Cloud Engineer
| Posting date: | 10 December 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 January 2026 |
| Location: | Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Furness Building Society |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and technically skilled individual to join our IT Infrastructure Team as a Cloud Engineer. We are driven by our values, putting the community first in everything we do. We expect our colleagues’ values to align with ours, trusting them to be genuine and responsible. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and will consider all applicants.
In this role you will:
• Ensure high availability, optimal performance, and sufficient capacity of IT services through Azure monitoring and diagnostic tools.
• Design and implement Azure solutions that adhere to architectural principles, delivering security, scalability, and resilience.
• Embed ‘security by design’ principles and contribute to the Cyber Security roadmap.
• Develop solutions that uphold robust Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) standards.
• Provide support for cloud and on-premises infrastructure issues, managing incidents from identification to resolution.
• Configure and maintain cloud networking components, including Azure Virtual Networks, Subnets, and Azure Firewall.
What you will bring:
• Proven experience with Azure services, including VMs, Entra ID, Storage, Firewall, Networking, and Backup.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft 365 services such as Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, Defender, and Intune.
• Hands-on scripting skills using PowerShell or Azure CLI.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools like ARM, Bicep or Terraform (preferred).
• Strong knowledge of Azure networking components.
What you can expect from us:
• Minimum 25 days holidays, plus Bank Holidays, Birthday Holiday, Celebration Day, Moving House Day.
• Competitive pension with up to 10% employer contribution.
• A comprehensive benefit package.
In this role you will:
• Ensure high availability, optimal performance, and sufficient capacity of IT services through Azure monitoring and diagnostic tools.
• Design and implement Azure solutions that adhere to architectural principles, delivering security, scalability, and resilience.
• Embed ‘security by design’ principles and contribute to the Cyber Security roadmap.
• Develop solutions that uphold robust Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) standards.
• Provide support for cloud and on-premises infrastructure issues, managing incidents from identification to resolution.
• Configure and maintain cloud networking components, including Azure Virtual Networks, Subnets, and Azure Firewall.
What you will bring:
• Proven experience with Azure services, including VMs, Entra ID, Storage, Firewall, Networking, and Backup.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft 365 services such as Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, Defender, and Intune.
• Hands-on scripting skills using PowerShell or Azure CLI.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools like ARM, Bicep or Terraform (preferred).
• Strong knowledge of Azure networking components.
What you can expect from us:
• Minimum 25 days holidays, plus Bank Holidays, Birthday Holiday, Celebration Day, Moving House Day.
• Competitive pension with up to 10% employer contribution.
• A comprehensive benefit package.
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