Azure Cloud Engineer

Azure Cloud Engineer
12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Home Based / Southampton (onsite 2 - 3 days a MONTH)
Salary: £45,000 - £47,000 (+ on call, excellent benefits)

Skills: Azure, Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, Azure Automation Runbooks, PowerShell, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online,

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 ID, 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 Southampton 2 / 3 days in a month.

Key responsibilities:

• 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 ID, 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

Essential experience:

• Strong hands-on Azure cloud engineering experience
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD and hybrid identity
• Experience creating or managing Conditional Access policies
• Experience with Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell scripting
• Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online experience
• 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

Desirable experience:

• PKI / certificate services
• Azure Virtual Desktop
• Exchange on-prem to Exchange Online / hybrid Exchange
• Azure cost management
• Public sector, policing or secure environment experience
• Active Directory, Windows Server and broader Microsoft infrastructure experience