Location: Remote with flexibility to travel to UK offices
Reports to: IT Infrastructure Manager
SMCR Function: Conduct role
Ascot Lloyd is one of the UK’s leading independent wealth management firms, proudly serving over 22,000 clients with a commitment to excellence. Backed by Nordic Capital, we are at the forefront of transforming the wealth management landscape. Our strategy is built on three core tenets: delivering expert financial advice, providing exceptional client service, and harnessing innovative technology to make wealth management easier and more accessible.
What’s on offer at Ascot Lloyd?
Skills accelerator
Be part of one of the UK’s fastest‑growing national firms. This is an opportunity to work autonomously, innovate, and strive for excellence in a high‑growth environment.
Support to Succeed
We invest long‑term in your personal and professional development through our Learning and Development Portal, tailored training pathways, funded professional memberships, and supported study leave.
Benefits
Corporate pension, private medical insurance, life assurance, critical illness cover, electric car salary sacrifice, paid time off for celebrations and volunteering, discounted Ascot Lloyd financial advice, enhanced parental leave, and a range of wellbeing perks.
Recognition
A reward package including performance bonuses and long‑term incentives, length-of-service awards, values recognition, and access to our ESG initiatives—from charity partnerships to team challenges.
Join a company where your success and community impact truly matter.
What does IT look like at Ascot Lloyd?
Our IT function is a fast‑moving, collaborative environment focused on delivering secure, scalable, and high‑performing technology solutions. As a Cloud Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, maintaining, and optimising our Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud environment to support the organisation’s continued growth and digital evolution.
Your impact on stakeholders
- Ensure the stability, performance, and scalability of the organisation’s Azure/M365 cloud services.
- Provide expert technical support for escalations from the Service Desk.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of cloud technologies across the business.
- Support acquisitions and onboarding by delivering cloud‑based technical solutions and guidance.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our cloud environment, staying ahead of evolving technologies and industry best practice.
What you’ll bring to the position
- A proactive approach to maintaining BAU services, including patching, monitoring, and system optimisation.
- Ability to manage workloads using fundamental project lifecycle frameworks (Design, Build, Test, Deploy).
- Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues.
- Excellent documentation capability to support designs, configurations, and operational processes.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Technical Skills
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure services including VMs, storage, networking, and security.
- Experience managing Azure networking technologies (vNets, SD‑WAN, ZTNA).
- Expertise in Microsoft 365 administration including Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
- Experience designing and implementing Azure‑based infrastructure solutions.
- Strong understanding of cloud monitoring and logging tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights).
- Experience in performance tuning and resource optimisation within cloud environments.
Soft Skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage shifting priorities.
- High level of attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- Proactive, solution‑driven mindset with a desire for continuous improvement.
Experience
- 3–5 years’ experience in system administration with a focus on Azure/M365.
- Experience supporting cloud infrastructure in a multi‑site or enterprise environment.
- Project management experience (supporting or leading small technical projects).
- Financial services experience (desirable).
Qualifications and Certifications
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals and/or Azure Administrator Associate.
- Microsoft 365 Fundamentals (or equivalent).
- Networking qualifications (desirable).