Cloud Engineer

Remote, UK
Contract
£400 per day (Inside IR35)

Skills: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft 365, GCP, Salesforce

Cloud Engineer – Contract
£400 per day (Inside IR35) | Fully Remote (UK-based candidates only)

Initial 6-months contract

Our client is one of the UK's largest multi-brand automotive services groups, with operations spanning several European markets. As the business continues to consolidate and modernise its technology estate, they're looking for a Cloud Engineer to join on a contract basis, working primarily across Azure and Microsoft 365, with some exposure to Google Cloud Platform and Salesforce.

What You'll Be Doing
  • Supporting, maintaining and improving the organisation's Azure environment, including compute, storage, networking and identity (Azure AD/Entra ID)
  • Administering and optimising the Microsoft 365 estate — Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, Intune and security & compliance
  • Building and maintaining automation and infrastructure-as-code to keep deployments consistent and repeatable
  • Monitoring platform performance, cost and security posture, and resolving issues as they come up
  • Supporting workloads and integrations that touch Google Cloud Platform and Salesforce, working alongside the teams that own those platforms
  • Feeding into the roadmap for cloud and M365 tooling, and helping the wider IT function move toward best practice
  • Working with internal stakeholders and third-party vendors to deliver changes safely and with minimal disruption
What You'll Bring
Essential:
  • Strong, hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure (IaaS/PaaS, networking, identity, monitoring)
  • Solid experience managing a Microsoft 365 tenant (Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, Intune, security & compliance)
  • Comfortable scripting and automating routine tasks (PowerShell or similar)
  • Able to work independently in a fully remote role, with clear communication back to non-technical stakeholders
Desirable:
  • Exposure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Familiarity with Salesforce administration or supporting Salesforce integrations
If you've held any of these roles or used these technologies/skills, this role could be a great fit: Cloud Engineer, Azure Engineer, Azure Administrator, Azure Cloud Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineer, Cloud Support Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Solutions Engineer