Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Azure Cloud & Infrastructure Support Engineer

£400 - £500 per day | Inside IR35 | 3-Month Contract with likely extension

Remote working with occasional travel to London

A growing technology business is looking for a Cloud & Infrastructure Support Engineer to join its team on an initial three-month contract.

This is a hands-on Microsoft Azure infrastructure support position focused on BAU operations, incident management, troubleshooting and administration across a commercial Azure environment.

The successful candidate will work closely with senior infrastructure and engineering specialists, taking responsibility for day-to-day Azure support and helping maintain a secure, reliable and highly available cloud platform.


Key Responsibilities
  • Provide day-to-day Microsoft Azure support and administration.
  • Monitor Azure infrastructure, services and platform health.
  • Investigate and resolve Azure alerts, incidents and service requests.
  • Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, connectivity and performance issues.
  • Support Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments.
  • Administer Azure Virtual Machines, storage, networking and application services.
  • Support Azure networking including VNets, NSGs, VPNs, DNS and IP addressing.
  • Implement routine firewall and networking changes.
  • Support Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD and Microsoft 365.
  • Carry out infrastructure patching, maintenance and upgrades.
  • Support end-user computing and device configuration where required.
  • Maintain technical documentation, runbooks and knowledge articles.
  • Work within ITIL-style incident, change and service-management processes.
  • Assist with infrastructure projects and platform improvement activity.
  • Support security monitoring, vulnerability management and audit requirements.
  • Escalate complex issues appropriately to senior engineers.
Required Experience

The successful candidate will have:

  • Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure experience.
  • Commercial experience supporting Azure infrastructure.
  • Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure and technical incidents.
  • Strong understanding of networking fundamentals.
  • Experience with Azure VNets, NSGs, VPN and DNS.
  • Practical experience with Azure Virtual Desktop / AVD.
  • Experience with Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD.
  • Experience supporting Microsoft 365.
  • Good understanding of virtual machines, storage and cloud infrastructure.
  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
  • Ability to work independently and manage infrastructure tickets through to resolution.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable Experience
  • AZ-900 or AZ-104 certification.
  • PowerShell scripting.
  • Bicep.
  • Terraform.
  • Infrastructure-as-Code.
  • Jira / Confluence.
  • ITIL / service management.
  • Financial services, fintech, payments or banking technology.
  • SaaS or technology product environments.
The Ideal Candidate

This role would suit a Cloud Engineer, Azure Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Support Engineer, Azure Support Engineer or Infrastructure Support Engineer who enjoys being hands-on.

Candidates should have enough commercial experience to operate independently without requiring constant technical direction.

Candidates from SaaS, technology, fintech, financial services, payments and in-house commercial environments are particularly encouraged to apply.

MSP candidates will also be considered where they have strong, hands-on Azure support experience.

This is not an Azure Architect or high-level design role. The focus is on practical Azure infrastructure support, troubleshooting, administration and BAU operations.

Contract: 3 months initially, with potential for quarterly extensions
Rate: Up to £600/day
IR35: Inside IR35
Location: Hybrid - occasionally require to be in the London office
Start: September 2026

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