Job Description

About Us

Our mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this.

With our proprietary platform powering everything we do, it's an exciting time to join us. We're pioneering new products and driving more advanced, creative technologies. The result? Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.

Betfred's Technology department is driven by innovation, and you'll be at the heart of unlocking our platform's potential. So, if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming, it's time to join us.

Job Purpose

The Senior Corporate & Cloud Support Engineer provides advanced technical expertise across corporate infrastructure, identity platforms, cloud services, remote access technologies and data protection platforms. Acting as the senior technical escalation point within the Corporate Support team, the role leads complex troubleshooting, platform improvement initiatives, and security remediation, working closely with Systems Administrators, Service Management, Security, and Infrastructure teams.

Reporting to the Corporate & Cloud Support Manager, the role provides technical leadership and mentoring while remaining hands-on with engineering and operational delivery.

Job Duties

Advanced Identity & Access Platform Engineering

• Act as the senior technical escalation point for Entra ID and Active Directory platforms.
• Lead complex troubleshooting across authentication, authorisation, synchronisation and identity-related services.
• Support Enterprise Applications, App Registrations, hybrid identity services and Group Policy administration.
• Drive improvements to identity security controls, access governance and platform standards.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and optimisation of identity and access management solutions.

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering

• Support and maintain Microsoft Azure and associated cloud services within agreed ownership boundaries.
• Lead technical delivery of platform upgrades, migrations, lifecycle activities and infrastructure improvements.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform resilience, performance, scalability and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of new cloud and infrastructure services.

Remote Access & End User Platforms

• Provide advanced support for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and associated access technologies.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex performance, availability and access-related issues.
• Drive improvements to platform stability, security and user experience.
• Support capacity planning and service optimisation activities.

Backup, Recovery & Resilience

• Act as the senior technical lead for backup and recovery platforms.
• Support enterprise backup solutions, ensuring effective protection of infrastructure, cloud, database and application services.
• Lead recovery testing, troubleshooting and continuous improvement of backup and recovery processes.
• Support disaster recovery exercises and contribute to data protection and resilience strategies.

Security, Monitoring & Continuous Improvement

• Lead security remediation and platform hardening activities across supported services.
• Support vulnerability management, monitoring, alerting and observability improvements.
• Lead automation and scripting initiatives to improve efficiency, consistency and platform reliability.
• Identify and drive resolution of technical debt, recurring issues and service improvement opportunities.
• Maintain technical documentation, standards and operational procedures.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Act as the senior technical escalation point within the Corporate Support team.
• Provide mentoring, coaching and technical guidance to Corporate Support Engineers.
• Lead technical workstreams, projects and improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Systems Administrators, Service Management, Security, Infrastructure Operations and Retail & Endpoint teams to deliver secure and supportable services.
• Deputise for the Corporate & Cloud Support Manager on technical matters when required.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Technical

• Strong experience supporting enterprise Microsoft technologies, including Entra ID, Active Directory, Azure and Remote Desktop Services.
• Experience with identity and access management technologies, including authentication, authorisation, single sign-on and access governance.
• Experience supporting enterprise backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions.
• Good understanding of security best practices, vulnerability management, platform hardening and operational resilience.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, automation and platform management tools.
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills.

Engineering & Delivery

• Proven experience troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues across cloud, identity, infrastructure and data protection platforms.
• Experience delivering platform improvements, upgrades, migrations and remediation programmes.
• Experience leading technical workstreams, projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ability to balance operational support, project delivery and strategic improvement activities.

Ways of Working

• Strong documentation, governance and operational excellence mindset.
• Comfortable working within defined standards, security controls and change management processes.
• Experience working collaboratively across technical teams, service management functions and business stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands effectively.

Personal Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive, improvement-focused and customer-oriented mindset.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Demonstrates ownership, accountability and attention to detail.
• Committed to continuous learning and professional development.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a variety of competitive benefits, some of which vary depending on the role you’re recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:

A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution ( £50,000 -£55,000)

Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitions

An annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service

Access to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.