IT Infrastructure Engineer — Secure, Automated Systems

Barfoots; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Investors In People Silver Award

Company pension scheme

24/7 Online GP access

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Program

Benefits Platform

Development opportunities

Discounted leisure membership

Discounted vegetable box scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Free onsite parking

Approved training centre for Highfield

Sustainability initiatives

Job summary

Barfoots is seeking a proactive IT Infrastructure/Systems Engineer to join our collaborative IT team. Reporting to the Head of Technology, you will maintain and develop our IT infrastructure, manage Windows servers, VMware, and Microsoft 365, and deliver projects to improve performance, security and user experience.

You will monitor systems, implement upgrades, support networking and security, automate processes, document procedures and participate in on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' experience in an Infrastructure Engineer, Systems Administrator or senior IT support role.
• Strong experience with Windows Server, VMware, Microsoft 365 and enterprise networking.
• Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Intune.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive, customer-focused mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Windows Server, VMware, Microsoft 365, Entra ID and Intune.
• Support core infrastructure including servers, storage, networking, firewalls, backups and cloud services.
• Proactively monitor systems to maximise availability, performance and resilience.
• Deliver infrastructure upgrades, migrations, technology refreshes and improvement projects.
• Design, implement and support LAN, WAN, wireless and secure remote access solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and technical issues.
• Apply cyber security best practices across identity, devices, patching and endpoint protection.
• Automate processes and identify opportunities to improve systems and user experience.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation and support procedures.
• Participate in an on-call rota supporting critical business systems (approximately one week in six).

Skills

Troubleshooting

Analytical thinking

Communication

Prioritisation

Customer-focused

Tools

Windows Server

VMware vSphere

Microsoft 365

Entra ID

Intune

FortiGate

Veeam

Cisco networking

Job description

Barfoots is seeking a proactive IT Infrastructure/Systems Engineer to join our collaborative IT team. Reporting to the Head of Technology, you will maintain and develop our IT infrastructure, manage Windows servers, VMware, and Microsoft 365, and deliver projects to improve performance, security and user experience.

You will monitor systems, implement upgrades, support networking and security, automate processes, document procedures and participate in on-call rotations.