Lead Infrastructure Engineer

LA International; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 74,000; Part time

Job summary

LA International seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer for a 6-month contract with extensions. Based in London with hybrid working and 2 days per week onsite, offering a daily rate of £350–£400 via Umbrella.

Role covers day-to-day operations, BAU tickets, incidents, work orders, and projects within ITIL and Agile frameworks. Hands-on NAS, storage systems, and scripting are essential, with on-call duties and out-of-hours work compensated.

Qualifications

• Experience in administering NAS and storage arrays.
• Strong hands-on experience with Isilon/DSM scripting.
• Proficiency with PowerShell and REST API tools.
• Experience with Pure Storage and Dell EMC storage solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations and BAU ticket handling.
• Participate in incidents, work orders, problems, and improvements.
• Work on projects on a rotation basis every 2 months.
• Attend capacity forums and weekly technical meetings.
• Provide on-call support and out-of-hours work as required.

Skills

Isilon DSM scripting

PowerShell

NAS migration

Pure Storage

DELL EMC VPLEX

DELL EMC Unity

Commvault

DELL EMC VXRail

Cisco MDS

Cohesity

Surperna Eyeglass

Automation scripting

Tools

Scripting tools

Job description

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

6 Month contract initially + Extensions

Based: Hybrid working. 2 days p//w onsite in London

Rate - £350 - £400 p/d via Umbrella

We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Lead Infrastructure Engineer on a long term program of work.

Key Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will will be responsible for managing day to day operations working on BAU tickets including Incidents, Work Orders, Problems, BAU Improvements and projects work on a rotation basis every 2 months. Senior role will predominantly BAU. It will be primary focus for a period to gain understanding of the estate, including any support of the daily operational meetings and service management support around any service impacting tickets. Also attending weekly technical meetings and attendance at capacity forum.

The applicant would be expected to further their own skills through on-the-job training and self-study alongside formal study and the assimilation of knowledge from engineers within the team. The role demands high levels of accuracy and the ability to work under pressure in a controlled and structured environment using recognised ITIL and project management principles, such as waterfall and Agile. This role offers a great opportunity to work with state of the art enterprise technology and offers structured career progression over time within an experienced, knowledgeable and supportive team.

Candidates must have hands on experience of administering NAS, the work will be mixed and varied and will include working closely with Storage Admin Engineers, Delivery, infrastructure leaders, and application owners.

This role is part of On-call rota and requirement is to be on 24x7 support rota every month. There will be some elements of training for the role and courses will be provided for development.

There will be renumerations for any out of hours work required including Service incidents and planned changes.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Experience of supporting and scripting DSM Shell for Isilon
• Good knowledge and Experience of PowerShell Rest API tools, and programming scripts
• NAS migration experience.
• Pure Storage Administrator experience.
• The successful candidate will have a proven track record in administration within a highly professional environment.
• DELL EMC VPLEX experience
• DELL EMC Unity
• Commvault
• DELL EMC VXRail experience.
• Cisco MDS administration and configuration
• Cohesity Maintenance /Support
• Suparna (bespoke software which can be taught on site)
• They should be able to demonstrate a structured approach to work as well as being able to deal with people professionally at all levels.
• Look after morning cheeks and reporting to Operations Morning Meetings.
• Attend weekly meetings around BAU ticket management and resolve these in SLA.
• Automation Skills on PowerShell and scripting languages to enable us to manage the estate more efficient.

Desirable Requirements (Would be nice to have):

• Process Documentation & Improvement
• DELL EMC Recover Point experience
• DELL EMC Unity and VNX
• PeerSync migration tools
• Commvault administration and configuration
• Cohesity Maintenance /Support
• Surperna Eyeglass (bespoke software which can be taught on site)
• S3 experience.

This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, we will respond as soon as possible.

Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take a minimum 10 weeks.

An award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over multiple years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.

Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.