Interim Infrastructure Specialist

Interim Infrastructure Specialist - Birmingham

The rewards

• £400 per day (Inside IR35)
• Initial 3 month contract with likely extensions
• High level of ownership and autonomy across critical workstreams
• Birmingham-based role with potential for some flexibility depending on project needs

The role of Interim Infrastructure Specialist:

• Conducting a full discovery and assessment of the current infrastructure estate across Entra ID, Intune, Group Policy, and patching
• Leading the rationalisation of Group Policy and developing a structured migration roadmap to Intune
• Enhancing and optimising Autopilot deployments, including defining and validating a standard build process
• Reviewing and strengthening the Microsoft Entra environment, including Conditional Access, identity security, and privileged access
• Improving workstation patch management, including update rings, compliance reporting, and user impact considerations
• Auditing application registrations, permissions, and group structures within Microsoft Entra
• Developing clear, reusable documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Supporting knowledge transfer and producing a comprehensive handover at the end of the engagement

The ideal Interim Infrastructure Specialist:

• Proven experience in a hands-on Infrastructure / Endpoint / EUC role
• Strong technical expertise in Microsoft Intune & Autopilot, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), and Group Policy design, analysis, and migration
• Experience working in hybrid infrastructure environments (on-prem and cloud)
• Strong understanding of Conditional Access, identity governance, and endpoint compliance
• Experience designing or improving patch management strategies
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and work autonomously in a project-led environment
• Desirable: Experience delivering GPO-to-Intune transformation projects
• Desirable: Exposure to high-availability or regulated environments
• Desirable: Experience working alongside MSPs or third-party providers

Our client is a well-established, Birmingham-based organisation operating within a complex, multi-site environment, currently undertaking a significant digital and infrastructure maturity programme.

Working within a small but highly collaborative ICT team, you will support the delivery of key initiatives across a hybrid (on-prem and Azure) infrastructure, in a business where reliability, security, and efficiency are critical.

This is a short-term contract role with a strong emphasis on endpoint management, identity, and cloud-first transformation.