Infrastructure Engineer

Thales; Stockport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Annual bonus

Employee discounts

Paid volunteering day

Job summary

Thales is seeking a qualified candidate for an Infrastructure Support role in Stockport, UK. The position focuses on server infrastructure maintenance and delivery. Key qualifications include a Bachelor's degree or 3 years of experience, strong VMware knowledge, and excellent communication skills. Benefits include private medical insurance, employee discounts, and an annual bonus. This role is crucial in maintaining the technology that supports our security and stability efforts.

Qualifications

• Must have strong knowledge of VMware infrastructure.
• Experience with backup and DR solutions is essential.
• Communication skills are necessary for effective collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Support, maintain and deliver server infrastructure.
• Diagnose complex issues working with other teams.
• Implement technical solutions contributing to system management.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Team player

Education

Bachelor's Degree or 3 years experience in a third line support role

Tools

VMware

Netapp Storage solutions

Cisco hardware

Windows Server

Job description

Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services.

Purpose of this role

Responsible for the run and project activities across the Thales Infrastructure estate. Covering key areas of the estate including platforms and virtualization. The main focus of the role is the support, maintenance and delivery of the server infrastructure and associated technologies.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Working on incidents and tasks based on SLA
• Maintenance of the Infrastructure estate including patching, updates, fault finding
• Planning and remediation of obsolete infrastructure on the platform
• Work with other teams to diagnose complex issues
• Action life cycle events based on the infrastructure roadmap following the change management process
• Creating and maintaining accurate records of Infrastructure services and assets, including documentation
• Implementation of technical solutions to meet specification and changes contributing to service improvement and systems management
• Participation in Service Transition process and activities
• Working within a team or independently to create and implement technical changes
• Identifying service inadequacies and contributing to the Customer Service Improvement Plan
• Maintaining understanding of current and emerging infrastructure technologies
• Working closely with CSOC in the event of received intelligence or Cyber‑Attack
• Any other duties commensurate with the grade or deemed appropriate by the Local Chapter Lead or Product Owner

Typical Routines

• Raising Request For Changes
• Carrying out detailed investigation and produce reports
• Updating system documentation
• Extending own knowledge and desire to develop new technical skills under own initiative
• Monitoring infrastructure and proactively responding to alerts

Internal Company Contacts

IS teams, IS Team leaders, IS directors, Thales business managers and staff, Service Management, CSOC

External Company Contacts

Customers, Technology Vendors, External Suppliers

Person Specification

• Bachelor Degree or minimum 3 years experience in a third line support role

Desirable

• Professional certification
• VMware Certified Professional
• MCP/MCSA/MCSE
• ITIL Foundation certificate
• AWS certification

Work Experience, Skills and Knowledge

• Good organisational and communication skills
• Communicate effectively at different levels working collaboratively to a common goal
• Ability to improve the processes and tools used on a daily basis
• Desire to contribute to continual service improvements
• Experience in analysing issues to diagnose faults or anomalies

Essential

• Strong knowledge of VMware infrastructure – ESX, VSAN, NSX, VRA
• Netapp Storage solutions
• Backup and DR solutions
• Server hardware including Cisco, HP, Dell

Desirable (Essential Section)

• Cloud technologies including Azure, GPC, Oracle, AWS
• Network technology including Switching, Routing, Firewalls, wireless, UCC (Jabber), ISE, load balancers
• Linux technology including Red Hat, Puppet, IDM
• Windows Server operating systems
• PowerShell, bash

Qualities, Abilities and Aptitudes

• Professional, Positive, customer focused attitude
• Flexible working attitude, prepared to work outside of service hours if required
• Motivated and committed
• To be open and honest
• Team Player
• Must be able to work under own initiative with little or infrequent supervision
• Able to create and manage positive working relationships
• Good time management
• Comfortable working to deadlines
• The ability to multi-task, prioritise workloads effectively and be able to deal with a variety of tasks
• The ability to accurately prioritise new incidents

Benefits

We offer private medical insurance, buying or selling annual leave, cycle to work schemes, employee discounts, paid volunteering day, stocks and shares, annual bonus and more.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At Thales, we ensure equal opportunities, pay and working conditions for all.

Additional Information

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