Infrastructure Project Engineer (Azure / Microsoft 365)Gloucester HQ | Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office | £55,000 | Permanent
A growing group business is looking for an experienced Microsoft infrastructure engineer who wants to move into project delivery. Reporting to the IT Director, you’ll take IT projects from start to finish: scoping them, building them yourself and handing them over.
The group grows partly through acquisition, so bringing newly acquired businesses onto its Microsoft 365 and Azure environment is a regular part of the job, alongside a wider programme of infrastructure, cloud and business systems projects.
The IT team is lean. There’s no project office and no bench of engineers to hand work to; you’ll do the technical work yourself and own the delivery around it. It’s a genuine route into project management without leaving the technology behind. You’ll also be the person who makes sure everyone knows where each project stands.
Who this suits:A 3rd line, infrastructure or cloud engineer with strong Azure and M365 skills who has already been leading projects or workstreams and wants that to be the main jobAn MSP project or implementation engineer who has delivered migrations and onboarding for clients and wants to do it in-houseWhat you’ll be doing:Delivering Azure and Microsoft 365 projects hands-on: design, configuration, testing and deploymentMigrating and integrating acquired businesses onto group systems (tenants, identities, devices, data)Gathering requirements from the business and turning them into plans with clear milestonesWriting test plans and running testing with usersActing as the main point of contact for stakeholders and keeping project progress visibleHolding suppliers and colleagues to what they’ve committed toWorking with third parties on scoping, quotes and deliveryTracking project costs and reporting progress to the IT DirectorWorking within ITIL change processesHanding projects over to support with full documentation and trainingWhat you’ll need:3rd line level experience across Microsoft 365 and Azure (for example Entra ID, Exchange Online, Intune, Teams/SharePoint, Azure infrastructure and networking)Experience leading technical projects or workstreams, even if “project manager” hasn’t been your job titleEvidence of requirements gathering, documentation, planning and keeping stakeholders updatedMigrations, rollouts or infrastructure upgrades delivered from start to finishExperience working within change managementClear communication with non-technical users and senior peopleThe confidence to chase and challenge people you don’t manageUseful but not essential:Microsoft certifications such as AZ-104, MS-102, AZ-900 or MS-900Tenant-to-tenant migrations or integrating acquired businessesPRINCE2 Foundation, Agile or other project trainingExposure to project budgets or cost tracking
If you’re an engineer who is already doing the project work and wants it to be the job, we’d like to hear from you. Apply with your CV and we’ll be in touch.
Asset Resourcing is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.
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