Infrastructure Cloud Engineer

Title: Infrastructure Cloud Engineer
Location: London/ hybrid
Salary Range: £90,000 per annum

Overview:

An established Lloyd’s market insurer is seeking an Infrastructure Cloud Engineer to design, implement and improve its cloud infrastructure, platform services and automation capabilities. The role combines hands-on Azure engineering with support for application delivery and data platforms, helping the business build secure, scalable and reliable technology foundations.

You will contribute to cloud architecture, automate operational processes and support technology transformation across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy and maintain secure, scalable and cost-effective Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
• Build repeatable environments using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates.
• Support cloud infrastructure for application hosting, APIs, containerised workloads and associated services.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, environment provisioning and release automation using Azure DevOps.
• Support cloud-based data ingestion, storage, transformation, analytics and reporting platforms.
• Optimise infrastructure for business intelligence and data engineering workloads, embedding appropriate security, governance, backup and recovery controls.
• Develop automation using PowerShell, Python and Azure Automation to reduce manual tasks and improve operational efficiency.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, logging and observability to strengthen reliability and support incident, problem and change management.
• Embed security into infrastructure design, address vulnerabilities and support compliance with relevant policies, standards and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity and operational resilience activities.
• Provide technical guidance on cloud architecture, performance and reliability, contributing to technology roadmaps and transformation initiatives.
• Maintain technical documentation, share knowledge and promote engineering best practice and continuous improvement.

What We’re Looking For:

• Hands-on Microsoft Azure experience covering networking, security, identity and access management.
• Experience building and managing infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates or equivalent tools.
• Practical experience implementing and supporting Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Scripting and automation skills using PowerShell and/or Python.
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and related cloud technologies.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, observability, backup and disaster recovery.
• An understanding of operational resilience and reliable cloud service delivery.
• Experience supporting SQL platforms, data services or cloud-based data workloads.
• Experience managing Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure Databricks environments.
• Strong technical design, documentation and secure architecture skills.
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to work effectively with technical specialists and wider business stakeholders.

Desirable but Not Essential:

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Datadog, Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Cloud or similar technologies.
• Exposure to data engineering pipelines, analytics platforms, platform engineering or internal developer platforms.
• Experience within insurance, financial services or another regulated industry.
• Relevant Microsoft Azure certifications.

About the Company:

A well-established Lloyd’s market insurer with a reputation for underwriting expertise, strong client relationships and a collaborative culture. The business is developing its cloud, data and automation capabilities to support its evolving technology needs.

Employees are encouraged to learn, develop and contribute ideas. The organisation welcomes applications from diverse backgrounds, supports flexible working requests and provides reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

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