Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Frontier Resourcing; West of England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an IT professional to provide system design and in-service support. Responsibilities include configuring Windows Servers, managing network components, and ensuring optimal performance and security. Candidates should have a robust knowledge of server administration and network security, with the ability to resolve technical issues effectively.

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge and experience with Windows Server and Desktop operating systems.
• Experience administering and diagnosing server and networking infrastructure.
• Proficient in OS imaging, preparation, and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement IT systems, ensuring security and efficiency.
• Collaborate with IT professionals to integrate and improve systems.
• Diagnose and solve technical issues to support end users.

Skills

Windows Server

Network Administration

Firewall Management

System Design

Job description

Role Purpose

To provide IT System Design and In-service Support to projects to meet their needs and the needs of the business in line with all relevant policies, procedures, requirements and standards.

Key Accountabilities:

·Design and implement comprehensive IT systems including hardware, software, and network components.

·Configure and manage Windows Server environments, ensuring optimal performance and security.

·Develop and maintain Group Policy configurations to enforce security policies and streamline user management.

·Configure and manage network switches to ensure efficient data flow and connectivity.

·Set up and maintain firewall configurations to protect the network from unauthorized access and threats.

·Collaborate with other IT professionals to integrate new technologies and improve existing systems.

·Create and maintain technical documentation and system configurations and procedures for future reference and compliance and to ensure business continuity and support knowledge sharing.

·Diagnose hardware, software and system faults, solving technical and application problems where necessary to ensure effective support to end users and continuity of IT services.

·Install Software/hardware and equipment deployments to optimise IT services and ensure compliance with all relevant standards.

·Install, configure, monitor and maintain the various project IT infrastructure, including an element of server management, networking, systems deployment and backups to optimise IT services.

·Executing planned maintenance tasks in collaboration with system engineers and end-customer to ensure continued system availability and deployment of latest capabilities.

·Perform system engineering tasks such as analysis of customer System Requirement Descriptions from a physical architecture perspective.

·Examine alternative system designs and define optimal system architecture.

Knowledge, Experience and Qualifications

·Excellent knowledge and administrative experience of Windows Server and Desktop operating systems in a business environment including patch management and operating system/image deployment

·Experience of administering and diagnosing networking and server infrastructure

·OS Imaging, Preparation and Deployment

·Network Security/ Firewall Management Foundations

Market leading salary and package on offer.