Azure Cloud Engineer

Job title: Azure Cloud Engineer Rate: £350-375 per day - Outside IR35 / Ltd Company Duration: 3 months initially Location: Northwich, Cheshire, but mostly remote working / WFH Start date: ASAP

Overview We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to support an infrastructure transformation programme. This is a hands-on engineering role, covering discovery, planning, migration, testing, documentation, and BAU handover activities.

Key Responsibilities

Support migration of on-premise workloads into Azure

Execute discovery, assessment, planning, and migration activities

Deliver test and production migrations, including rollback planning

Support post-migration validation and issue resolution

Assist with Azure landing zones, networking, identity, security, and infrastructure configuration

Support Azure domain controller and core identity infrastructure initiatives

Work within agreed architecture, governance and security standards

Produce migration documentation, runbooks, test evidence, and as-built records

Support operational handover and knowledge transfer to internal teams and support partners

Identify and escalate risks, issues, and dependencies.

Essential Experience

Microsoft Azure infrastructure engineering

Azure server migrations using Azure Migrate or similar tools.

Windows Server administration and migration.

Active Directory, DNS, and identity services.

Azure networking (VNets, routing, NSGs, connectivity).

Discovery, dependency mapping, and migration readiness assessments.

Migration planning, testing, execution, and rollback activities.

Technical documentation and operational handover.

Experience working within project or programme environments.

Desirable Experience

Disaster Recovery platforms, particularly Rubrik

Azure governance, policy, security, and monitoring

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)

Experience of working with global IT teams