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Cloud Engineer | Abingdon | up to £55,000pa plus bonus | 1 day onsite per week:
  
MARS has partnered a global consultancy to hire in a permanent Cloud Engineer to join a talented IT function. This strategic delivery partners work, spans both private and public enterprises on a global basis, delivering real impactful change, improvements and transformation for their clients. With an amazing company culture and values, this business really puts its staff at the forefront of what they do.
  
This Cloud Engineer role is the delivery engine of the organisations Cloud function. Working to designs and standards set by the Cloud Operations Manager, this role is responsible for building, deploying, and maintaining the cloud infrastructure that powers both internal operations and its client-facing project delivery. My client’s cloud function operates with a code-first, automation-first philosophy. That means the Cloud Engineer is expected to build and manage infrastructure through code, using (not limited to) Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure CLI as standard tools of the role. The Cloud Engineer will play a critical role in ensuring consistent, reliable, and secure cloud operations at scale.
  
Our client is looking for a Cloud Engineer with the following skills:
  

• Good level of experience working within a Microsoft Azure cloud environment.
• Microsoft Azure Certifications:
  • o Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
  • o Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
  • o Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)
  • o Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
• Practical experience with infrastructure-as-code: working knowledge of Bicep for deploying and managing Azure resources. This is a core expectation of the role, not a nice-to-have.
• Scripting proficiency: regular use of PowerShell and Azure CLI for automation, configuration, and operational tasks.
• Experienced deploying virtualised infrastructure environments including compute, virtualisation, storage, and security.
• Experience with security vulnerability management and remediation.
• Experience administrating Microsoft environments such as Windows Server and SQL Server. Familiarity with ITSM tooling and service desk processes.
• Experience working within or toward ISO 27001 and/or Cyber Essentials Plus certified environments.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Our client is offering a highly competitive salary and generous benefits package includes: Life Assurance, Income Protection, pension contributions and 27 days holiday (not including bank holidays). They also operate a profit share scheme so that our people share in the success of the business. The profit share bonus is based on company performance and typically paid out in March and September.
  
Joining this impressive business also brings many social benefits. They have a full social calendar with Spring activity days, Christmas events, a 2-day Summer event and 4 sponsored weekends a year.
  
If you’re a Cloud Engineer looking for a career defining opportunity with progression and development, then please drop Lee at MARS an application.
  
MARS Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, marital status, national origin, religion, age, disability, or any other protected status. Suitable candidates for the role will be contacted within 3 working days, unfortunately if you haven’t heard back in this time your application has been unsuccessful at this time.
  
MARS Recruitment is a specialist Engineering & IT recruiter working in partnership with companies across the UK and offers services of both an Employment Business (for Temporary/Contract roles) and an Employment Agency (for Permanent roles).
  
  
  

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