Cloud Operations Engineer

Cloud Operations Engineer

6 month contract

Location: London (Hybrid)

Are you an experienced Cloud Operations Engineer with strong Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 experience? We're looking for a talented engineer to join the Technology team of this Financial Services organisation and play a key role in supporting and improving the hybrid cloud environment.

This is a hands-on role where you will work across Azure, Office 365, Windows infrastructure and automation, providing technical expertise while helping to deliver improvements and new technology solutions.

As a Cloud Operations Engineer, you will act as a Level 3 escalation point, supporting critical infrastructure services and working collaboratively with engineering teams, architects and stakeholders to maintain a secure, reliable and efficient technology environment.

Key responsibilities

Provide Level 3 technical support and escalation for cloud and infrastructure services

Manage and maintain Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud environments

Support Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange Online, security, governance and compliance

Manage modern workplace technologies including Microsoft Intune, Autopilot and Defender

Support Windows Server environments, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP

Monitor platform health, investigate issues and proactively improve service reliability

Develop automation solutions using PowerShell and Power Automate

Contribute to infrastructure improvements, cloud initiatives and technology projects

Work with product owners, architects and technology teams to deliver solutions

Participate in an on-call support rota

Key responsibilities

Strong experience supporting Microsoft Azure environments

Proven experience managing Microsoft 365 services

Good knowledge of Exchange Online and hybrid Exchange environments

Experience with Microsoft Intune, Autopilot and endpoint management

Strong Windows Server and Active Directory experience

Experience with PowerShell scripting and automation

Understanding of networking concepts including DNS, DHCP, firewalls and load balancing

Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments

Desirable experience

Terraform / Infrastructure as Code

Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines

Azure Virtual Desktop or Windows 365

Containerisation and serverless technologies

Azure or Microsoft 365 certifications

Progress MOVEit

We're looking for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, improving processes and working collaboratively across teams. If you're passionate about Microsoft cloud technologies and want to be part of a team delivering modern infrastructure solutions, we'd love to hear from you!