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Cloud Engineering Manager

£70,000 - £80,000 plus a bonus, generous pension and holiday allowance, hybrid working +more

Epsom, Surrey, KT17

We’re looking for a Cloud Engineering Manager to lead a small engineering team responsible for low-level design, build, and secure operation of a scalable, reliable and cost-efficient Azure cloud environment.

This role bridges technical delivery and team leadership—you’ll define engineering standards, mentor engineers, contribute to platform roadmaps, and ensure high levels of operational availability across the estate.

This is a hands-on, operations-focused role. It’s ideal for an experienced Azure Engineer with team leadership experience or Cloud Engineering Manager who wants to remain close to the technology while managing a small team.

You’ll play a key role in the day-to-day running of the cloud environment, with the autonomy to improve processes, while also contributing to projects and working closely with architects on design.

Key Responsibilities;

Lead and manage a small cloud engineering team (work allocation, mentoring, performance management)

Remain hands-on with Azure across deployment, configuration and maintenance

Produce high-quality, Low-Level Design (LLD) documentation

Support design and project delivery in collaboration with Solution Architects

Manage Azure tenancy administration and optimisation

Oversee cloud security, DLP and MFA implementation

Support migration of legacy systems to Azure

Manage backup strategy, disaster recovery (ASR) and capacity planning

Maintain storage lifecycle (Blob, Files, SharePoint, OneDrive)

Ensure CMDB accuracy and support Service Desk escalations

Maintain monitoring tools, infrastructure diagrams and documentation

Work within change control and governance processes in a regulated environment

Support legacy infrastructure (on-prem and virtual) where required

Produce management information (MI) on performance, cost and usage

A Typical Day

Planning and prioritising team workloads

Running team huddles / check-ins

Hands-on engineering and troubleshooting

Attending project meetings and working with architects

Managing BAU tasks, escalations and ad-hoc issues

This is a varied, fast-paced role where adaptability is key.

What We’re Looking For

An experienced, hands-on Azure Engineer

Previous management or team leadership experience

Strong Low-Level Design (LLD) capability

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills—this is a collaborative role

Experience working in a regulated or process-driven environment

A proactive, organised and detail-focused approach

Essential Skills & Experience

Microsoft Azure administration (networking, firewalls, DR, tenancy)

Azure Site Recovery (ASR) and disaster recovery testing

Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online)

Windows Server deployment and administration

Cloud security (DLP, MFA)

Backup technologies (including Veeam)

Strong experience with documentation, governance and change control

Certifications (Required)

AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator, AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Desirable - AWS exposure, VDI platforms (Azure Virtual Desktop, Horizon), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, ARM, Azure DevOps), SQL Server administration

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