Senior Infrastructure Engineer — Hybrid (On-Prem to Azure)

Kinetech; Basildon; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinet ech Ltd. Basildon is recruiting an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to manage on‑prem, virtualised and cloud environments with a focus on stability, security and modernisation.

The role supports a major on‑prem to cloud transformation and involves hands‑on delivery, with a path to Azure cloud delivery. You will work across Hyper‑V, Windows Server and storage, lead end‑to‑end projects and act as a senior escalation point, while ensuring audit‑ready documentation and compliance.

Qualifications

• Proven Hyper‑V, Windows Server (2012–2022), servers & storage experience.
• Strong AD/DNS/DHCP/failover clustering knowledge.
• Rubrik backup experience preferred.
• Firewall and core networking fundamentals (VLAN, CIDR, VRRP).
• Excellent documentation skills and change control/CAB experience.
• Confident communicator, able to manage priorities and own delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and support Windows on‑prem, Hyper‑V and Azure infrastructure.
• Own patching, performance, capacity and lifecycle management.
• Implement security controls and support compliance.
• Lead infrastructure projects end‑to‑end.
• Act as senior escalation for complex incidents.
• Maintain accurate, audit‑ready documentation.
• Contribute to the 2026 cloud migration and automation improvements (Terraform).

Skills

Hyper-V

Windows Server

AD/DNS/DHCP

Networking fundamentals

Documentation & change control

Delivery ownership / stakeholder comms

Tools

Rubrik backup

Terraform IaC

Azure

Job description

Kinet ech Ltd. Basildon is recruiting an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to manage on‑prem, virtualised and cloud environments with a focus on stability, security and modernisation.

The role supports a major on‑prem to cloud transformation and involves hands‑on delivery, with a path to Azure cloud delivery. You will work across Hyper‑V, Windows Server and storage, lead end‑to‑end projects and act as a senior escalation point, while ensuring audit‑ready documentation and compliance.