Senior Infrastructure and Cloud Specialist

Overview

Senior Infrastructure and Cloud Specialist - Cheltenham, UK (Hybrid working).

Role Overview

Are you a seasoned infrastructure and cloud expert ready to shape the future of enterprise IT? We're looking for a Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Specialist to join our team and play a pivotal role in designing, deploying, and maintaining both on-premises and cloud-based environments. This senior technical position offers the opportunity to influence strategic direction, drive cloud adoption, and act as a trusted advisor across the business. Reporting to the Infrastructure & Cloud Manager, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that are secure, scalable, and cost-effective.

Responsibilities

• Designing, deploying, and maintaining hybrid infrastructure solutions with a focus on Microsoft services.
• Leading technology adoption and integration projects, including testing and assurance.
• Driving standardisation and optimisation of infrastructure builds while maintaining high security standards.
• Monitoring performance, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring system reliability.
• Creating and maintaining documentation for configurations, processes, and procedures.
• Participating in audits, risk reviews, and change control processes.
• Supporting business cases for IT solutions and estimating associated costs.
• Providing out-of-hours support as part of the on-call rota.
• Coaching and mentoring team members and promoting best practices across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Proven, hands-on experience in enterprise-level cloud and hosting environments.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and full lifecycle deployment.
• Strong background in networking, virtualisation, server management, and operating systems.
• Experience working within ITIL, PRINCE2, and ISO27001 frameworks.
• Leading large cloud engagements, including infrastructure migration and application modernisation.
• Strategic business acumen and the ability to align IT solutions with organisational goals.
• Demonstrated success in project ownership and cross-team collaboration.

To be successful in this role you will

• Demonstrate Company Core Values at all times.
• Possess expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including IaaS and PaaS solutions.
• Be highly skilled in EntraID and identity/access management practices.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Be results-driven, proactive, and capable of delivering solutions that add real business value.
• Understand and apply FINOPS principles to optimise cloud spend.
• Be a collaborative team player who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Maintain a strong focus on compliance, performance, and security across all infrastructure layers.

About Spirax Group

Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Purpose and Opportunities

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverages, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones. We are committed to an inclusive culture and values that guide decisions and inspire action across the organisation.

Benefits

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days' paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts' portal. We also offer additional support and benefits through our inclusion commitments.

Everyone is Included

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. We support flexible working requests and provide a range of inclusion commitments, including gender-neutral parental leave and other leave provisions. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply through this scheme, please select this option in the application form or notify our recruitment partners.