Infrastructure Cloud Engineer


Company:	Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary:	£45,000 to £55,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Manchester, M40 2DP
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 2 days remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	3 Sept 2026
Closing date:	10 Sept 2026

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Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a large international organisation undergoing significant investment in its cloud and infrastructure platforms. We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Cloud Engineer to play a key role in designing, implementing and optimising enterprise-scale cloud environments that support critical business operations running 24/7.

This role offers the chance to work within a complex, multi-site environment, helping to shape cloud strategy, improve security posture and drive infrastructure automation while collaborating with operations, security and technical teams across the business. As an Infrastructure Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, deployment and ongoing support of cloud infrastructure, ensuring environments remain secure, scalable, highly available and cost-effective. You will contribute to cloud transformation initiatives, implement automation and support business-critical applications and services.

Key responsibilities include:

Designing and supporting Microsoft Azure cloud environments

Building highly available, scalable and secure infrastructure platforms

Implementing Infrastructure as Code and automation solutions

Managing cloud networking, security, identity and access management

Monitoring system performance, availability and reliability

Supporting disaster recovery, backup and business continuity planning

Driving security improvements and cloud governance initiatives

Optimising cloud spend and infrastructure performance

Producing technical documentation, standards and operational procedures

Collaborating with infrastructure, operations and security teams on strategic projects.

We are keen to speak with Infrastructure Engineers, Cloud Engineers, Azure Engineers or Platform Engineers who possess:

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure

Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure environments

Knowledge of cloud security and governance best practices

Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Good understanding of networking principles including DNS, VPNs and virtual networking

Experience supporting Windows and/or Linux server environments

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Experience with any of the following would be advantageous:

Azure Landing Zones

Infrastructure as Code

Fortinet technologies

PowerShell, Python or Bash scripting

Azure Monitor and cloud monitoring tools

Multi-site or international enterprise environments.

In return, you will be rewarded with ongoing career development and training in an enviable working environment.

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