Infrastructure Engineer

SCG Midlands; Dummer; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT infrastructure company in Dummer is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to join their Group IT team. The successful candidate will be responsible for building, maintaining, and ensuring the efficiency of the IT infrastructure across various systems. Key responsibilities include monitoring system availability, managing cloud services, and overseeing backup and recovery processes. The role offers a salary between £40,000 and £50,000, along with benefits like 25 days holiday, and professional development support.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday

Birthday Day Off

Buy Holiday Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Winter Flu Jabs

Free On-Site Parking

Learning and development budget

Social benefits

Qualifications

• Good understanding of servers, networks, storage, and cloud services.
• Solid understanding of security principles for infrastructure systems.
• Strong skills in troubleshooting various IT infrastructure areas.

Responsibilities

• Monitor systems availability and respond to alerts.
• Manage cloud service, datacentre, and email operations.
• Ensure efficient infrastructure system operation through maintenance.
• Carry out infrastructure upgrades and migrations.
• Manage backup and recovery processes.

Skills

Enterprise IT infrastructure understanding

Security principles application

Diagnostic and troubleshooting skills

Experience with backup and recovery systems

Experience with monitoring tools

Documentation skills

Methodical work approach

Job description

Location: Dummer, Basingstoke

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000

We are looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to join Group IT team, you will be based in Dummer, Basingstoke. You will be building, operating and maintaining the internal IT infrastructure across SCG, delivering hands‑on technical work across all infrastructure systems and services.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring the availability of systems and services and responding to availability alerts.
• Monitoring infrastructure capacity to ensure systems can host required workloads.
• Managing day‑to‑day cloud service, datacentre, and email system operations.
• Ensuring infrastructure systems are operating efficiently through regular maintenance activities.
• Carrying out infrastructure upgrades and migrations.
• Managing backup and recovery processes, including backup testing and restoration.
• Ensuring infrastructure patch management to keep software updated to the latest, secure versions.
• Monitoring and ensuring infrastructure performance meets business requirements.
• Ensuring network security by maintaining firewalls and security appliances

Skills Required

• A good understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, storage, cloud services, and datacentre environments.
• A solid understanding of security principles and their application to infrastructure systems.
• Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills across a breadth of IT infrastructure disciplines.
• Experience with backup and recovery systems, including testing and restoration procedures.
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring tools and responding to system alerts.
• Good documentation skills for recording infrastructure systems, configurations, and changes.
• The ability to work methodically and follow defined processes for change management and asset management.

Benefits

• 25 Days Holiday
• Birthday Day Off
• Buy Holiday Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Winter Flu Jabs
• Free On‑Site Parking
• Learning and development budget with Professional Qualification Support
• Social benefits (paid social events)

SCG is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to upholding the principles of the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities. We will endeavor to make necessary adjustments to ensure a fair and accessible recruitment process.