Infrastructure Engineer

JJ Associates; Swinton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based consulting company is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join their infrastructure team in Swinton, Manchester. The successful candidate will manage enterprise-level IT Infrastructure and support on-prem and cloud environments. Key skills include expertise in Windows Servers, Azure cloud, and SAN storage. The role requires at least 5 years of hands-on experience and involves participation in incident escalations and compliance with company standards. A competitive salary of £45k-£50k, along with pension and holidays is offered.

Benefits

Pension

24 days holidays

Qualifications

• At least 5 years’ experience in a hands-on enterprise Infrastructure support role.
• Excellent understanding and experience managing Active Directory.
• Working experience with Azure cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Work with and be part of the infrastructure team to achieve business objectives.
• Implement and manage the internal IT Infrastructure at an enterprise level.
• Daily use of the company ticketing system to document incidents and service requests.

Skills

Windows Servers

Azure cloud

VMware hypervisors

SAN storage

Active Directory

Problem-solving

Time management

Technical communication

Azure cloud platforms

Education

MCSA Windows server

VCP Cloud Foundation

Azure Administrator Associate

Tools

SQL

Load balancers

Job description

Job Title

Infrastructure Engineer

Location

Swinton, Manchester

Reports to (direct)

Head of Infrastructure

Salary

45-50k p.a., pension, 24 days holidays

Our client, a UK based consulting company, has established an exciting new opportunity for an Infrastructure Engineer to work with the infrastructure team to implement, maintain, optimise and support multi-site Infrastructure on‑prem and in the cloud.

Candidates will :

• utilise expertise with Windows Servers, Azure cloud, VMware hypervisors and SAN storage to maintain business continuity.
• take part in incident escalations to recover or prevent business disruptions.
• Proactively assist in capacity, disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

Roles and Responsibilities

Work with and be part of the infrastructure team to ensure business objectives are achieved.

Implement, manage and support the internal IT Infrastructure at an enterprise level.

Proactively support the business and ensure hardware and software systems are patched and up to date.

Daily use of the company ticketing system to respond, communicate and document incidents, problems and service requests in a timely and professional manner.

Create, update and maintain installation, implementation, maintenance and configuration documentation as needed.

Support the wider business by ensuring system performance, uptime, customer SLA's and internal metrics are met.

Abide by and comply with company compliance standards, policies, guidelines and or procedures.

Support multiple environments; on‑prem office, datacentre, virtual environments, networks, physical and or cloud solutions as required.

Participate in paid out of hours support as part of the On‑call rota.

Occasional travel required between offices and datacentres.

Required skills, knowledge & experience

• Possess at least 5 years’ experience in a hands‑on enterprise Infrastructure support role.
• Excellent understanding and experience managing Active Directory.
• Certified in at least one of the following :
• MCSA Windows server
• VCP Cloud Foundation
• Azure Administrator Associate
• Ability to attain relevant security clearance (SC clearance).
• Working knowledge of HA, DR and N+1 enterprise architecture.
• Excellent organisational, prioritisation and time management skills.
• Must be able to work under pressure.
• Ability to research and recommend solutions for technical issues.
• Must stay current in knowledge of IT technologies, solutions and best practices.
• Working experience with Azure cloud platforms.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills.
• Be able to communicate complex technical details to a non‑technical audience.

Desirable skills, knowledge & experience :

• Certified in one of the following : CCNA, MCSE, VCP Datacentre and or Azure Architect.
• Experience with SQL and clusters.
• SAN and storage management experience.
• Windows Cluster management experience.
• Administration of Load balancers.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure and application security