Infrastructure Engineer

Kinetech; Basildon; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinet ech Ltd. Basildon is recruiting an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to manage on‑prem, virtualised and cloud environments with a focus on stability, security and modernisation.

The role supports a major on‑prem to cloud transformation and involves hands‑on delivery, with a path to Azure cloud delivery. You will work across Hyper‑V, Windows Server and storage, lead end‑to‑end projects and act as a senior escalation point, while ensuring audit‑ready documentation and compliance.

Qualifications

• Proven Hyper‑V, Windows Server (2012–2022), servers & storage experience.
• Strong AD/DNS/DHCP/failover clustering knowledge.
• Rubrik backup experience preferred.
• Firewall and core networking fundamentals (VLAN, CIDR, VRRP).
• Excellent documentation skills and change control/CAB experience.
• Confident communicator, able to manage priorities and own delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and support Windows on‑prem, Hyper‑V and Azure infrastructure.
• Own patching, performance, capacity and lifecycle management.
• Implement security controls and support compliance.
• Lead infrastructure projects end‑to‑end.
• Act as senior escalation for complex incidents.
• Maintain accurate, audit‑ready documentation.
• Contribute to the 2026 cloud migration and automation improvements (Terraform).

Skills

Hyper-V

Windows Server

AD/DNS/DHCP

Networking fundamentals

Documentation & change control

Delivery ownership / stakeholder comms

Tools

Rubrik backup

Terraform IaC

Azure

Job description

Basildon - Subject to your location, 1 x per month min / weekly office attendance desirable

Light shift rota covering 8am–6pm

Permanent, full-time | Salary up to £55,000 + bonus and benefits

We’re recruiting for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join a technology-driven organisation where service resilience and infrastructure modernisation are critical. This is a hands-on role across on-prem, virtualised and cloud environments, with a strong focus on stability, security, and acquisition-driven integration.

With a major on-prem to cloud transformation planned for 2027, this a great opportunity for someone with strong on-prem skills to upskill into Azure and cloud delivery over time. You’ll still need solid on-prem capability in the interim, and some on-prem services will remain post-migration. The current set-up is c.70% on-prem, with expectations that this will change significantly in the coming year.

Key focus

• Hyper-V virtualisation (clusters/failover, estate improvement)
• Rubrik backup & recovery (highly desirable)
• Windows servers + enterprise storage (SAN/NAS, iSCSI/Fibre Channel)
• Firewall / network security hands-on experience
• Acquisition migrations — tenant/user/workload integrations into a core environment
• Exposure to, or ambition for, cloud transformation (Azure)

What you’ll do

• Design, deploy and support Windows on-prem, Hyper-V and Azure infrastructure
• Own patching, performance, capacity and lifecycle management
• Implement security controls and support compliance
• Lead infrastructure projects end-to‑end
• Act as senior escalation for complex incidents
• Maintain accurate, audit‑ready documentation
• Contribute to the 2026 cloud migration and automation improvements (Terraform)

What we’re looking for

Essential:

• Proven Hyper‑V, Windows Server (2012–2022), servers & storage experience
• Strong AD/DNS/DHCP/failover clustering knowledge
• Rubrik backup experience preferred
• Firewall and core networking fundamentals (VLAN, CIDR, VRRP, etc.)
• Great documentation skills and change control/CAB experience
• Confident communicator, able to manage priorities and own delivery

Desirable:

• Azure admin experience or clear desire to upskill into cloud
• Tenant-to-tenant / acquisition integration experience
• Terraform/IaC exposure
• Relevant certs (CCNA/MCSA/AZ-series)