Infrastructure engineer

Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Plymouth (Hybrid)

Permanent

Paying up to 35K base + bonus + additional Benefits

OVERVIEW:

My client is a Niche IT Consultancy providing support to the public sector in the South West of the UK. Due to continued growth they are looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to join them on a permanent basis

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implements infrastructure projects for customers in a complex and multi-tenant environment
• You will contribute on the successful delivery of Infrastructure projects across a broad technology base.
  Autonomously delivering small and medium sized projects across the Infrastructure portfolio and contribute to the delivery of large-scale projects
• Implements infrastructure projects for customers in a complex and multi-tenant environment.
• Works on the design, implementation and transition of key projects with a focus on customer satisfaction and in accordance with IT strategy, technology architecture, compliance, best practice and industry standards
• Supports the creation of high- and low-level technical designs for Infrastructure solutions.
• Ensures adequate transition from project delivery to operational support; working to reduce the risk of service failure.
• Works to ensure documentation is accurate and current for Infrastructure solutions. Supports the production of corporate business cases, providing estimates for internal/external delivery of secure IT solutions.
• Engage directly with the costumer as part of the project delivery team to undertake customer requirements and challenge analysis, present solutions and challenge customer need to ensure successful delivery of the most appropriate solution.
• Provides technical advice to customers to maximise their understanding.
• Keeps abreast of new technology trends and developing solutions in the infrastructure arena.
• Supports the IT operational life cycle by reviewing and implementing change, supporting delivery of new services, working with the Operations lead on capacity and uptime
• Keep abreast of new technology trends and developing solutions in the IT Infrastructure arena.
• Demonstrates a keen desire for continual development of personal and professional skills. The accountabilities listed here are not an exhaustive list.
• The post holder will be required to work in any area of the business and deliver ad-hoc duties as and when directed

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Switching and routing in a commercial environment.
• Implementation & Troubleshooting of Enterprise Infrastructure
• Managing and maintaining compute, identity and cloud services in a commercial environment for a number of the following:
  o VMWare, AHV
  o Nutanix, Dell, Rubrik
  o Windows Server
  o Cloud Services, eg Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, AD
• Knowledge and understanding of data centre, compute and application environments, both on-premise and cloud
• Wireless access points and controllers (Cisco, Meraki, Fortinet)
• Experience engaging with customers (internal or external) on solution design, delivery and support
• Hybrid environment authentication
• Project delivery of small to medium infrastructure projects across multi-sites.
• High- and Low-level design creation
• Supporting SD-WAN Networks
• Telephone system support and implementation experience (MS Teams, Alcatel, Avaya)
• Managing and maintaining Firewalls in a commercial environment. (Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, FortiGate, Meraki desirable)
• Linux support
• ITIL Foundation
• Cyber Essentials + and security compliance

Due to high volume, we can only respond to applications that match the criteria.