About the role
We are looking for a Hybrid Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and support secure, reliable infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. The role will cover hybrid platform engineering, automation, identity, and Microsoft 365 administration.
About Bestway
Bestway Group is a diversified multinational family owned business with annualised turnover in excess of £4.5 billion. Starting off as a chain of retail convenience stores, the Group has grown to become a diversified multinational business with interests across the wholesale, pharmacy, real estate, cement and banking sectors. The Group is also the largest overseas investor in Pakistan.
Owned by the Pervez, Choudrey and Sheikh families, Bestway Group was founded in 1976 by Sir Anwar Pervez OBE H Pk, who remains Chairman. Serving over 12 million customers and employing over 28,000 individuals, the Group supports and serves communities through its operations across the UK, Pakistan and the Middle East.
Key Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and support hybrid cloud infrastructure across on-premises and public cloud platforms.
Administer and support Microsoft 365 / Office 365 services, including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Intune, and related collaboration platforms.
Manage identity and access services across Active Directory and Entra ID, including SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, and user lifecycle processes.
Support mail flow, security, licensing, compliance, retention, and policy administration across the Microsoft 365 estate.
Manage connectivity between environments, including VPNs, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect, DNS, routing, and firewall integration.
Automate infrastructure and administration tasks using PowerShell, Terraform, or other scripting and IaC tooling.
Support platform security, monitoring, patching, backup, and incident response across cloud and hybrid services.
Work with infrastructure, security, networking, and service desk teams to deliver migrations, improvements, and operational support.
Troubleshoot performance, availability, authentication, and service issues across hybrid infrastructure and Microsoft 365 platforms.
Maintain technical documentation, standards, operational procedures, and disaster recovery runbooks.
Review cloud and Microsoft 365 consumption, licensing, and service configuration to identify optimization opportunities.
The Ideal Candidate
Significant experience in infrastructure, cloud, platform, or Microsoft 365 engineering.
Hands-on experience supporting hybrid environments spanning on-premises and cloud platforms.
Strong practical experience with Microsoft 365 / Office 365 administration, particularly Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, Intune, and Entra ID.
Experience with Azure, AWS, or both.
Good understanding of identity technologies including Active Directory, Entra ID, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, and device management.
Experience with PowerShell and automation for administration, provisioning, and reporting.
Strong networking knowledge, including DNS, firewalls, routing, load balancing, VPNs, and hybrid connectivity.
Experience with security, monitoring, compliance, backup, and disaster recovery principles.
Experience supporting Windows Server and/or Linux environments.
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
Nice to Have
Experience with Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Purview, Sentinel, or other Microsoft security tools.
Experience with Exchange migrations, tenant consolidation, or hybrid Exchange environments.
Experience with VMware or other virtualization platforms.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, Ansible, or DevOps practices.
Exposure to FinOps, licensing optimisation, or cloud cost management.
Benefits:
We understand that no applicant ever ticks every box so please do consider applying should some or most of the above apply. Bestway Group is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We want strong, and diverse teams built from talented individuals with different backgrounds identities and experiences.
If this is of interest to you and you would like to learn more, please do get in touch, we are looking forward to hearing from you.
The Bestway Group - the UK's largest Independent Wholesale Cash & Carry Operator - Bestway Wholesale & 3rd largest retail pharmacist - Well Pharmacy; Pakistan's 2nd largest cement manufacturer - Bestway Cement Limited & 2nd largest private commercial bank - United Bank Limited.
