Infrastructure Engineer - VMware, Windows & Linux

Carnival UK (P&O Cruises & Cunard); Southampton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discounted Cruising

25 days leave plus bank holidays

Extensive learning and development

Health Cash Plan

Contributory Pension

Job summary

Carnival UK is seeking a Server Engineer to administer and support critical server and storage infrastructure across head office, global locations and cruise ships. You will deliver complex technical projects, maintain high availability, and drive improvements with automation across Windows and Linux environments.

Join a team focused on secure, resilient services, with exposure to VMware, SAN storage and enterprise IT processes, including backup and disaster recovery, automation, and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Server Engineer or third-line support role within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of virtualisation technologies such as VMware and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions.
• Experience supporting Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy and core infrastructure services including DNS and DHCP.
• A strong understanding of backup, disaster recovery and IT service management principles, supported by relevant IT qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Administering and supporting critical server and storage infrastructure across Carnival UK head office, global locations and cruise ships.
• Providing second and third-line support, investigating incidents and problems, and driving root cause analysis and service improvements.
• Delivering complex technical project activities alongside project managers, architects and third-party suppliers.
• Maintaining system availability, performance, backup and recovery capabilities while supporting the implementation of new technologies.
• Building, configuring, patching and maintaining Windows Server and Linux systems using approved standards and images.
• Supporting VMware platforms, enterprise storage and associated physical server infrastructure to maintain secure, resilient and reliable services.
• Automating repeatable activities using technologies such as PowerShell, Ansible and shell scripting to simplify processes and improve consistency.

Skills

Server engineering

VMware & HCIS

Windows Server & AD

DNS & DHCP

Backup & DR

Linux administration

Enterprise storage (SAN)

Automation scripting

Education

Professional IT qualifications

Tools

VMware

Ansible

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Job description

Carnival UK is seeking a Server Engineer to administer and support critical server and storage infrastructure across head office, global locations and cruise ships. You will deliver complex technical projects, maintain high availability, and drive improvements with automation across Windows and Linux environments.

Join a team focused on secure, resilient services, with exposure to VMware, SAN storage and enterprise IT processes, including backup and disaster recovery, automation, and