Infrastructure Analyst 3rd Line - Tier 1 Brand with strong career prospects REF 719

Interface Recruitment UK; Leeds; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An award-winning professional services firm in Leeds is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Analyst to enhance their IT support capabilities. This role involves providing comprehensive hardware and software infrastructure support, managing core IT systems, and collaborating with various teams to ensure the successful delivery of technical projects. The company prides itself on offering a structured career path with meritocratic progression and a range of benefits, including a competitive salary and private health insurance. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Pension (4%/6% contribution)

Private health insurance

Life cover

Paid sick leave

Qualifications

• Proven track record in administering corporate IT environments.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server and Active Directory.

Responsibilities

• Provide hardware and software infrastructure support.
• Collaborate with IT teams for project delivery and BAU tasks.

Skills

Microsoft Windows Server

Active Directory

SQL Server

Hyper-V

LAN/WAN/VPN

Microsoft Office

Network Security

Performance Tuning

Education

Microsoft Certification (MCSA, MCITP, MCTS)

Tools

NetApp

Noble Dialler

Job description

Job Details

• Education Requirements: None
• Industry: Legal
• Job Location: Tower Works, 2 Globe Road, Leeds
• Qualifications: Preferred Microsoft qualifications
• Work Hours: 40 hours

Company

Based in Leeds city centre, this award-winning professional services firm is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Analyst with solid all-round support skills to join their team. The company is ever-evolving, they are one of the Top 500 within their industry and are seen as one of the top businesses within their market. The company offers a professional and structured career path with meritocratic progression and benefits befitting of a large professional services firm.

Benefits include: a competitive salary (£32,000), 25 days holiday, pension (4%/6% contribution), private health insurance, life cover, and paid sick leave.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the provision of hardware and software infrastructure support. You will also be required to undertake various project-related tasks to ensure the timely delivery of technical projects as well as the usual BAU tasks. Working within a small team of Infrastructure Analysts, you will collaborate with other teams, including IT Service Delivery, IT Security, IT Development, third-party clients, and suppliers.

Experience Requirements

1. Provide support for existing IT hardware and systems software
2. Investigate relevant new technologies
3. Administer, manage, and maintain core IT infrastructure systems and services, including multiple SQL server instances, Hyper-V server estate, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Active Directory (including DNS, DHCP, Group Policy), local area networks, physical and virtual desktop and server estate, NetApp storage, telephony, in-house dialler, remote access, backup, and disaster recovery solutions
4. Ensure sufficient capacity for future business requirements
5. Document existing and new IT infrastructure and associated processes
6. Liaise and work alongside third-party service providers
7. Define and implement appropriate test plans
8. Proactively find resolutions to known issues and improve “first time fix” levels
9. Management of security solutions, including firewalls, endpoint protection, mail filtering, and web proxies
10. Proactively identify and undertake ‘performance’ tuning of both hardware and software environments
11. Support the Root Cause Analysis process for significant issues
12. Provide the first point of contact for all IT Infrastructure related escalation

Responsibilities / Skills

Essential

1. A proven track record in the administration of a corporate IT environment including server, network, and storage environments
2. In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server operating system roles and applications including Active Directory, Group Policy, Exchange, File and Print services, IIS, WSUS, and SQL Server and related security
3. In-depth knowledge of server virtualisation platforms including Hyper-V (SCVMM) and VMware ESXi
4. Knowledge and understanding of LAN, WAN, and VPN connectivity, including firewalls
5. Broad understanding of Microsoft desktop operating systems and Microsoft Office applications

Desirable

1. Working towards or holding a Microsoft certification for Windows Server operating systems (MCSA, MCITP, MCTS)
2. Working knowledge of NetApp storage solutions
3. Working knowledge of Noble dialler solutions
4. Experience in an industry framework (ITIL, ISO 20000/27001 etc.)