Job Description
Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.
Please note, this role will require travel across our Eurofins UK Forensics sites positioned in Heathrow, Warrington, Tamworth and Abingdon therefore a full UK driving licence is essential.
You may also be required to travel overseas within Europe.
As a Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer you will lead the design, implementation, and support of enterprise infrastructure systems across the UK and Europe. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, acting as an escalation point for the local IT team and ensuring the delivery of secure, high-performing, and resilient infrastructure services.
1. Infrastructure Leadership: Act as a senior escalation point and mentor for the IT Infrastructure team; manage apprentices and support recruitment and performance reviews.
2. Technical Delivery: Design, deploy, and maintain core infrastructure including:VMware (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN)Citrix (XenApp/XenDesktop, ADC/NetScaler, WEM)Storage (FC and SAS SANs – Dell Unity, ME)Backup (Commvault, Veeam)Windows Server, Active Directory, SCCM, Intune
3. Operational Excellence: Oversee incident/request management, change approvals, and SLA/KPI reporting.
4. Security & Compliance: Implement best practices, support audits, and manage tools like Qualys, BeyondTrust, and SentinelOne.
5. Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams (network, cloud, security, service desk) to deliver integrated solutions.
6. Documentation & Reporting: Maintain technical documentation, SOPs, and monthly performance summaries.
7. Support Coverage: Provide Level 1/2 support when needed; participate in on-call and out-of-hours support rotations.
Qualifications
8. Extensive experience a Senior IT Infrastructure role.
9. VMware, Citrix, SAN Storage, Commvault/Veeam
10. Windows Server 2019/2022, Active Directory Tiering, PowerShell
11. SCCM, Intune, WSUS, Exchange 2016/2019
12. Security tools: Qualys, SentinelOne, Zscaler, Umbrella
13. PAM: BeyondTrust
14. Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
15. Ability to work independently and lead technical initiatives
Additional Information
In return for your hard work and loyal service, we will offer you genuine career and salary progression through our Career Pathways programme, a competitive salary, and a selection of employee benefits via our flexible benefits menu which includes cycle to work, give as you earn, volunteering days, buy and sell holiday. In addition, we also offer the following:
16. Life Assurance (3 times annual salary)
17. Scottish Widows Company Pension Plan
18. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to a maximum of 30 days)
19. Employee length of service awards and yearly recognition schemes, celebrating work anniversaries here at EFS.
20. Employee technology scheme
21. Discount vouchers and flexi reward points on our employee wellness hub
22. Everyone who joins EFS will have access to Perkbox allowing you to save money all year round on a wide range of perks such as supermarket savings, days out or your daily coffee
23. Learning and study support
24. Employee Assistance Programme
25. Health Cash Plan membership
26. Enhanced company sick, maternity and paternity pay scheme
27. Refer a friend scheme
28. Subscription to mental health support and wellbeing.
Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work, applicants should note that security clearance is required for this role. To gain security clearance you must have five years continuous residency in the UK. Security clearance is undertaken by a third party to police personnel vetting standards (NPPV/3 and SC), as such any criminal convictions (including criminal convictions held by: you, your partner, parents, siblings, children (over the age of 10) and anyone living with you (who doesn’t fit these relationships)) may prevent you from gaining security clearance.
Further information on the security clearance process and requirement can be found at. In addition, all successful applicants will be required to undertake drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment
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