Senior Cloud Engineer

Department: [SBSS] IT Operations Team

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: Bristol

Compensation: £55,000 - £60,000 / year

Description

What you'll be responsible for:

•  Oversee the cloud infrastructure lifecycle, including deployment, configuration, right sizing.
•  Manage firewall configurations and network infrastructure to ensure optimal security and performance (Azure and physical).
•  Manage VMware environments and Pure Storage solutions to support critical business applications.

•  Maintain core network services to ensure reliable connectivity and performance.
•  Manage M365 Backup Solution ensuring data integrity and availability.
•  Create Azure cost reports for various stakeholders, ensuring FinOps capabilities are maintained for all deployed workloads.
•  Manage Azure budget alerting configuration
•  Collaborate with architecture team to deploy Azure Policy ensuring configuration drift is minimised.
•  Administer Intune for device management and security compliance.
•  Oversee Sophos management for endpoint protection and threat mitigation.

•  Support data centre management to ensure efficient operation and resource utilisation and later migration from DC to Cloud.
•  Coordinate penetration test (pen test) remediations to address vulnerabilities and strengthen security.
•  Manage Mimecast for email security and archiving solutions.

•  Oversee Windows patching, ensuring compliance with organisational security standards.
•  Collaborate with the Vulnerability Management Framework and Tenable to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
•  Implement Wiz/Mandiant monitoring for enhanced security visibility.
•  Oversee infrastructure patching, including network devices, ensuring timely updates and security compliance.

•  Develop and maintain detailed infrastructure documentation, including configurations, processes, and standards.
•  Establish and enforce best practices for system management and security protocols.

•  Work closely with the Infrastructure Technical Lead and other team members on projects and strategic initiatives.
•  Provide technical support, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers and team members.

What you'll need:

•  Azure Cloud Operations - Wide and deep experience of delivering cloud services in Azure including WAF, VNETs, IaC, Cli scripting.
•  Azure Entra and Active Directory - Proven experience of supporting a hybrid AD/Entra environment with MFA authentication
•  Azure Security Best Practise
•  Resilience: Ability to overcome obstacles and challenges to achieve operational targets.
•  Self-Motivation: Proven ability to work independently while also contributing effectively within a team.
•  Advanced Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into understandable language for non-technical stakeholders and senior management.
•  Organisational Skills: Strong ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
•  Commercial Awareness: Understands the impact of infrastructure downtime on business operations and aligns IT solutions accordingly.
•  Leadership: Ability to lead and mentor junior team members.
•  Technical Expertise: Extensive experience in IT infrastructure roles, with proficiency in managing both physical and cloud-based systems. Deep technical expertise in networking (LAN/WAN, VPNs, firewalls), servers (Windows, Linux), storage solutions (e.g., VMware, Pure Storage), and virtualisation technologies (e.g., VMware).
•  Networking & Security: Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, DNS, TCP/IP, and endpoint security tools (Tenable, Wiz/Mandiant, Sophos).
•  Backup & Recovery: Experience with Commvault or similar solutions.
•  Collaboration & Escalation: Strong team collaboration and ability to handle complex technical issues.

Our Benefits

• Hybrid working – 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days over 2 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service. Plus bank holidays!
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Pension scheme – 5% employee, 6% employer
• Flexible working – we will always consider applications for those who require less than the advertised hours
• Flexi-time
• Healthcare Cash Plan – claim cashback on a variety of everyday healthcare costs
• Electric vehicle – salary sacrifice scheme
• 100’s of exclusive retailer discounts
• Professional wellbeing, health & fitness app - Wrkit
• Enhanced parental leave, including time off for IVF appointments
• Religious bank holidays – if you don’t celebrate Christmas and Easter, you can use these annual leave days on other occasions throughout the year.
• Life Assurance - 4 times your salary
• 25% Car Insurance Discount
• 20% Travel Insurance Discount
• Cycle to Work Scheme   
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Community support day