Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Viewpark; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking a senior Infrastructure Engineer for a hands‑on, on‑site role in Scotland. You will migrate and stabilise legacy IT estates, relocate equipment, and design low‑risk remediation plans across Dell, Windows Server, Hyper‑V/VMware, and Cisco Meraki environments.

You will lead on‑site physical work, manage backups with Veeam, and mentor junior colleagues while coordinating with security, PMs and vendors. Travel to Scotland sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Senior infrastructure experience in a mid-to-large organisation with complex legacy environments.
• Experience in regulated sectors and handling sensitive data securely.
• Hands-on with Dell servers, Windows Server, Hyper-V/VMware, QNAP NAS and Cisco Meraki.
• Strong networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, ACLs) and physical infra skills.
• Ability to mentor juniors and lead projects without dominance.

Responsibilities

• Assess legacy infrastructure and plan low‑risk migration and remediation.
• Relocate legacy equipment between sites, including cabling and re‑cabling.
• Commission server rooms with racks and structured cabling.
• Manage Dell servers, Windows Server and virtualization across environments.
• Configure and maintain QNAP NAS storage and backup/restore with Veeam.
• Configure Cisco Meraki networking including firewalls and VLANs.
• Support SaaS migrations and identity work across AD and Entra ID.
• Act as senior escalation point and mentor junior IT staff.

Skills

Senior infrastructure engineer

Mentoring

Regulated sector experience

Networking fundamentals

Driving licence

Tools

Dell servers

Windows Server

Hyper-V

VMware

QNAP NAS

Cisco Meraki

Veeam

Active Directory

Entra ID

Job description

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Proven, senior-level experience as an Infrastructure Engineer within a mid-to-large, established organisation with complex, bespoke, or grown organically legacy environments
• Experience in a regulated sector, such as financial services, healthcare, life sciences or defence, with a solid understanding of handling sensitive data securely, particularly during data transfers
• Strong hands-on experience with Dell servers, Windows Server, Hyper‑V/VMware, QNAP NAS and Cisco Meraki
• Solid networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing and ACLs
• Proven track record of physical infrastructure work, including racking, cabling and site relocations
• Experience with SaaS tenancy migrations and identity platforms such as AD and Entra ID
• Prior involvement in M&A, infrastructure transformation, or large‑scale integration programmes is highly desirable
• A natural mentor, comfortable leading and upskilling less experienced colleagues without steamrolling them
• Calm, structured and professional under pressure
• Full UK driving licence

Responsibilities

• Assess legacy infrastructure and design pragmatic, low‑risk migration and remediation plans
• Physically relocate legacy equipment between sites, including racking, unracking, cabling and re‑cabling comms rooms
• Commission new server rooms, including racks, hardware population and structured cabling
• Manage Dell servers, Windows Server and virtualisation across both environments
• Configure and maintain QNAP NAS storage
• Own backup and restore using Veeam, including monitoring jobs, performing restores and supporting active migrations
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Meraki networking, including firewalls, VLANs and segmentation
• Tidy up and restructure legacy network environments
• Support SaaS and tenancy migrations, including moving services from legacy to new tenants, and identity platform work across AD and Entra ID
• Act as a senior escalation point, working closely with project managers, security teams and vendors
• Mentor and upskill junior members of the in‑house IT team, ensuring knowledge transfer ahead of handover

Technologies

• Cisco
• Hardware
• Hyper‑V
• Support
• LESS
• Network
• Security
• TCP/IP
• VMware
• Veeam
• Windows
• DevOps

More

We are a global pharmaceutical business delivering a fast‑moving six‑month M&A integration programme to bring a newly acquired companys IT estate into a stable, standardised target‑state environment. This is a hands‑on, fully on‑site role based primarily at our Motherwell site with travel to other Scotland sites as required. The contract is up to £650 per day, inside IR35, for 6 months with a view to extend, and we are looking for someone who can hit the ground running with genuine ownership from day one.

last updated 36 week of 2026