9-Month IT Infrastructure Engineer - Windows, VMware & DR

Rodericks Dental Partners; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Rodericks Dental Partners in Northampton is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer for a 9‑month fixed-term contract. You will join a new team reporting to the IT Infrastructure Manager and help deploy, configure, and maintain our physical and virtual servers, ensuring security and reliability across Microsoft 365/Azure AD/Exchange Online.

You'll monitor core infrastructure, respond to alerts, assist in site deployments, DR testing, and work with vendors to support upgrades and migrations while

Qualifications

• Experience in deployment, configuration and maintenance of physical and virtual servers.
• Maintain and support Microsoft 365 tenant, Azure AD, and Exchange Online components.
• Monitor core infrastructure (firewalls, switches, storage, backups) and respond to alerts.
• Participate in project rollouts including new site/acquisition setup, infrastructure upgrades, and migrations.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery processes, including testing.

Responsibilities

• Assist in deployment, configuration, and maintenance of physical and virtual servers.
• Monitor core infrastructure and respond to alerts.
• Maintain and support Microsoft 365 tenant, Azure AD, and Exchange Online components.
• Conduct routine tasks such as VM creation, firmware upgrades, patching, and data backups.
• Participate in project rollouts including new site/acquisition setup, infrastructure upgrades, and migrations.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery processes, including testing.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure-related issues and escalate as needed.
• Work with 3rd party vendors and internal stakeholders to support infrastructure requirements.
• Contribute to documentation and maintain asset/configuration records.
• Uphold security standards and policy compliance.

Skills

VMware/Hyper‑V

Microsoft 365 Management

Windows Server environments

Networking fundamentals

Firewalls

Backup and recovery tools

NAS/SAN storage

Scripting (PowerShell/Python)

DR testing

NoTouch Changes/Setups

Cloud delivery models

Protocols & Ports

Tools

Veeam

Syncrify

Job description

Rodericks Dental Partners in Northampton is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer for a 9‑month fixed-term contract. You will join a new team reporting to the IT Infrastructure Manager and help deploy, configure, and maintain our physical and virtual servers, ensuring security and reliability across Microsoft 365/Azure AD/Exchange Online.

You'll monitor core infrastructure, respond to alerts, assist in site deployments, DR testing, and work with vendors to support upgrades and migrations while