Basildon minimum once per week / out-of-hours standby Light shift rota covering 8am6pm Permanent, full-time | Salary up to £55,000 bonus and benefits Were recruiting for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join a technology-driven organisation where service resilience and infrastructure modernisation are critical. This is a hands-on role across on-prem, virtualised and cloud environments, with a strong focus on stability, security, and acquisition-driven integration. With a major on-prem to cloud transformation planned for 2026, this a great opportunity for someone with strong on-prem skills to upskill into Azure and cloud delivery over time. Youll still need solid on-prem capability in the interim, and some on-prem services will remain post-migration. Key focus Hyper-V virtualisation (clusters/failover, estate improvement) Rubrik backup & recovery (highly desirable) Windows servers enterprise storage (SAN/NAS, iSCSI/Fibre Channel) Firewall / network security hands-on experience Acquisition migrations tenant/user/workload integrations into a core environment Exposure to, or ambition for, cloud transformation (Azure) What youll do Design, deploy and support Windows on-prem, Hyper-V and Azure infrastructure Own patching, performance, capacity and lifecycle management Implement security controls and support compliance Lead infrastructure projects end-to-end Act as senior escalation for complex incidents Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation Contribute to the 2026 cloud migration and automation improvements (Terraform) What were looking for Essential: Proven Hyper-V, Windows Server (20122022), servers & storage experience Strong AD/DNS/DHCP/failover clustering knowledge Rubrik backup experience preferred Firewall and core networking fundamentals (VLAN, CIDR, VRRP, etc.) Great documentation skills and change control/CAB experience Confident communicator, able to manage priorities and own delivery Desirable: Azure admin experience or clear desire to upskill into cloud Tenant-to-tenant / acquisition integration experience Terraform/IaC exposure Relevant certs (CCNA/MCSA/AZ-series) Please apply today for immediate CV review. Interviews planned December for a Jan / early 2026 start. Kinetech is acting as an agency in relation to this hire. See our website for more information on how we handle your data.