OT Infrastructure Engineer — VMware, Security & IT Ops

Northern Powergrid; Shiremoor; On-site; GBP 53,711 - 73,451; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enrolment into double matched pension

25 days holiday rising with service

Flexi-time

Job summary

Northern Powergrid in the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire is recruiting an Operational Technology Infrastructure Engineer to join our Digital & Innovation team. The role spans OT and IT infrastructure, with a focus on security tooling, releases and testing, and reliability of critical control systems.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum 3 years’ experience in OT or IT infrastructure support (2nd/3rd line), VMware vSphere, Windows and Unix, and a track record of maintaining

Qualifications

• Minimum HNC / Level 4 qualification in information systems or similar.
• Full UK Driving License
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in OT or IT infrastructure support (2nd/3rd line), including VMWare vSphere, Microsoft and RHEL
• Firewall configuration
• Cyber Security tooling

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain OT infrastructure including VMWare vSphere, Microsoft and Unix based platforms.
• Implement and maintain security tooling such as firewalls, AV, SIEM, and vulnerability scanning.
• Support the OT Incident and Change process.
• Support system testing for new releases and assist projects with testing standards.
• Represent OT on infrastructure related projects.
• Implementation of software releases, patches and service packs.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage third party support staff and contractors.

Skills

VMware vSphere

Windows

Unix

Firewalls

SIEM

Security tooling

OT/IT infrastructure

Incident management

Education

HNC / Level 4 information systems

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Northern Powergrid in the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire is recruiting an Operational Technology Infrastructure Engineer to join our Digital & Innovation team. The role spans OT and IT infrastructure, with a focus on security tooling, releases and testing, and reliability of critical control systems.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum 3 years’ experience in OT or IT infrastructure support (2nd/3rd line), VMware vSphere, Windows and Unix, and a track record of maintaining