Infrastructure Engineer - 449138

The James Hutton Institute; Dundee; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research institution in the UK is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to support their Dundee or Aberdeen site. The role involves providing efficient infrastructure for research activities and business processes. Ideal candidates will have experience in virtualisation, Microsoft technologies, and a proven track record in infrastructure support. Occasional travel to other sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a multi disciplinary infrastructure team.
• Drive and enthusiasm to progress and complete tasks.
• Proven experience supporting a large virtual estate and enterprise storage solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient and highly available infrastructure to support business processes.
• Support business as usual capacity and project-driven tasks.
• Develop and maintain a solid understanding of relevant platforms and services.

Skills

Virtualisation & Cloud Computing

Microsoft Infrastructure technologies

Storage Infrastructure

Network Infrastructure

Job description

Based either at our Dundee or Aberdeen site and reporting to the Senior Infrastructure Engineer you will work with other talented team members to provide an efficiently run and highly available infrastructure to support business processes and research activities.

With many interesting projects taking place from our open science initiative to tackling global challenges such as the climate emergency and food security, it's an exciting time to join our organisation.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience working in a multi disciplinary infrastructure team and have the drive and enthusiasm to continually progress and see tasks through to completion.

You will have a broad working knowledge and experience in the following areas.

• Virtualisation & Cloud Computing
• Microsoft Infrastructure technologies
• Storage Infrastructure
• Network Infrastructure

You will be involved in supporting all the above areas both in a business as usual capacity and project driven. You will be expected to develop and maintain a solid understanding of all relevant platforms and services in order to provide end-to-end support effectively.

Proven experience supporting a large virtual estate, enterprise storage solutions and Microsoft Server technologies are essential.

Any experience with Linux and networking technologies would be advantageous but not necessary.

Although based at the either the Dundee or Aberdeen sites there will be a need for occasional travel to other sites.