Lead Infrastructure Analyst - MS Azure, M365, Security - City, London
Hybrid working - 3 days onsite and 2 days remotely (weekly)
Contracting for this Lloyd's of London Syndicate as a Lead Infrastructure Analyst, working in a small team, you will be responsible for the design, delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of the core technology platforms, including cloud services (MS Azure), on-premises infrastructure, networks, end user compute (EUC), IT Security and associated tooling such as Jira.
The Lead Infrastructure Analysts role is to support infrastructure and cloud roadmap decisions, operational standards, IT Security controls across these domains, and change governance across the environment.
The role also leads the technical response to third party security questionnaires and due diligence requests, and facilitates internal and external technology audits. In addition, the role acts as a central point of knowledge for the design, configuration, and administration of Jira to support IT service management and change processes.
THIS ROLE IS FOR AN IMMEDIATE START
Skills/experience required:
- Significant experience (typically 7yrs+) in infrastructure and cloud roles, including at least 3 years in a lead/senior capacity
- Proven track record of owning and operating core technology services across both cloud (MS Azure) and on-premises environments
- Strong hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (ie Azure subscriptions, landing zones, IaaS/PaaS, identity and access management)
- Strong hands-on knowledge of core infrastructure - Windows and/or Linux servers, virtualisation, storage, networking, firewalls, VPN, DNS
- Strong hands-on knowledge of M365/collaboration platforms and identity (ie Entra IT/Azure AD, conditional access)
- Practical experience implementing and operating IT security controls across infrastructure, cloud and EUC
- Hand-on experience administering Jira (or similar ITSM/work management tools), including workflow design, configuration, and reporting to support IT Operations
- Experience working in a regulated or highly controlled environments, with a strong understanding of security and audit expectations
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into pragmatic technical solutions and roadmaps
- Strong vendor and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with external partners and MSPs