Senior IT Systems Engineer: Azure, VMware & Security Lead

BWB Consulting Limited; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% pension match

Life assurance

Hybrid working (3 days in office)

Fully funded training and Chartership

Job summary

BWB Consulting Limited is seeking an experienced IT Systems Engineer to support, develop and secure our Microsoft-centric infrastructure. You will lead a small team of 2nd and 3rd Line Engineers and drive design, maintenance, and continuous improvement across the firm's technology estate.

You will deliver infrastructure, cloud, networking and security projects, provide senior escalation support, and ensure reliable IT services while supporting the firm’s digital strategy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a senior infrastructure, systems engineering or cloud engineering role.
• Experience leading or mentoring technical support and infrastructure teams.
• Strong VMware and Veeam for VMware knowledge and experience.
• Strong Microsoft Azure administration experience.
• Strong Microsoft 365 product knowledge and experience.
• Experience managing hybrid identity environments, including Entra ID and Active Directory
• Experience managing enterprise networking environments.
• Experience supporting firewalls, VPNs, switching and wireless technologies.
• Experience with backup, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Experience delivering technical projects and infrastructure upgrades.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience managing outsourced suppliers and managed service providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and optimise Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID, Windows Server, VMware and hybrid infrastructure.
• Manage identity, access, endpoint deployment, monitoring, capacity and system resilience.
• Maintain LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, firewalls, VPNs, wireless connectivity and network monitoring.
• Own backup, disaster recovery, testing, documentation and business continuity processes.
• Administer modern AI workplace services, licensing, governance, security and automation.
• Lead operational cybersecurity, compliance, vulnerability management and incident response.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and senior escalation support to engineering teams.
• Deliver infrastructure, cloud, networking and security projects and service improvements.
• Produce technical designs and documentation while managing key suppliers and vendors.

Skills

Microsoft 365 administration

Azure administration

Entra ID

Windows Server

VMware

Veeam for VMware

Network security

Backup and DR

Incident response

Leadership

Tools

VMware

Veeam

SIEM

PowerShell

Job description

BWB Consulting Limited is seeking an experienced IT Systems Engineer to support, develop and secure our Microsoft-centric infrastructure. You will lead a small team of 2nd and 3rd Line Engineers and drive design, maintenance, and continuous improvement across the firm's technology estate.

You will deliver infrastructure, cloud, networking and security projects, provide senior escalation support, and ensure reliable IT services while supporting the firm’s digital strategy.