Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Sopra Steria; Hemel Hempstead; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria UK is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to support and improve enterprise device management services, focusing on endpoint management, automation and security.

You will be based anywhere in the UK with hybrid travel to Hemel Hempstead as required, bridging BAU support with engineering to resolve complex incidents and drive service improvements. The role offers career progression and flexible benefits to meet your needs.

Qualifications

• Experience administering Intune and SCCM/MECM for endpoint management.
• Strong knowledge of MDM, Windows 10/11, Active Directory, and Entra ID.
• Experience packaging and deploying apps via endpoint management.
• PowerShell scripting to automate tasks.
• Experience managing Windows Defender and patching solutions.
• Experience using ServiceNow and ITIL processes.

Responsibilities

• Resolve complex 3rd/4th line incidents involving OS, endpoints, and software.
• Maintain endpoint management platforms (Intune, SCCM/MECM, GP).
• Support Microsoft 365 services (Entra ID, Exchange Online, OneDrive, Teams).
• Develop automated deployments and OS upgrades via PowerShell.
• Monitor endpoint security, compliance and encryption standards.
• Produce root-cause analyses and knowledge articles for teams.

Skills

Intune

SCCM/MECM

Group Policy

Mobile Device Mgmt

Windows 10/11

Active Directory

Entra ID

PowerShell

Defender Patch

ServiceNow

ITIL

Job description

Are you an experienced infrastructure engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and acting as the escalation point for critical endpoint issues? Would you like to play a key role in supporting and improving enterprise device management services while working with modern Microsoft technologies?

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Strategic Digital Solutions team as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer. You will work within a BAU support team, providing advanced technical expertise across endpoint management, device lifecycle management, automation and security. Acting as a senior escalation point, you'll bridge operational support teams with infrastructure and engineering functions, helping to resolve complex incidents while driving service improvements and maintaining high standards of customer service.

The role can be based anywhere in the UK. This is a hybrid role and you must be able to travel to Hemel Hempstead when required. Travel requirements will vary depending on project and operational demands, ranging from 1 to 2 visits per month during quieter periods up to 4 days per week during particularly busy or sensitive projects.

What you'll be doing:

• Resolving complex 3rd and 4th line incidents involving operating systems, endpoint hardware and persistent software issues.
• Managing and maintaining endpoint management platforms including Intune, SCCM/MECM and Group Policy.
• Supporting Microsoft 365 services including Entra ID, Exchange Online, OneDrive and Teams.
• Creating and maintaining automated software deployments, operating system upgrades and device imaging solutions using PowerShell and packaging tools.
• Monitoring endpoint security, device compliance, vulnerability remediation and encryption standards.
• Conducting root cause analysis for recurring incidents and producing technical documentation and knowledge articles for support teams.

What you'll bring:

• In-depth experience administering Microsoft Intune and SCCM/MECM, including endpoint management, application deployment, patching and device policy management.
• Strong knowledge of Mobile Device Management, Windows 10/11, Active Directory and Entra ID within enterprise environments.
• Experience packaging and deploying applications through endpoint management platforms to support software delivery and lifecycle management.
• Strong PowerShell scripting skills to automate tasks, improve operational efficiency and support deployment activities.
• Experience managing Windows, Microsoft Defender and third‑party patching solutions, ensuring endpoint security, compliance and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience using ServiceNow and working within ITIL‑based Incident, Problem and Change Management processes.

Employment Type:

Full-time, Permanent.

Location:

UK Wide (Hybrid with travel to Hemel Hempstead as required).

Security Clearance Level:

SC.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days
• health cash plan
• life assurance
• pension

Company culture and values:

With a long history of delivering transformation, we've developed a market-leading partnership ecosystem to provide business services of the future and shape valuable, positive outcomes for communities. We empower our clients by providing innovative solutions and commercial models that help them meet their business needs, drive operational efficiencies, and deliver impactful value creation. We remain committed to values of excellence, empathy and respect to produce transformative outcomes in business processing – creating value for all.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

For candidates requiring adjustments to the recruitment process, we can accommodate and will provide the necessary support to enable them to perform to the best of their ability. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role.

Internal Recruiter: Annecia.