IT Infrastructure Laboratory Technician

IT Infrastructure Laboratory Technician | DV Clearable

We're looking for a hands-on IT Infrastructure Laboratory Technician to manage, maintain and support physical and virtual testing environments. You'll own the hardware life cycle, network provisioning and day-to-day troubleshooting of lab infrastructure used by engineering and development teams.

This is a great role if you genuinely enjoy working with physical hardware, have solid networking fundamentals, and take pride in keeping things properly organised.

What you'll be doing:

  • Hardware & Asset Management: installing, racking, stacking and cabling Servers, Switches and storage arrays; tracking inventory, spares and component replacements
  • Environment Provisioning: configuring and deploying operating systems, hypervisors and baseline software images; setting up isolated test networks, VLANs and testbeds to engineering requests
  • Maintenance & Troubleshooting: hardware diagnostics and component replacement (RAM, CPUs, drives, PSUs); keeping BIOS and switch firmware up to date
  • Lab Operations: monitoring environmental controls (temperature, power distribution, cable management); maintaining data-wiping and decommissioning protocols for retired equipment
  • Helpdesk Support: acting as primary point of contact for lab users on access, connectivity and hardware allocation tickets

What you'll need:

  • Deep understanding of server architecture, storage systems and components
  • Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, subnets, VLAN configuration, structured cabling
  • Experience installing and configuring Windows Server, Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu) and virtualisation platforms (VMware, KVM or Hyper-V)
  • Familiarity with basic Scripting (Bash, PowerShell or Python) for automation is a plus
  • Active DV clearance or DV clearable
  • Able to work 5 days a week on-site

Apply now to find out more.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Job Details

Company
Lorien
Location
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom GL501
Employment Type
Contract
Salary
GBP Annual
Posted