Head of Cloud Infrastructure

Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, not just strategy from the sidelines
• Solid background across Windows Server, networking, and core infrastructure
• Proven delivery of cloud migration or infrastructure transformation
• Working knowledge of Entra ID, Intune, Defender, and security best practice
• Experience securing cloud and infrastructure platforms, including firewalls, WAF, network security, vulnerability management, and Zero Trust
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and hands-on level in a small team
• Confidence managing third-party suppliers and technical partners
• Nice to have: Business Central SaaS, Nessus Tenable, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, Terraform/IaC, SQL, Meraki, and exposure to building or governing API/integration platforms
• CyberEssentials and/or ISO27001 exposure is a strong plus

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and delivery of the Azure migration, working with internal stakeholders and third-party partners
• Own Azure and Microsoft 365 architecture, including landing zones, Entra ID, Intune, Defender, and Purview
• Maintain infrastructure availability, resilience, and performance during the transition
• Set technical standards for integration, APIs, and platform connectivity
• Act as the senior technical escalation point for the team
• Build out the platform engineering capability as the function grows
• Support security across cloud and infrastructure platforms, with a 24/7 SOC in place for incident response support

Technologies

• API
• Azure
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• Microsoft 365
• Network
• PowerShell
• REST
• SQL
• Security
• Terraform
• WAF
• Windows
• Office 365

More

We are a small IT function based in Leicester, working in a hybrid model with three days a week in the office and the rest remote. We are moving from a private cloud, Windows Server environment to a modern Azure-first setup, and this role gives you full ownership of the migration from pre-planning through delivery. This is a senior, hands-on technical leadership position where you will sit alongside the Head of IT Services, owning infrastructure, cloud, networking, security technologies, and integration architecture while service management and end-user computing sit in a separate peer function. We offer a challenging, high-ownership role with standard Monday to Friday hours and occasional out-of-hours work for major incidents or deployments. A Cloud Engineer hire is planned for 2027 to expand the platform engineering capability.

last updated 33 week of 2026