Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Infrastructure Engineer– Gloucestershire – Permanent (37.5 hours per week) – £45,000 - £50,000 per annum – SC Clearance

Our client are a medium sized consultancy looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help support them on their IT systems.

You will act as a key member of the IT team to help continuously improve efficiency, you will need experience with Windows and Microsoft 365 application. Ensuring all software and Hardware are updated.

Working Patterns: This role is based full time on site in Gloucestershire

The Key Responsibilities of a Senior Infrastructure Engineer:

• Ensuring all incidents raised by colleagues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Assuring all hardware and software is kept up to date and secure in accordance with stipulated guidelines, and system security is always maintained.
• Producing and maintaining internal infrastructure documentation, processes and design.
• Maintain backup and disaster recovery systems.
• Identify and action process improvements.

Below is a list of Key Skills required for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer role, however you will not be expected to have everything:

• Microsoft 365, including licensing and user management.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems and products in a networked environment.
• Implementation and support of enterprise tools, including Active Directory Services, Patch Management, Microsoft Updates, Antivirus, Vulnerability Management, Backup Solutions.
• Experience in firewall configuration and maintenance (e.g. Cisco, Negate, Palo Alto)
• Experience of working with networking fundamentals including routing, switching, firewall, VLAN, NAT, VPN.
• Strong Domain infrastructure knowledge (AD, AAD, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy Management, Radius, PKI).

Skills:

• Proven problem-solving ability.
• A strategic thinker, who can identify creative solutions.
• Ability to prioritize conflicting tasks in a dynamic work environment.
• Possess a proactive, positive attitude and respect for others.
• You should have strong interpersonal skills, be a good team player and demonstrate excellent communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Knowledge of architecture process.

The client would also like to see some of the below, but this is not essential:

• Exposure to Linux, Veeam Backup, DevOps CD and CI principles, ESET anti-virus, disk encryption (predominantly BitLocker) any would be an advantage.

Benefits:

• 25 Days holiday + Bank holidays, and option to buy and sell holiday.
• Private health care plan.
• 10% annual pro-rata bonus (Discretionary)
• 5% Pension contribution by C Software.
• Private Health Care Check-up.
• Death in Service.
• Annual Company Day for Team Building.

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

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