"Senior Cloud Engineer"

The University and UIS

University Information Services (UIS) provides the digital infrastructure, business information and computing services at the heart of one of the world's top universities. The University of Cambridge has a bold ambition to use digitalisation to transform education and research, and UIS' team of developers, designers, testers, analysts and support staff is leading this exciting work.

The role

The IT Senior Cloud Engineer will join a team of customer-focused systems administrators, working to support Cloud infrastructure and services running on them, with a focus on Azure Platform.

What you will do

As an IT Senior Cloud Engineer responsible for Azure Platform, you will:

• Work within a team to support and enhance and transform our core IT Azure Cloud Infrastructure
• Implement and support key technologies in Microsoft environments - utilising infrastructure as code, automation and scripting where possible
• Ensure that business continuity measures are implemented and maintained to minimize the impact of systems failure
• Monitor, diagnose and proactively fix issues
• Own in-team technical projects associated with the improvement of cloud infrastructure
• Implement and maintain automated systems to administer systems and services at scale.
• Ensure that systems and procedural documentation is maintained and accurate
• Work closely with people across UIS and wider University, including software engineers, networks engineers, security staff, database administrators, project managers and service teams.
• Design systems / choose appropriate technologies ensure your technical skills are kept up to date

This position is permanent, usually based on the University's West Cambridge Site.

What you will need

• Azure cloud infrastructure administration.
• Strong scripting and automation skills - Infrastructure as Code and Terraform experience would be particularly valuable
• Azure Identity (RBAC, Managed Identities), Management Groups, Azure Policy experience and Azure Backup/Recovery Services
• Operational skills on running and maintaining IaC tooling such as Azure DevOps, Gitlab
• Full stack understanding of how different layers of IT interoperate, from networking up to the application / service level. VMware hypervisor, networking and automation are useful skills to have.
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Good communication, organisational and problem-solving skills

The benefits

You can expect to receive:

• a competitive salary with automatic service-related progression and annual cost-of-living increases
• a generous annual leave allowance of 41 days per year (including bank holidays)
• access to a hybrid pension scheme with attractive employer contributions
• access to a range of shopping and travel discounts through the Cambens scheme.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

If you would like more information about this role, informal enquiries can be directed by email to recruitment@uis.cam.ac.uk

Please quote reference VC49159 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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Key information

Department/location
University Information Services

Salary
£42,254-£56,535

Reference
VC49159

Category
Academic-related

Date published
20 March 2026

Closing date
17 April 2026

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