IT Infrastructure Engineer - SC Cleared
Location - Watford
Permanent
Salary - £55,000 per annum
Hybrid working model - 2/3 days in office, once probation has been passed
The role of the Senior Infrastructure Engineer will be to provide day-to-day operational support and transformation of on premise Virtual and Physical server environments, cloud hosted infrastructure platforms, and network related services, liaising with external and internal service providers and associated IT functions as required.
Your responsibilities in the role
Support design activities by providing insight into good practice and operational metrics around operational support matters
Provide input into strategic decision making through research and experience
Provide input for new process and policy design activities
Ensure thorough documentation and knowledge management practices are adhered to as a matter of course
Always act in a secure manner, ensuring that solutions are provided with IT security at their core - diligently assisting in the company's maintenance of associated security accreditations
Provide PoC support for new service enablement activities
Ensure proper change control policies are adhered to as may be defined, including necessary testing wherever practical
Facilitate the deployment and release management of IT infrastructure as required
Provide 3rd line support for Infrastructure services as needed
Assist colleagues in problem management activities as a matter of course, assisting in the development and deployment of associated changes when needed in order to restore or otherwise maintain services (i.e., patching, configuration changes etc.)
Liaise with internal and external service providers, users and customers when required
Adhere to company and departmental processes and policies for the management of IT services
Provide situation appropriate leadership in all internal and external engagements
Skills and Experience
IaaS (Windows / Linux)
Azure networking (private endpoints, Azure firewalls, VPNs, IP Groups etc)
Monitoring / Alerting / log Analytics
Azure AD (Entra)/Local AD
Windows Server, Active Directory, Hyper-V and high availability failover clustering
PowerShell scripting and automation
SD-WAN
SAN Storage: (e.g., HPE Nimble)
Microsoft Windows Server OS
Effective communication including the production of accurate, usable documentation
IT security mindset
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