Infrastructure Engineer - Birmingham

Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid, with visits to Milton Keynes)

Role: Permanent - Full time on site

I'm recruiting for a leading global distributor of electrical and industrial automation products, known for its strong focus on innovation, sustainability, and empowering its people. This company operates across multiple locations and delivers advanced technology solutions to a wide range of industries.

Your responsibilities in the role

• Responsible for the design, build, and maintenance of all of the company's on-premise and cloud infrastructure
• Implement on-premise and cloud infrastructure upgrade projects.
• Maintain all company servers, both on-premise and in the cloud (Azure).
• Maintain storage systems (SAN, NAS).
• Maintain company network at all sites including switches, firewalls, and wireless access points.
• Monitor company infrastructure to ensure performance and availability.
• Handle support tickets that are escalated for infrastructure resolution.
• Ensure server backups are performed and test recovery.
• Assist in establishing a robust Disaster Recovery Plan and participate in the practice of the Disaster Recovery at least annually.
• Assist with the planning and deployment of group security measures.
• Create documentation and ensure it is up to date.
• In the event of a failure, work at speed for an optimal recovery.
• Identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities.
• Keep up to date with the latest security and technological developments
• Take charge of personal development and contribute to performance evaluation in accordance with the company's core competencies and learning and development framework.
• Observe Health & Safety policy and procedures.

Skills and Experience

• Palo Alto deployment and configuration experience is a must.
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Tenable, Sentinel, Zscaler, Tanium and Illiumo would be advantageous.
• Understanding of network protocols, configurations, deployment and management of routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and encryption.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and assess issues, threats, patterns, and trends.
• Verbal communication skills, including presentation skills, with an ability to communicate with various technical and non-technical team members and other relevant individuals.

ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.