Cloud Engineer - Secure - On-site Hampshire (Azure)

Location: On-site in Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom, 5 days per week. Candidates must meet UK Government and contractual personnel security requirements, applicable residency requirements, and have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Some roles may have nationality requirements.

Company

hirify.global delivers secure, scalable, and reliable technology operations and services for enterprise and government clients.

What you will do

• Operate, support, and troubleshoot enterprise Azure and hybrid on-premises environments across compute, storage, networking, identity, and PaaS services.
• Manage Azure networking, security, governance, certificates, access controls, application delivery, and compliance remediation.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD automation with Azure DevOps, Terraform or Bicep/ARM, Git, and scripting tools.
• Improve monitoring, alerting, reliability, disaster recovery, backup, patching, cost hygiene, and configuration compliance.
• Support Windows Server, Active Directory, hybrid identity, VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter, workload migration, and business continuity.
• Handle ITIL-aligned incidents, problems, and changes; participate in on-call and after-hours support, maintain documentation, and coach other engineers.

Requirements

• Hands-on enterprise Microsoft Azure operations at approximately AZ-104 level, including Entra ID, RBAC, and access management.
• Experience with Azure networking and application delivery, including VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints/DNS, Front Door, Application Gateway, WAF, or API Management.
• PowerShell and Azure CLI scripting, plus Python or Bash.
• Infrastructure as Code and DevOps experience with Terraform or Bicep/ARM, Azure DevOps pipelines, and Git.
• Monitoring experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and KQL.
• Windows Server and VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter administration, production support, and ITIL incident, problem, and change processes including on-call work.
• DV clearance is required.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Strong ownership, accountability, communication, documentation, continuous-improvement, and coaching skills.

Nice to have

• Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service.
• GitHub Actions and GitHub Copilot.
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Azure Arc, Active Directory, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and Event Grid.
• Public-sector or government environment experience, including NZISM or similar frameworks.
• AZ-500, AZ-700, AZ-400, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, or ITIL 4 Foundation certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person collaboration is prioritized, with flexibility supporting wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances.
• Participation in an on-call roster and after-hours work may be required.
• Inclusive environment focused on strong connections and community.