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SalaryJoin Age UK's Digital & Technology division as Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, where your expertise will be pivotal in shaping and maintaining our IT infrastructure.
In this role, you'll play a key part in designing, deploying, and optimizing our IT systems, ensuring they are reliable, efficient, and aligned with organisational objectives. This is a great opportunity to contribute meaningfully to our infrastructure, enhancing processes and adapting to the everchanging tech landscape.
With access to the latest Microsoft tools and services to meet Age UK's technology objectives, you'll have the opportunity to stay up to date on the latest technologies and best practices in the field, and to use your knowledge and experience to make recommendations for improving our infrastructure.
Digital & Technology is a multidisciplinary team - spanning security, data, cloud services and applications - giving you an opportunity to learn and contribute across all these domains.
This role would be suitable for:
- System Administrators with strong background in Windows Server and networking, who are looking to expand their Azure experience.
- Infrastructure Engineers with background in managing virtual machines and platforms, who are looking to expand their Azure experience.
- Existing Microsoft Azure administrators, with drive to develop and grow.
This fulfilling role is offered on a Hybrid / London contract and will include travel as required to our modern co-working hub in the City of London.
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Must haves:
- Demonstrated capability to work autonomously and make independent decisions, as well as effectively collaborate with cross functional teams across various domains.
- In-depth experience with Microsoft 365 platform, Microsoft Azure, and Windows Server (2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022).
- Proven experience deploying and managing IaaS and PaaS workloads on Microsoft Azure.
- Proficiency in Active Directory Domain Services and Microsoft Entra administration.
- Experience in PowerShell scripting and process automation.
- Understanding of IaaS/PaaS/SaaS approaches to infrastructure and their trade-offs.
- Familiarity with observability tools and automated response systems.
- Comprehensive understanding of the product lifecycle, from inception to decommissioning.
- Solid understanding of IT security principles, combined with proven experience in effectively addressing vulnerabilities to safeguard organizational data and systems.
- Knowledge of common networking concepts and protocols.
- Relevant Microsoft certifications.
Great to haves:
- Industry-recognised certifications.
- Proven scripting or programming experience.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience.
What we offer in return:
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
- Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
Occasional travel is required to other Age UK sites to enable performance of the duties and responsibilities and for the purposes of maintaining and updating professional skills and development of a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer.
Hybrid and remote working require that the candidate meet these additional requirements: Internet bandwidth: 40Mbps minimum, Internet connectivity: Wired / ADSL / Fibre, Stable and safe working environment.
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
