Senior Infra Engineer – Hybrid (Windows, VMware, Azure)

La Fosse; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

La Fosse is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Operations Engineer to join our team on a 6-month Outside IR35 contract. The role involves maintaining and supporting critical infrastructure across data centre and cloud environments, with a hybrid pattern—up to 3 days onsite per week.

You will handle day-to-day administration, monitoring, incident resolution and work closely with infrastructure, network, applications and third‑party teams to implement new solutions, maintain documentation and

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in infrastructure or data centre operations.
• Strong Windows Server and VMware experience.
• Azure administration, including IaaS and JSON templating.
• Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and AD Connect.
• Experience with WSUS, SCCM, MFA and anti-virus solutions.
• Experience with hardware, SAN storage and backup.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
• Customer-focused with a strong emphasis on quality, security and documentation.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day administration, monitoring, security checks and incident resolution.
• Manage, patch, build and maintain infrastructure across Windows Server, VMware, Microsoft 365, AD, DNS, VPN, MFA, SAN storage, and backup.
• Support and troubleshoot Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online and OneDrive.
• Manage Azure AD/Entra ID, identity and RBAC.
• Support Citrix environments and published applications.
• Plan and implement new infrastructure solutions for major projects.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation and operational records.
• Work closely with infrastructure, network, applications and third-party teams.

Skills

Windows Server

VMware

Azure administration

Active Directory

DNS / AD Connect

MFA / security

SCCM / WSUS

SAN storage

Incident management

Documentation

UK driving licence

Tools

SCCM

WSUS

Citrix

Azure AD/Entra ID

Job description

La Fosse is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Operations Engineer to join our team on a 6-month Outside IR35 contract. The role involves maintaining and supporting critical infrastructure across data centre and cloud environments, with a hybrid pattern—up to 3 days onsite per week.

You will handle day-to-day administration, monitoring, incident resolution and work closely with infrastructure, network, applications and third‑party teams to implement new solutions, maintain documentation and