Senior Cloud & Network Infrastructure Engineer

🕒 March 25

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Sword Group

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1001 - 5000 employees

☁️ SaaS

🔒 Cybersecurity

SaaS • Cybersecurity • Cloud

Sword Group is a global leader in technology transformation, providing IT solutions and digital services to streamline business operations, improve quality, and reduce costs. With over 2,700 employees and more than 1,000 customers in 50 countries, the company offers expertise in software development, cloud services, cybersecurity, data and AI, and digital workplace solutions. Sword Group supports digital transformation efforts by leveraging Microsoft 365 and Azure, enhancing productivity, security, and data-driven decision-making. Additionally, they provide managed services and information management solutions to optimize the entire information lifecycle.

📋 Description

• You will join a small, focused internal IT team, reporting to the Group IT Manager, working closely with regional business units and security stakeholders across the group. • A normal week will see you supporting a range of activities including providing senior technical escalation support, designing and implementing improvements to core platforms, contributing to security and infrastructure projects, and helping deliver group-wide initiatives such as cloud adoption, firewall migrations, and Zero Trust security improvements • The role will involve working across multiple technologies including Azure, Microsoft 365, enterprise networking, firewalls, identity, and security tooling, with opportunities to contribute to architecture decisions and long-term platform improvements. • There will be opportunities for you to refine and build new skills on the job, with the team expected to support one another across the range of technologies being leveraged. • The role is entirely internal, with no external customer-facing component

🎯 Requirements

• You must be able to demonstrate significant experience delivering operational IT support and infrastructure projects within a medium-sized or enterprise organisation, including a range of technical skills drawn from across the following technologies. • **Primary Skills** • Networking and security architecture (LAN/WAN design, routing, switching, VPN, hybrid cloud networking) • Enterprise firewalls and secure connectivity (Palo Alto, Fortinet, or similar) • Experience with Zero Trust / ZTNA principles and secure remote access solutions • Azure Cloud Platform (IaaS / PaaS, networking, RBAC, Policy, Backup, Monitoring) • Azure networking (VPN, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Firewall, Private Endpoints, Front Door) • **Beneficial Skills** • Microsoft Windows platforms (Server / Endpoint management, Intune, SCCM, DNS, security features, authentication) • Active Directory / Entra ID (on-premises and cloud, SAML, Conditional Access, RBAC, PIM, Identity Governance) • Infrastructure as Code / automation (ARM, Bicep, PowerShell, scripting, or similar) • Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, Intune, Defender, E5 security technologies) • SIEM / Security monitoring platforms (Azure Sentinel, Defender, or similar) • Systems monitoring and alerting (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, PRTG, SCCM, or similar) • Centralised backup platforms (Azure Backup, Commvault, or similar) • Experience supporting governance / compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, NIST, or similar) • Experience working in environments with multiple regions / tenants / business units • Evidence of the following qualifications or equivalent on-the-job experience would be beneficial • Relevant Microsoft certifications (Azure, Microsoft 365, Security, Identity, or Networking) • Azure Administrator / Architect / Security certifications • Networking or firewall certifications (Palo Alto, Fortinet, CCNA, or equivalent)

🏖️ Benefits

• Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth. • Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can. • A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.