Senior Infrastructure Engineer

NineTech; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NineTech is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design, build and validate enterprise VMware-based solutions in our lab and pre-production environments.

You will lead validation, configure and administer vSphere/ESXi/vCenter, and collaborate with Data Centre teams to ensure production readiness and resilience.

Qualifications

• Hands-on VMware cluster design, deployment and validation experience.
• Windows Server administration in enterprise environments.
• Experience with enterprise storage and SAN connectivity.
• Knowledge of data centre hardware platforms (Dell/HPE/Lenovo).

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain enterprise infrastructure in lab and pre-production environments.
• Lead validation, testing and certification of infrastructure changes before production.
• Configure and administer VMware environments (vSphere/ESXi/vCenter).
• Troubleshoot VMware, Windows Server, storage and physical servers.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Engineering and Data Centre teams on projects.
• Produce implementation procedures and engineering standards.

Skills

VMware vSphere

ESXi

vCenter

SAN Storage

Lab/Pre-production

Windows Server

PowerShell/PowerCLI

Job description

Senior Infrastructure Engineer – VMware | Data Centre | Pre-Production Infrastructure

3 Days a Week Leeds 2 Days Remote

We're supporting a leading banking client in the search for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join their Data Centre Engineering team.

This is a highly technical, hands-on role responsible for designing, building, validating and testing enterprise infrastructure solutions within dedicated lab and pre-production environments, ensuring platforms are fully tested and production-ready before deployment into live services.

The successful candidate will bring deep VMware expertise, strong Data Centre infrastructure experience, enterprise storage knowledge, and a proven background delivering resilient, highly available infrastructure within large-scale environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain enterprise infrastructure solutions across dedicated lab and pre-production environments.
• Lead the validation, testing and certification of infrastructure changes prior to production implementation.
• Build, configure and administer enterprise VMware environments, ensuring stability, performance and resilience.
• Manage and support VMware technologies including:
• VMware vSphere
• ESXi
• vCenter
• vMotion
• High Availability (HA)
• Resource allocation and performance optimisation
• Work across compute, virtualisation and storage platforms to deliver robust infrastructure solutions.
• Configure, administer and troubleshoot enterprise Storage Area Networks (SAN), including:
• Multipathing
• Storage connectivity
• Performance monitoring and optimisation
• Access management
• Validate infrastructure changes within controlled pre-production environments, identifying issues before production deployment.
• Support server hardware platforms and Data Centre technologies across Dell, HPE and Lenovo infrastructure.
• Produce technical documentation, implementation procedures, validation reports and engineering standards.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across VMware, Windows Server, storage and physical server platforms.
• Work closely with Infrastructure, Engineering, Architecture and Data Centre teams to deliver critical infrastructure projects.
• Contribute to continual improvement of enterprise infrastructure standards, resilience and operational best practice.
• Proven experience working as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Senior VMware Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist or Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer within large enterprise environments.
• Extensive hands-on experience administering enterprise VMware platforms, including:
• VMware vSphere
• ESXi
• vCenter
• vMotion
• DRS
• High Availability (HA)
• Cluster administration and resource management
• Strong experience supporting enterprise lab, test or pre-production infrastructure environments.
• Solid Data Centre engineering experience across compute, virtualisation and storage technologies.
• SMB / NFS
• Multipathing
• Storage connectivity validation
• Experience managing enterprise server hardware platforms including:
• Dell iDRAC
• HPE iLO
• Strong Windows Server administration experience (2016, 2019 & 2022).
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals, including VLANs, TCP/IP, DNS and infrastructure connectivity troubleshooting.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and root cause investigation skills.
• Experience working within structured change management and enterprise engineering processes.
• Ability to operate independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional infrastructure and engineering teams.
• Experience within banking, financial services or other highly regulated enterprise environments.
• Previous experience working in Data Centre Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering teams supporting mission-critical platforms.
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation using PowerShell, VMware PowerCLI or similar scripting technologies.
• Exposure to enterprise monitoring, capacity planning and infrastructure performance management.
• Familiarity with ITIL-based change, release and incident management processes.