Senior Cloud & Network Infrastructure Engineer

Job Overview

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.

We are looking to hire a Senior Cloud & Network Infrastructure to work within our Group IT team.

Key Responsibilities

• You will join a small, focused internal IT team, reporting to the Group IT Manager, working closely with regional business units and security stakeholders across the group.


• A normal week will see you supporting a range of activities including providing senior technical escalation support, designing and implementing improvements to core platforms, contributing to security and infrastructure projects, and helping deliver group-wide initiatives such as cloud adoption, firewall migrations, and Zero Trust security improvements


• The role will involve working across multiple technologies including Azure, Microsoft 365, enterprise networking, firewalls, identity, and security tooling, with opportunities to contribute to architecture decisions and long-term platform improvements.


• There will be opportunities for you to refine and build new skills on the job, with the team expected to support one another across the range of technologies being leveraged.


• The role is entirely internal, with no external customer-facing component

Required Qualifications

Primary Skills

• Networking and security architecture (LAN/WAN design, routing, switching, VPN, hybrid cloud networking)


• Enterprise firewalls and secure connectivity (Palo Alto, Fortinet, or similar)


• Experience with Zero Trust / ZTNA principles and secure remote access solutions


• Azure Cloud Platform (IaaS / PaaS, networking, RBAC, Policy, Backup, Monitoring)


• Azure networking (VPN, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Firewall, Private Endpoints, Front Door)

Beneficial Skills

• Microsoft Windows platforms (Server / Endpoint management, Intune, SCCM, DNS, security features, authentication)


• Active Directory / Entra ID (on-premises and cloud, SAML, Conditional Access, RBAC, PIM, Identity Governance)


• Infrastructure as Code / automation (ARM, Bicep, PowerShell, scripting, or similar)


• Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, Intune, Defender, E5 security technologies)


• SIEM / Security monitoring platforms (Azure Sentinel, Defender, or similar)


• Systems monitoring and alerting (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, PRTG, SCCM, or similar)


• Centralised backup platforms (Azure Backup, Commvault, or similar)


• Experience supporting governance / compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, NIST, or similar)


• Experience working in environments with multiple regions / tenants / business units

About Sword Group

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success. We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life.

Benefits

• Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.


• Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance.


• A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.