, security, operational efficiency and service quality.

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Apply Azure Policy, role-based access controls, resource locks, tagging standards and platform guardrails.
• Support Microsoft Defender for Cloud, vulnerability management, security recommendations and remediation.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, architecture records and support guides.

Cloud Migration & Project Delivery

• Support discovery, assessment, design and migration of Windows workloads and services into Microsoft Azure.
• Work with network, storage, security, cloud and application teams to deliver integrated landing zone and workload solutions.
• Complete testing, operational readiness, knowledge transfer and transition activities.

Operational Support

• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rota as required, supporting critical Azure and Windows infrastructure services.
• Provide occasional out-of-hours support for planned cloud changes, maintenance, recovery testing and critical incidents.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure production environments, including subscriptions, resource groups, compute, storage, networking, monitoring and backup.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, managed identities, Azure networking, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Azure Policy and Defender for Cloud.
• Strong PowerShell automation skills, with practical experience of Azure CLI and/or Azure PowerShell.
• Experience implementing infrastructure as code using Bicep and/or Terraform through Git-based deployment workflows.
• Experience supporting Windows Server and Active Directory services in hybrid or cloud-hosted environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, stakeholder management, organisational and documentation skills.
• Experience working within ITIL-based service management environments is beneficial.
• Experience in secure government, defence or critical national infrastructure environments is desirable.
• Degree, apprenticeship, technical qualification or equivalent experience within an IT-related discipline.

Relevant Microsoft Azure certification is preferred but not required. SC security clearance is required.

Benefits

• 25 days paid leave plus national holidays
• Pension scheme with contributions matched up to 10%
• Private medical cover
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• Flex Benefits Program

Atos is a Disability Confident and care leaver friendly employer. Reasonable adjustments and additional application support are available. Contact UK-Recruitment-Support@atos.net for support.