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Azure Cloud Engineer

Morgan Hunt Recruitment
Posted a day ago, valid for 21 days
Location

London, Greater London EC2V7NQ, England

Salary

£450 - £500 per day

Contract type

Full Time

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  • We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer / Active Directory Engineer to modernize our legacy Windows Active Directory and Azure Identity Management systems.
  • The role requires strong technical skills in Azure, Windows Server, and networking, with responsibilities including system efficiency improvements and server infrastructure maintenance.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience and hold certifications in ITIL and Azure Infrastructure.
  • The position offers a contract rate of £450 - £500 per day and is set to last until 31st March 2025.
  • This is a hybrid role, requiring one day per week in the London office, and falls inside IR35 regulations.

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.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.