Infrastructure Specialist - Azure, VMware & Microsoft 365

Hybrid in Manchester·Added today (last checked 11 Nov)

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Lorien

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Our summary

Salary: £60,000 a year
About £3,780 a month after tax.
Work mode: Hybrid, Manchester
Contract: Permanent
Experience: Senior level
Closing date: Apply by Wednesday 18 November

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

Extensive experience in enterprise IT infrastructure, with several years in a senior technical role, in an environment of similar scale
Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure experience, from design through implementation into operational support
Solid working knowledge of Entra ID and Microsoft 365
Hands-on VMware (or Hyper-V) virtualisation experience
Good understanding of networking: TCP/IP, DNS/DHCP, routing, firewalls, VPNs, LAN/WAN and Azure networking
Understanding of cloud and infrastructure security principles: identity, privileged access, least privilege
Comfortable as a third-line escalation point and able to communicate clearly with non-technical colleagues
A proactive, self-starting approach: you take ownership, see things through and come with ideas

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Salary £60,000
Company bonus scheme
Hybrid working from our Altrincham office
Development and progression opportunities

The role

Infrastructure Specialist - Azure, VMware & Microsoft 365
Altrincham (hybrid) - Salary £60,000

The role
My client, backed by VC always look to drive innovation across their global business, and the technology behind it runs on an estate we own and build ourselves. Now we are hiring an Infrastructure Specialist to join the specialist team in Altrincham and take shared ownership of our core infrastructure: Azure workloads, VMware virtualisation, Microsoft 365 and Entra ID.

This is a hands-on, senior role in a small, close team. You will split your time between day-to-day management of those environments and project work, including a growing programme of new Azure workloads hosting their own AI and automation tooling in-house rather than buying SaaS. You will act as the third-line escalation point for infrastructure, work closely with the Cyber Security team, and have a real say in how the platform evolves.

What you'll be doing

What you'll do

Designing, deploying and supporting Azure infrastructure: VMs, storage, virtual networks, NSGs and private connectivity, RBAC, managed identities, Key Vault, Monitor/Log Analytics, Backup and resource governance
Building secure, scalable Azure environments to host AI applications and services
Managing Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Intune and Conditional Access, including compliance and licensing governance
Supporting and maintaining our VMware estate, Windows Server, Active Directory and Group Policy
Owning daily management of deployment, security, compliance and migration across our Microsoft environments, including email security
Looking after enterprise storage (SAN/NAS), backup and disaster recovery, including upcoming renewals and potential platform changes
Automating business and IT processes with PowerShell and Power Platform / Power Automate
Acting as third-line escalation for the service desk and troubleshooting complex issues across cloud and on-prem
Contributing to global infrastructure projects, including acquisitions and integrations

Why join

Broad technical scope across cloud and on-prem, with genuine autonomy to shape the platform
Interesting project pipeline: in-house AI and automation workloads, M&A integration, backup and compliance modernisation
Small, expert team that takes pride in its work