5+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering
Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and production cloud infrastructure
Strong experience with Azure and hybrid networking, including site-to-site VPN, Virtual WAN / hub-and-spoke architectures, Azure Firewall and Bastion
Hands-on experience with Entra ID, on-premises Active Directory and hybrid identity/access management
Strong understanding of cloud and infrastructure security principles
Experience troubleshooting complex cloud and hybrid infrastructure issues
Strong understanding of cloud architecture and solution-design principles
Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience with Bicep and/or Terraform
Experience with infrastructure automation and CI/CD, ideally including introducing these practices into less mature environments
Experience with monitoring, alerting, reliability, backup and recovery across hybrid infrastructure
Experience with Windows Server and on-premises virtualisation platforms such as VMware, Hyper-V or similar; experience with legacy infrastructure is highly relevant
Ability to assess existing environments, identify technical gaps and translate findings into practical solutions
Ability to work independently in environments with limited documentation or established processes
Strong English and confidence communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Azure architecture or security certifications
SRE experience
Experience supporting Azure-based data platforms or working closely with data engineering teams
SQL Server administration or migration experience, including Azure SQL Managed Instance
Experience with legacy ERP infrastructure or ERP modernisation programmes
Experience working in pharmaceutical, manufacturing or other regulated environments
Familiarity with infrastructure compliance requirements such as GDPR, GxP or SOC 2
Experience designing Azure management-group / subscription-governance models
Multi-cloud experience, particularly GCP