Infrastructure Engineer

Sentinel; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentinel in Manchester/Oldham seeks an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to design and deliver on-premises server migrations. This role is hands-on and not a service desk position, reporting to the Head of IT.

You will own the infrastructure behind the business: servers, platforms, security and automation. Expect to work on migrations, AD, Hyper-V, SQL, IIS, RDS, and M365 Hybrid with Intune, while maintaining backups, DR and cyber essentials readiness.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years in IT infrastructure.
• Extensive experience designing and delivering on-prem to on-prem server migrations (essential).
• Strong Windows Server, AD, Group Policy and Hyper-V experience.
• Hands-on SQL Server, IIS and RDS migration experience.
• M365 Hybrid and Intune experience.
• Sound networking knowledge: TCP/IP, VLANs, WAN, VPN.
• Firewall experience, ideally Sophos XGS or another next-generation firewall.
• Patching, vulnerability remediation, and backup and DR experience.
• PowerShell scripting.
• The ability to explain technical problems clearly to non-technical users.
• You must live within commuting distance of Manchester and Oldham. The role is on site five days a week.

Responsibilities

• Design and run on-prem to on-prem server migrations, upgrades and refresh projects.
• Run Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy and Hyper-V.
• Support and migrate SQL Server, IIS and Remote Desktop Services.
• Own backup, disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Patch, monitor and secure servers, endpoints and platforms.
• Work on M365 Hybrid, Azure/Entra ID and Intune.
• Support networking: switching, VLANs, firewalls (Sophos XGS), VPN and WAN.
• Run vulnerability remediation and endpoint protection, and help deliver Cyber Essentials Plus.
• Automate tasks with PowerShell.
• Act as the escalation point for the service desk, and keep documentation and network diagrams up to date.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

Group Policy

Hyper-V

SQL Server

IIS

Remote Desktop Services

PowerShell scripting

M365 Hybrid

Intune

Networking basics

Cyber Essentials Plus

Tools

Sophos XGS firewall

Hyper-V Manager

SQL Server Management Studio

IIS Manager

PowerShell ISE

Job description

Infrastructure Engineer - On-Prem Server Design & Migration

Permanent | Competitive Salary + benefits | On site, Manchester & Oldham, Monday-Friday | Immediate start

The opportunity

A growing specialist engineering and technology business is investing in its on-premise infrastructure. It needs an experienced engineer to design and deliver server migrations. You'll report to the Head of IT and own the infrastructure behind the business: servers, platforms, security and automation. This is a hands-on engineering role, not a service desk job. You'll spend your first weeks with the service desk and end users to learn the environment. After that, your focus is design, migration and infrastructure projects.

What you'll do

• Design and run on-prem to on-prem server migrations, upgrades and refresh projects
• Run Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy and Hyper-V
• Support and migrate SQL Server, IIS and Remote Desktop Services
• Own backup, disaster recovery and business continuity
• Patch, monitor and secure servers, endpoints and platforms
• Work on M365 Hybrid, Azure/Entra ID and Intune
• Support networking: switching, VLANs, firewalls (Sophos XGS), VPN and WAN
• Run vulnerability remediation and endpoint protection, and help deliver Cyber Essentials Plus
• Automate tasks with PowerShell
• Act as the escalation point for the service desk, and keep documentation and network diagrams up to date

What you'll bring

• 6-8+ years in IT infrastructure
• Extensive experience designing and delivering on-prem to on-prem server migrations (essential)
• Strong Windows Server, AD, Group Policy and Hyper-V experience
• Hands-on SQL Server, IIS and RDS migration experience
• M365 Hybrid and Intune experience
• Sound networking knowledge: TCP/IP, VLANs, WAN, VPN
• Firewall experience, ideally Sophos XGS or another next-generation firewall
• Patching, vulnerability remediation, and backup and DR experience
• PowerShell scripting
• The ability to explain technical problems clearly to non-technical users
• You must live within commuting distance of Manchester and Oldham. The role is on site five days a week.

Nice to have:

Cyber Essentials Plus, Mimecast, and Microsoft, Azure, networking or security certifications.