Position Duration
Permanent
Role Type
IT
County
Remote Working
Company
Lifeways Group
Salary / rate of pay
up to £50K
Town or City
Remote working
Ref No
9614
Infrastructure Cloud Engineer
Salary: Up to £50,000
Fully Remote Working – Within the UK
About Us
The Lifeways Group is the UK's largest provider of specialist support services for people with diverse and complex needs. We are on a digital transformation journey to become the Care Provider of Choice by 2026, leveraging innovative technology and efficient processes to enhance the quality of care we provide. We foster a collaborative and forward-thinking environment where creativity and expertise are highly valued.
The Role
As part of our digital transformation, we are seeking a skilled
Infrastructure Cloud Engineer to join our team. You will play a critical role in building, maintaining, and securing our cloud infrastructure, primarily within Microsoft Azure. Your efforts will help protect the security and integrity of the data we hold for nearly 11,000 employees and the 6,000 people we support.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage both business-as-usual (BAU) tasks and infrastructure projects to ensure systems are secure, optimized, and adhere to architectural principles.
- Provide high-quality, responsive IT incident resolution and proactive system improvements.
- Support and maintain server infrastructure, identifying and resolving potential issues to enhance customer experience.
- Oversee the infrastructure support queue, ensuring timely resolution of incidents and service requests within SLA targets.
- Collaborate with vendors to drive incident resolution and participate in regular service reviews.
- Implement and document disaster recovery requirements, and assist with testing.
- Ensure compliance with change management processes.
Essential Skills And Experience
- 4-5 years of proven experience in building cloud solutions in an infrastructure capacity.
- Demonstrable knowledge of building solutions migrating from on-premises to cloud environments.
- Hands-on experience solely building infrastructure solutions, with the ability to discuss your methodologies and approaches.
- Proven experience or certification in Azure Essentials and Microsoft Azure Stack.
Technical Skills
- Windows Server management (2008R2 to 2022) and cluster management.
- Experience with operational and application security in M365 (Microsoft 365).
- Knowledge of Exchange 2016 On-Prem, Active Directory, Mimecast, PowerShell, VMWare, and backup technologies.
Qualifications
- Certification in Azure Infrastructure.
- ITIL V3+ Foundation certification.
- BSc in relevant subjects such as Computer Science, Computer Systems/Networks, Software Engineering, or Mathematics.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a company that makes a real difference in people’s lives.
- Enjoy a collaborative and inclusive remote working environment that values work-life balance.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunities to work with cutting-edge technologies and innovative projects.
- Professional development and continuous learning support.
- Engage with a forward-thinking team where your ideas are welcomed.
If you are passionate about using your cloud infrastructure expertise to make a meaningful impact and help drive our digital transformation, we encourage you to apply. Please ensure your CV clearly demonstrates that you meet the essential criteria to maximize your chances of progressing to the interview stage.
FOR AGENCIES: We are not using agencies to support this recruitment and we do not accept speclative CVs or profiles to anyone at Lifeways. We are not liable for any fee and any communications profiles / CVs will be treated as gifts.
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