Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Posted 2 days ago by Harvey Nash Plc
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Summary: The role of Snr Cloud Infrastructure Engineer involves providing expert support in On Premise and Cloud Infrastructure, specifically within Microsoft 365 and Azure platforms. The engineer will handle day-to-day operations, support project activities such as Data Centre Migration, and mentor junior team members. The position is hybrid and requires a proactive approach to improving technical processes and service delivery. The contract is for 6 months and is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting incidents and requests escalated to the Infrastructure Team.
- Identifying and improving technical processes within the team.
- Collaborating with other technical teams as part of incident management and process improvement.
- Documenting technical processes and mentoring junior team members.
- Contributing to tasks associated with Microsoft 365 and Azure Services.
- Contributing to tasks associated with the Data Centre migration.
- Consulting with others to improve service provision and suggesting improvements based on the architectural roadmap.
- Keeping current with market trends and new products in the area of specialization.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience of supporting enterprise solutions on Microsoft 365 and Azure.
- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles and best practices.
- Experience with Azure Front Door and Azure Application Gateway.
- Ability to configure and support Azure Monitor.
- Support for CI/CD processes across multiple development teams.
- Experience with On Premise Traditional Windows Infrastructure, including AD, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, etc.
- Experience of working within project teams.
- Comfortable interacting with end users via face-to-face or remote tools.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Edinburgh
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Snr Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 6 Month Contract | (OutsideIR35) | Hybrid, Edinburgh| Starting ASAP
Day Rate: £DOE
About the Role:
You will be a subject expert in the field of On Premise and Cloud Infrastructure. The post holder will be a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with extensive experience working with both On Premise Infrastructure (Windows Environment) as well as Microsoft 365 and Azure Platforms.
You will need to be able to support Business as Usual requirements as well as provide support where needed on project activity, including a Data Centre Migration.
The key focus for this contract is to support the day to day operations of the business and develop the understanding around the On Premise and Cloud Infrastructure. As time progresses, there will be a desire to resource the contractor into project related activities ongoing.
Service Support and Development
- Supporting Incidents and requests escalated to the Infrastructure Team.
- Identifying and improving technical processes within the team.
- Collaborating with other technical teams as part of incident management and process improvement.
- Documenting technical process and supporting the technical skill set of the team. Mentoring and supporting junior members of the team.
Project Delivery
- Contribute to assigned tasks associated with Microsoft 365 and Azure Services.
- Contribute to assigned tasks associated with the Data Centre migration.
Service Development
- Consult with others within the business and outside agencies to continuously improve service provision and make suggestions for improvements to systems and processes based on the architectural roadmap.
- Keep current with market trends and new products in area of your specialism.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience of supporting enterprise solutions on Microsoft 365 and Azure.
- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles and best practices.
- Azure Front Door
- Azure Application Gateway
- Configure and support Azure Monitor.
- Support CI/CD processes across multiple development teams.
- Experience of On Premise Traditional Windows Infrastructure, including AD, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP.etc.
- Experience of working within project teams.
- Comfortable with interacting with End users as part of support via face to face or remote tools.
Desirable Qualifications
- Azure Devops Pipelines
- Release automation
- Powershell
- Azure CLI
- Azure Container Apps
- Docker
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Infrastructure as Code
This role has been deemed Outside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.