Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
George Denton
// hybrid cloud · IaC · automation
Infrastructure as code, automation, and the quiet plumbing that keeps it reliable.
about
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer working on hybrid Azure and on-prem infrastructure for a regulated payments platform. Infrastructure as code with Bicep, PowerShell automation, access and security, and monitoring.
Came into cloud from electrical work, via IT support. The turning point was building the infrastructure for a self-hosted media stack — the first true infrastructure work, and where the interest became the direction. Still runs a home lab of 15+ containers, where production ideas get tested first.
experience
A UK payments processor
2022 — Present- Nov 2025 — Present
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Run hybrid Azure and on-prem infrastructure for a regulated payments platform: IaC with Bicep through Azure DevOps, alerting, monitoring, incident response, and an on-call rota for critical services.
- Apr 2024 — Nov 2025
Junior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Hands-on infrastructure across Azure and on-prem; PowerShell automation, Azure Monitor and Log Analytics. Where support turned into engineering.
- Oct 2023 — Apr 2024
Second Line Support Engineer
Escalation point for endpoint, identity and connectivity issues; vulnerability management and endpoint administration.
- Dec 2022 — Oct 2023
First Line Support Engineer
Front-line support across a Microsoft environment, in person and remote.
// earlier
- Delivery Driver Oglesby Butchers 2021 — 2022
- Merchandiser B&Q (MET team) 2018 — 2021
- Electrician AC Electrics Ltd 2015 — 2018
projects
- PRJ-01
media-server-iac
IaC for a self-hosted media stack. The first true infrastructure work — where the interest became the direction.
- PRJ-02
Deskbridge
A modern RDP connection manager, published on the Microsoft Store.
- PRJ-03
GeorgesTicker
A cross-platform task & habit tracker, built from scratch.
stack
Cloud
- Azure
- Hyper-V
- Entra ID
- Defender
IaC & Automation
- Bicep
- PowerShell
- Azure DevOps
- Power Automate
Monitoring & Security
- Azure Monitor
- Log Analytics
- KQL
- PKI
- MFA
Practice
- IaC
- CI/CD
- Observability
- Incident response
- On-call
- AI-assisted development