Location: Home Based / Oxford (onsite 2 – 3 days a MONTH)
We are looking to recruit an Azure Cloud Engineer for a technology driven public sector organisation.
This is a senior technical role focused on strengthening and modernising a Microsoft cloud environment. The organisation is looking for someone with strong hands‑on Azure experience who can act as a technical escalation point, support cloud‑first delivery, improve operational automation and help close key skills gaps across Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access and Azure automation.
This is not a traditional on‑prem infrastructure role with a small amount of cloud. The successful candidate will bring genuine Azure cloud engineering experience, ideally alongside a good understanding of hybrid Microsoft environments.
This is a hybrid role and you will be required to work onsite at my client’s office in Oxford 2 / 3 days in a month.
Key responsibilities:
- Act as a senior technical specialist across Azure and Microsoft cloud services
- Design, implement and support secure, scalable Azure cloud solutions
- Configure and improve Microsoft Entra ID, hybrid identity and Conditional Access policies
- Develop and maintain Azure Automation Runbooks to improve operational efficiency
- Support the modernisation of legacy infrastructure into cloud‑first services
- Provide technical assurance, documentation and best practice guidance
- Support Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online and related collaboration platforms
- Work across Azure services such as virtual machines, networking, DNS, storage, web apps, app gateways and load balancing
- Support PKI, certificate services and wider infrastructure security requirements
- Contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity and service availability improvements
- Work with internal teams, suppliers and stakeholders to deliver secure and resilient technology services
- Mentor and support other engineers, acting as an escalation point for complex technical issues
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD and hybrid identity
- Experience creating or managing Conditional Access policies
- Experience with Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell scripting
- Understanding of Azure networking, identity, security and governance principles
- Ability to produce clear technical documentation and explain technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders
- Experience working in an operational environment with service improvement, incident/problem management and ITIL‑style processes
- PKI / certificate services
- Exchange on‑prem to Exchange Online / hybrid Exchange
- Public sector, policing or secure environment experience
- Active Directory, Windows Server and broader Microsoft infrastructure experience
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