Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Rate: £450 – £500 Inside IR35
Duration: 3 months
Location: Remote (occasional onsite meetings may be required – Gloucestershire)

Overview

We’re seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join a leading enterprise environment apart of the Infrastructure team responsible for ensuring that all environments are secure and reliable, supporting business-critical systems and services in line with defined policies, standards and SLAs.

This role will provide specialist Microsoft expertise, particularly across Azure and M365, to support a project team conducting detailed analysis and cost assessment for implementing and operating Microsoft Copilot (or similar AI-driven capabilities).

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure enterprise infrastructure is available, secure and operating within agreed SLAs.

• Maintain and improve Azure-based workloads and services, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and standards.

• Provide technical leadership in the configuration, optimisation and governance of Microsoft 365 services.

• Support the assessment and deployment planning of Microsoft Copilot and related technologies.

• Manage and maintain identity and access solutions, including SSO identity providers (SAML2/OAuth2), especially within Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD).

• Collaborate with project teams to design and document technical solutions, contributing to infrastructure roadmaps and cost models.

Required Skills & Experience

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or equivalent certification preferred.

• Minimum 3+ years’ hands-on Azure experience, building, managing and maintaining large-scale enterprise workloads.

• Strong knowledge of M365 architecture, configuration and controls.

• Proven experience maintaining SSO and identity management solutions (SAML2/OAuth2).

• Deep understanding of Entra ID / Azure AD and associated identity security principles.

• Excellent documentation, analysis and stakeholder engagement skills.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Rate: £450 – £500 Inside IR35
Duration: 3 months
Location: Remote (occasional onsite meetings may be required – Gloucestershire)

Overview

We’re seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join a leading enterprise environment apart of the Infrastructure team responsible for ensuring that all environments are secure and reliable, supporting business-critical systems and services in line with defined policies, standards and SLAs.

This role will provide specialist Microsoft expertise, particularly across Azure and M365, to support a project team conducting detailed analysis and cost assessment for implementing and operating Microsoft Copilot (or similar AI-driven capabilities).

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure enterprise infrastructure is available, secure and operating within agreed SLAs.

• Maintain and improve Azure-based workloads and services, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and standards.

• Provide technical leadership in the configuration, optimisation and governance of Microsoft 365 services.

• Support the assessment and deployment planning of Microsoft Copilot and related technologies.

• Manage and maintain identity and access solutions, including SSO identity providers (SAML2/OAuth2), especially within Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD).

• Collaborate with project teams to design and document technical solutions, contributing to infrastructure roadmaps and cost models.

Required Skills & Experience

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or equivalent certification preferred.

• Minimum 3+ years’ hands-on Azure experience, building, managing and maintaining large-scale enterprise workloads.

• Strong knowledge of M365 architecture, configuration and controls.

• Proven experience maintaining SSO and identity management solutions (SAML2/OAuth2).

• Deep understanding of Entra ID / Azure AD and associated identity security principles.

• Excellent documentation, analysis and stakeholder engagement skills.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Tech Lead/Head of Technology

Central London Engagement. 3 Days per week on site. 6 month initial engagement but 12 months.

Technical Lead or Head of Infrastructure or Platform Lead but must have experience managing a Database team (SQL. Oracle etc). Must also have been involved in enterprise level integration projects.

A strong technical background e.g. Windows/Unix or Storage / Database etc. – will then have moved into Managerial / Leadership role but close to the technology, know what good looks like and able to challenge at a senior level.

Some experience in a Small / Medium sized organisations would be beneficial (because of the relevant pace of change). Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills essential.

Third party / working with Offshore organisations.

Really interesting piece of work to work for household name!

Please note: engagement via Umbrella Company Only; all taxes & NI deducted at source

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Project Engineer – Microsoft Cloud

Location: London, Bristol, Manchester (Hybrid)
Salary: Circa £55,000 + Bonus & Benefits

Are you an experienced Microsoft Cloud Engineer ready to take the next step in your career?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing Managed Service Provider delivering cutting-edge solutions built on Microsoft 365 and Azure technologies.

