Azure Cloud Engineer

Job title: Azure Cloud Engineer
Rate: £350-375 per day - Outside IR35 / Ltd Company
Duration: 3 months initially
Location: Northwich, Cheshire, but mostly remote working / WFH
Start date: ASAP

Overview
We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to support an infrastructure transformation programme.
This is a hands-on engineering role, covering discovery, planning, migration, testing, documentation, and BAU handover activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support migration of on-premise workloads into Azure
• Execute discovery, assessment, planning, and migration activities
• Deliver test and production migrations, including rollback planning
• Support post-migration validation and issue resolution
• Assist with Azure landing zones, networking, identity, security, and infrastructure configuration
• Support Azure domain controller and core identity infrastructure initiatives
• Work within agreed architecture, governance and security standards
• Produce migration documentation, runbooks, test evidence, and as-built records
• Support operational handover and knowledge transfer to internal teams and support partners
• Identify and escalate risks, issues, and dependencies.

Essential Experience

• Microsoft Azure infrastructure engineering
• Azure server migrations using Azure Migrate or similar tools.
• Windows Server administration and migration.
• Active Directory, DNS, and identity services.
• Azure networking (VNets, routing, NSGs, connectivity).
• Discovery, dependency mapping, and migration readiness assessments.
• Migration planning, testing, execution, and rollback activities.
• Technical documentation and operational handover.
• Experience working within project or programme environments.

Desirable Experience

• Disaster Recovery platforms, particularly Rubrik
• Azure governance, policy, security, and monitoring
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)
• Experience of working with global IT teams