Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Windows & Virtualisation)
Manchester/ Hybrid | Competitive Salary + On-Call Allowance
A leading technology services organisation is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join its growing infrastructure team. This is a hands-on role supporting enterprise-scale Windows, VMware, Azure, and backup environments across a complex multi-site estate.
You'll take ownership of patching, backup operations, virtual machine lifecycle management, infrastructure changes, and technical escalations, playing a key role in maintaining the availability, security, and performance of critical customer environments.
The Role- Own the Windows Server patching lifecycle across a large enterprise estate
- Manage Azure VM patching, backup, and disaster recovery services
- Administer VMware virtualisation environments and VM lifecycle activities
- Support and remediate Veeam backup and recovery operations
- Implement infrastructure changes and contribute to CAB processes
- Resolve technical escalations and support major incident response
- Participate in a shared on-call rota
- Strong experience in infrastructure engineering, ideally within managed services
- Strong experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, and Group Policy
- Good Azure administration skills including VMs, networking, backup, and patching
- VMware vSphere administration experience
- Experience supporting enterprise backup technologies such as Veeam
- Knowledge of WSUS, SCCM, and patch compliance processes
- PowerShell scripting and automation experience
- Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills
- Work with modern Azure, VMware, Windows, and enterprise backup technologies
- Take ownership of critical infrastructure services and large-scale patching programmes
- Join a highly skilled technical team with clear progression opportunities
- Gain exposure to both cloud and on-premise enterprise environments
- Be involved in automation, service improvement, and infrastructure transformation projects
- Flexible remote/hybrid working and a competitive package with on-call allowance
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer looking to take the next step in their career within a technically challenging and fast-paced environment.
Interested? Apply now for a confidential discussion. Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Windows & Virtualisation)