Infrastructure Engineer |South West | £46800 to 57200 | Hybrid
Infrastructure Engineer (Hybrid) 2 days on site: Salisbury area £46,800 to £57,200
Part of the Architecture and Engineering team within the IT Department; this is primarily an on-prem role supporting all of the on-premise infrastructure, Servers and applications. There will also be a need to support in cloud activities as the business moves that way.
This role ensures that all on-premise infrastructure environments are optimised for performance and reliability whilst maintaining high security standards.
Primary Duties:
Oversee Active Directory, Azure AD, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and core infrastructure services.
Maintain and optimise Windows Server environments
Manage and maintain storage systems including NAS and SAN.
Work with the security team to ensure patching, hardening, and threat protection are maintained.
Ensure backup, replication and disaster recovery strategies
Monitor performance and availability of on-prem infrastructure.
Identity and access management.
Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, and NIST frameworks.
Implement patch management, vulnerability remediation, and system hardening processes.
Assist in migration to Azure.
Ideal Person:
5+ years in IT Operations, focus on Windows and Storage
ITIL v4 Foundation
Strong knowledge of: Windows Server (2016/2019/2022), Active Directory/Azure AD/ADFS, Virtualisation (Hyper-V), HPE Servers, Backup, DR, and monitoring solutions, SCCM/SCVMMProficient in Scripting (PowerShell, CMD) and automation, Knowledge of networking fundamentals (Firewalls, load balancers)
Monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (SolarWinds)
Windows Server 2016 to 2025, Windows 11, Microsoft Office 365.
Service Management/Service Desk tools to capture, manage, resolve, report on IT Service tickets
Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
Excellent communication and documentation skills
Qualifications:
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).OR Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-802).
OR Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA).
Knowledge Cisco networks and Firewalls.
Understanding of MOD SCIDA
Skills:
Interact constructively and effectively with all IT users Demonstrate a proactive, flexible and positive approach Understand IT good practice to help IT services continually improve.
Experience working with ITIL processes.
Effective written and oral communication skills.
H S conscious.
Results-oriented, prioritise effectively, work to deadlines.
Prerequisites for employment
Eligible for BPSS SC clearance
UK Drivers license
Part of the Architecture and Engineering team within the IT Department; this is primarily an on-prem role supporting all of the on-premise infrastructure, Servers and applications. There will also be a need to support in cloud activities as the business moves that way.
This role ensures that all on-premise infrastructure environments are optimised for performance and reliability whilst maintaining high security standards.
Primary Duties:
Oversee Active Directory, Azure AD, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and core infrastructure services.
Maintain and optimise Windows Server environments
Manage and maintain storage systems including NAS and SAN.
Work with the security team to ensure patching, hardening, and threat protection are maintained.
Ensure backup, replication and disaster recovery strategies
Monitor performance and availability of on-prem infrastructure.
Identity and access management.
Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, and NIST frameworks.
Implement patch management, vulnerability remediation, and system hardening processes.
Assist in migration to Azure.
Ideal Person:
5+ years in IT Operations, focus on Windows and Storage
ITIL v4 Foundation
Strong knowledge of: Windows Server (2016/2019/2022), Active Directory/Azure AD/ADFS, Virtualisation (Hyper-V), HPE Servers, Backup, DR, and monitoring solutions, SCCM/SCVMMProficient in Scripting (PowerShell, CMD) and automation, Knowledge of networking fundamentals (Firewalls, load balancers)
Monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (SolarWinds)
Windows Server 2016 to 2025, Windows 11, Microsoft Office 365.
Service Management/Service Desk tools to capture, manage, resolve, report on IT Service tickets
Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
Excellent communication and documentation skills
Qualifications:
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).OR Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-802).
OR Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA).
Knowledge Cisco networks and Firewalls.
Understanding of MOD SCIDA
Skills:
Interact constructively and effectively with all IT users Demonstrate a proactive, flexible and positive approach Understand IT good practice to help IT services continually improve.
Experience working with ITIL processes.
Effective written and oral communication skills.
H S conscious.
Results-oriented, prioritise effectively, work to deadlines.
Prerequisites for employment
Eligible for BPSS SC clearance
UK Drivers license