Infrastructure and Security Engineer

Job Title: Infrastructure and Security Engineer
Location: York - Hybrid (4 days in office)
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000

Why Apply?

This Infrastructure and Security Engineer opportunity in York offers the chance to work within a cloud-first, Microsoft-led domain supporting both UK and USA operations in a Azure cloud environment. The role is suited to an experienced engineer who seeks ownership, security-led design, and continuous improvement. It is an excellent opportunity for professionals seeking a Full time Infrastructure and Security Engineer role with flexible working and long-term career development in IT and cyber security careers.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a small but skilled team in the heart of York. This organisation is one of our longstanding clients and people opt to stay with the business for a long time, they offer a great place to work!

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and secure Azure infrastructure to ensure availability, resilience, and performance.
• Lead on cloud security architecture, including identity management, access controls, and threat mitigation.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex infrastructure and security incidents.
• Deliver cloud migration, optimisation, and security enhancement initiatives.
• Administer endpoint management solutions using Microsoft Intune and Group Policy.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting through Azure Monitor and security tooling.
• Maintain patching, backup, and disaster recovery processes.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in infrastructure and security engineering roles within enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including networking, governance, and security controls.
• Proven expertise in Microsoft 365 security, Azure AD (Entra ID), Conditional Access, and endpoint protection.
• Demonstrated experience with automation and Scripting using tools like PowerShell and Bash.
• Solid understanding of incident management, vulnerability remediation, and continuity planning.
• Confident communicator capable of working with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Willingness to participate in very occasional out-of-hours support.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.