Skills

Communication Microsoft 365 Test Networking Architecture Backup and Restore Azure

Job Specifications

GTS Engineer

Salary: up to £42,000 plus benefits

About the role

We are hiring a GTS Engineer to strengthen operational resilience and business continuity across our Microsoft estate and core infrastructure. You will design, test and document recovery strategies, keep processes current, and present clear risk based recommendations to stakeholders. This role blends hands on engineering with ownership of standards and audit readiness.

What you will do

Own business continuity and disaster recovery for Microsoft 365 and Azure services, with defined RTO and RPO
Run backup strategy and restorations, including immutable copies, off site retention and routine recovery tests
Support infrastructure and architecture delivery across servers, storage, networking and identity
Maintain risk and compliance records, prepare for audits and evidence ISO 27001 controls and testing
Write clear process guides and runbooks, keep them current, and gain approval through the change process
Track cyber risk items, plan mitigation, and report status and impact to stakeholders
Lead DR exercises and tabletop tests, capture actions and land improvements
Present updates and options to senior stakeholders with clear impact statements and cost benefit
Partner with Security, Service Desk and Vendors to resolve incidents and close problems

What you will bring

Azure and Microsoft 365 certifications or equivalent experience
Proven delivery of disaster recovery, backup and restoration in enterprise or public sector settings
Strong grasp of infrastructure and architecture fundamentals and identity services
Working knowledge of ISO 27001 controls and evidence gathering for audits
Experience creating process guides, change requests and policy documents that are approved and used
Comfortable presenting to technical and non technical audiences
Calm, approachable style with clear written and verbal communication
A track record of testing plans, learning and improving based on measurable results

Nice to have

Experience with ISO 22301 or operational resilience frameworks
Familiarity with Microsoft Graph, Intune, Sentinel or Defender suite
Knowledge of business impact analysis and risk registers
Experience with backup platforms such as Veeam and cloud resilience patterns

Success in your first year

Documented and approved continuity strategy with tested recovery for top tier services
Backup and restore success rate improved and reported each month
Passing external or internal audit for ISO 27001 controls relevant to continuity
Two end to end DR exercises completed with actions closed
Stakeholder scorecards show increased confidence in resilience

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About the Company

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