Azure Cloud Engineer

• Locations

  City of London, London

• Salary

  £2800 - £4000 per day

• Sector

  Infrastructure Support, Technology

• Type

  Contract / Interim

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer / Active Directory Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team. This exciting role will focus on modernising and cleansing the legacy Windows Active Directory/Windows Core Server estate, as well as reviewing and remediating our existing Azure Identity Management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Improve system efficiency and performance.
• Support and maintain server infrastructure.
• Assess and enhance the security of the current environment.
• Develop and implement disaster recovery strategies.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation.
• Manage technical migrations (including Azure migration).
• Provide technical debugging and troubleshooting.
• Analyse infrastructure and web applications.
• Oversee server administration tasks.
• Utilise automation/DevOps tools and scripting.
• Archive and cleanse services as required.
• Provide 3rd line support.
• Balance technical and administrative workloads.
• Stay up to date with information security threats and challenges.
• Work closely with other Operations teams to coordinate infrastructure migrations.
• Provide expertise in security engineering, incident response, and risk management.

Technical Skills (not limited to):

• Azure and Corporate Active Directory Services.
• Microsoft Azure, SSO, MFA, and AD.
• Windows Server systems (2016/2019/2022).
• Core networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP).
• PowerShell scripting.
• ITIL and ITSM frameworks.
• Exchange 2016 On-Prem.
• VMware virtualisation.
• Backup technologies (including Azure Backup, Proact).

Qualifications:

• ITIL Foundation certification.
• Certification in Azure Infrastructure.
• Experience in Windows server administration (2008R2 – 2022).
• Cluster management experience.
• In-depth knowledge of Active Directory.
• Understanding of operational and application security.

Contract Details:

• £450 – £500 per day.
• Contract until 31st March 2025.
• Inside IR35.
• Hybrid working: one day per week in the London office

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual’s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.