London

6 Months contract

Overview

We are looking for a proactive and technically strong SRE Engineer to join a leading Investment clients operations team on a contract basis. This role blends cloud engineering, automation, monitoring, and structured operational support.

You will play a key role in maintaining platform reliability, improving automation, strengthening observability, and ensuring operational best practice across our Microsoft Azure environment.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, automating repetitive tasks, and working within a well-structured ITIL-aligned operations environment.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions using PowerShell to optimise workflows and improve operational efficiency

Monitor platform performance, availability, and security using tools such as Datadog

Support and maintain Microsoft Azure services, including governance, networking, and security configurations

Manage and support identity and endpoint services including:

Microsoft Intune

Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)

Active Directory (Group Policy, user lifecycle, device management, conditional access)

Participate in Incident and Change Management processes aligned to ITIL best practices

Investigate, diagnose, and resolve technical issues using structured troubleshooting methods

Contribute to continuous improvement of operational processes, documentation, and automation tooling

Work within defined SLAs, escalation paths, and change controls

Technical Skills & Experience

Essential

Strong PowerShell scripting experience for automation and infrastructure tooling

Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability platforms (preferably Datadog)

Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Azure services, governance, networking, and security

Practical experience with:

Microsoft Intune

Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)

Active Directory (Group Policy, identity lifecycle, device management)

Experience working in structured operations or support environments with defined SLAs and change management controls

Good understanding of ITIL principles, particularly Incident and Change Management

Desirable

Experience improving monitoring maturity and observability practices

Experience implementing automation to reduce operational overhead

Exposure to security best practices in cloud environments

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