You’ll play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting cloud-based solutions for a diverse client base – helping them modernise their workplace, improve data security, and achieve more through technology.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver and support solutions across the Microsoft 365 suite (Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Intune)

• Implement data protection, governance, and compliance tools using Microsoft Purview

• Manage Active Directory, Entra ID (Azure AD), and Windows Server environments

• Work with clients to define project requirements and provide technical leadership throughout delivery

• Contribute to pre-sales activities by scoping, designing, and presenting tailored cloud solutions

What You’ll Bring

• 3+ years’ hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 and Azure

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 Security, Modern Workplace, and Identity Management

• Experience implementing Teams telephony and related solutions

• Excellent communication skills and confidence working directly with clients

• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with strong time management

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Salary around £55,000 (depending on experience)

• Annual bonus scheme

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

• Enhanced pension and private healthcare (after probation)

• Training and certification support

• Regular socials and a friendly, supportive team environment

• Free tea, coffee & fruit – plus a Cycle to Work scheme

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Database Tech Lead / Ops Manager
Hybrid working – 3 days on site
Umbrella engagement

Our client, a leading and successful national business, is looking to hire a contractor to technically lead a team specialising in Database technologies. This would suit somebody that has a technical hands-on background that has progressed a tech lead role.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the management, availability, and resilience of enterprise database platforms, including integration of new systems.

You will also lead a team of specialists to ensure data services are reliable, secure, and optimised to meet business needs. This role requires deep technical expertise in enterprise databases coupled with strong operational leadership and risk management skills.

You will also have the technical foresight to design reliable and robust systems ensuring future stability.

Engagement via Umbrella Company Only; all taxes & NI deducted at source.

General responsibilities

• Lead the BAU & operations of the enterprise database platforms.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and resilience of critical data services.
• Manage database lifecycle activities, including patching, upgrades, and End-of-Life planning.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for database operations.
• Collaborate with application teams to ensure databases and solutions meet performance and capacity requirements.
• Drive automation and standardisation of database processes.
• Manage incident, request, and problem resolution for database issues.
• Conduct root cause analysis of recurring failures and implement corrective actions.
• Provide operational reporting, including capacity trends, success rates, and incident metrics.
• Support disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution for data platforms.
• Manage vendor relationships
• Ensure compliance with security and audit requirements.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in operations leadership
• Experience on large scale integration projects.
• Technical knowledge of Databases in an enterprise environment.
• ITIL service management
• In-depth understanding of resilience, data protection and business continuity.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Technical Lead, Linux, AIX, VMware, Windows
Hybrid working
£550 – £750 per day (umbrella engagement)

Our client, a market leading national business, is looking to hire a contractor to technically lead a team of platform specialists covering spanning Linux/Red-hat, AIX, Windows and VMWare tech, to ensure computing services are secure, resilient and scalable.

You will also drive automation and life-cycle management.

The suitable candidate will have experience of strong technical leadership and operational discipline.

Engagement via Umbrella Company Only; all taxes & NI deducted at source.

General responsibilities:

• Lead the operations of enterprise compute platforms e.g. Linux, AIX, Windows, VMware.
• Ensure compliance with patching, config standards and security.
• Manage End-of-Life (EoX) planning, upgrades, migrations etc.
• Oversee platform monitoring including capacity and performance management.
• Implement standard operating procedures to ensure consistency across computing services.
• Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to influence operational designs.
• Drive automation of routine operational tasks using tools e.g. Ansible, SCCM, SCOM (or similar).
• Provide reporting on platform performance, incidents & compliance.
• Manage vendor relationships.
• Contribute to audits, IT risk assessments and compliance reporting.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Skills & experience required:

• Technical knowledge of Linux, AIX, Windows Server, VMware, and Red Hat
• Demonstrated expertise in patch management
• Demonstrated expertise in configuration compliance
• Demonstrated expertise in performance tuning.
• ITIL operational management experience
• Knowledge of automation tools

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Operations Leader/Manager
Hybrid working – 3 days on site
£550 – £750 per day (umbrella engagement)

Our client, an industry leading national business, is looking to hire a contractor to Team lead/manage a team of platform specialists covering spanning Linux/Red-hat, AIX, Windows and VMWare tech, to ensure computing services are secure, resilient and scalable.

You will also drive automation and life-cycle management.

The suitable candidate will have experience of strong technical leadership and operational discipline.

Engagement via Umbrella Company Only; all taxes & NI deducted at source.

General responsibilities:

• Lead the operations of enterprise compute platforms e.g. Linux, AIX, Windows, VMware.
• Ensure compliance with patching, config standards and security.
• Manage End-of-Life (EoX) planning, upgrades, migrations etc.
• Oversee platform monitoring including capacity and performance management.
• Implement standard operating procedures to ensure consistency across computing services.
• Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to influence operational designs.
• Drive automation of routine operational tasks using tools e.g. Ansible, SCCM, SCOM (or similar).
• Provide reporting on platform performance, incidents & compliance.
• Manage vendor relationships.
• Contribute to audits, IT risk assessments and compliance reporting.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Skills & experience required:

• Technical knowledge of Linux, AIX, Windows Server, VMware, and Red Hat
• Demonstrated expertise in patch management
• Demonstrated expertise in configuration compliance
• Demonstrated expertise in performance tuning.
• ITIL operational management experience
• Knowledge of automation tools

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.