Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 days ago
Leicester
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Leicester (hybrid, 3 days onsite) | £70,000 - £80,000 \n \n Own an Azure migration from the ground up. Our client is moving from a private cloud, Windows Server environment to a modern Azure-first setup, and they're only at the pre-planning stage. That means you design it, you build it, you deliver it. Cradle to grave. \n \n This is a senior, hands-on technical role (with leadership in due course) in a small IT function. You'll sit as peer to the Head of IT Services, owning infrastructure, cloud, networking, security technologies and integration architecture while they run service management and end-user computing. Two different lanes, same level. \n \n What you'll be doing: \n \n\n • Leading technical design and delivery of the Azure migration, working with internal stakeholders and third-party partners\n, • Owning Azure and Microsoft 365 architecture: landing zones, Entra ID, Intune, Defender, Purview\n, • Holding infrastructure availability, resilience and performance during the transition\n, • Setting the technical standards for integration, APIs and platform connectivity\n, • Acting as senior technical escalation point for the team\n, • Building out the platform engineering capability as the function grows (a Cloud Engineer hire is planned for 2027, who'll report to you)\n\n \n What you'll need: \n \n\n • Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, not just strategy from the sidelines\n, • Solid background across Windows Server, networking and core infrastructure\n, • Proven delivery of cloud migration or infrastructure transformation\n, • Working knowledge of Entra ID, Intune, Defender and security best practice\n, • Experience securing cloud and infrastructure platforms: firewalls, WAF, network security, vulnerability management, Zero Trust\n, • Comfortable operating at both strategic and hands-on level in a small team\n, • Confidence managing third-party suppliers and technical partners\n\n \n Nice to have: \n \n Business Central SaaS, Nessus Tenable, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, Terraform/IaC, SQL, Meraki, and any exposure to building or governing API/integration platforms. \n \n Security isn't all on you: there's a 24/7 SOC in place, so you're not carrying incident response alone. CyberEssentials and/or ISO27001 exposure is a strong plus. \n \n Three days a week in the Leicester office, the rest remote. Standard hours Monday to Friday with occasional out-of-hours work during major incidents or deployments. \n \n If you want a migration you can actually own from day one, not inherit halfway through, this is it. \n \n Apply now