Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Nigel Wright Group · Sunderland
Job description
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to join our growing technology team. You will design, implement and maintain a hybrid cloud and on‑premises estate, ensuring services are efficient, reliable, secure and performant.
Key responsibilities
- Manage and optimise public cloud infrastructure for scalability, availability and security.
- Implement monitoring, conduct performance analysis and automate improvements.
- Maintain high availability and data integrity through proactive alerting, backups and disaster‑recovery planning.
- Lead major incident response, root‑cause analysis and long‑term fixes.
- Enforce security best practices, vulnerability management and compliance monitoring.
- Develop and maintain IaC scripts and configuration policies.
- Provide 3rd‑line support and act as escalation point for complex technical issues.
- Collaborate with internal teams and third‑party providers to deliver high‑quality infrastructure services.
Required profile
- Strong customer‑service mindset with clear professional communication.
- Minimum three years of experience in a cloud/infrastructure role.
- Hands‑on experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, Entra ID and Group Policy.
- Proven administration of Microsoft 365 services (Exchange, SharePoint, Teams).
- Solid knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, IIS and networking fundamentals.
- Experience with firewall technologies and cyber‑security best practices.
Required skills
- Windows Server 2016/2022
- Active Directory / Entra ID
- Group Policy
- Microsoft 365 (Exchange, SharePoint, Teams)
- Microsoft SQL Server
- IIS
- VLAN, routing, DHCP Snooping, Spanning Tree, LAG
- Firewall configuration
- Microsoft Azure (VMs, VNETs)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
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Nigel Wright Group
Sunderland