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Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Hybrid

England, United kingdom

£ 80,000 /year

Senior

Full Time

12-03-2026

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Skills

Microsoft 365 Monitoring Azure Active Directory Microsoft Azure

Job Specifications

Infrastructure Engineer (Azure / Microsoft Stack)

Location: UK (Hybrid)

Salary: £70,000 – £80,000

Type: Permanent

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with a strong Microsoft technology background to support the delivery of major infrastructure and platform improvement initiatives.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on implementing operating system upgrades, database upgrades, Azure cloud migrations, Microsoft 365 configuration, and backup/disaster recovery improvements across enterprise environments.

The successful candidate will work closely with solution architects, internal IT teams and third-party suppliers to deliver secure, scalable infrastructure changes while ensuring compliance with security standards and architectural governance.

Experience working within a Managed Service Provider (MSP) environment is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

Deliver hands-on technical implementation across infrastructure and platform projects
Support operating system and database upgrades
Implement Azure cloud migrations and infrastructure improvements
Configure and support Microsoft 365 services
Implement and maintain identity and access management solutions
Deliver improvements across backup, monitoring and disaster recovery platforms
Perform technical discovery, configuration, testing and troubleshooting
Coordinate implementation activities with internal IT teams and third-party suppliers
Ensure all changes follow security standards, architectural guidelines and operational governance
Produce as-built documentation and support handover to operational teams

Required Experience

Strong experience with Microsoft Server environments
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
Experience configuring and supporting Microsoft 365
Knowledge of Active Directory / Azure AD (Entra ID)
Experience with backup and disaster recovery technologies
Experience supporting hybrid on-premise and cloud infrastructure
Strong troubleshooting and implementation capability
Previous experience working within a Managed Service Provider (MSP)

Key Skills

Strong infrastructure engineering background
Experience delivering infrastructure upgrades and cloud migrations
Ability to collaborate with architects and technical stakeholders
Strong documentation and operational handover capability

About the Company

Inventive Search is a recruitment consultancy that specialises in placing top talent, within the technology sector globally. We work very closely with our clients to fully understand their recruitment needs and challenges in todays current market. Our goal is to only place candidates in positions where they will add value to our clients and produce outstanding results. We do this by spending time understanding the clients’ individual requirements and key business drivers that are unique to them; mentoring, interviewing and ... Know more