Network systems engineer / infrastructure administrator / 3rd line - daventry

Job Description

Network Systems Engineer / Infrastructure Administrator / 3rd Line Engineer / Servers / Server Administration / Windows Server / physical server / virtual environments (MS Server, MS Exchange, MS Active Directory (inc DNS, DHCP, GPOs) / Hyper-V, SQL, MS Failover Clustering, File & Print and WDS) / Permanent role / Based Daventry, Northamptonshire / £40,000 – 50,000 + excellent benefits.

One of our leading clients is looking to recruit a Network Systems / Infrastructure Administrator.

Location – Daventry, Northamptonshire – hybrid 5 days per week; 2 days per week onsite and 3 days remote

Permanent role

Salary £40,000 – 50,000 + excellent benefits

You will be working in a largely on-prem environment and have experience up to 3rd Line Support – this will include the full range of IT support, including Windows server builds, server upgrades, server changes, deploying servers – this will be a Windows Server / Hypervisor environment. In addition Office 365, Active Directory and cloud integrations.

Experience:

The role is focused around Microsoft technologies. You will join a small team responsible for the overall support of the entire network and will be involved in the provision of network, server, desktop and cloud IT facilities for the company primarily undertaking the following:

• System and Server Administration – build, configure, deploy and maintain physical server and virtual environments (MS Server, MS Exchange, MS Active Directory (inc DNS, DHCP, GPOs), Hyper-V, SQL, MS Failover Clustering, File & Print and WDS)
• Network Management and Maintenance - configure and monitor firewalls, switches, VPNaaS platform and wireless access points to ensure reliable connectivity
• M365 Stack Administration – user management, assign licences, configure security and monitor system health (Hybrid Active Directory, Teams, Entra, SharePoint, Exchange, Mobile management and Intune)
• Back-ups - ensure appropriate secure storage, backup and retrieval of data both local (disk/tape) and cloud (Veeam)
• Patch Management – deployment/remediation of server/desktop software and vulnerabilities
• Endpoint Operating System Deployment – build and deployment of images
• Management of Email Services – including client configuration (Mimecast, M365, MS Outlook and MS Exchange)
• Endpoint Security – control, management and configuration of anti-virus policies, agent deployment and overall health of the platform
• Centralised Storage - SAN configuration and management