Do you have a background in IT Support and a passion forcontinued learning?
Sopra Steria’s Aerospace Defence and Security sector are on the lookout for an Infrastructure Engineer with a specialism in Virtualisation for a client working in the defence sector. This is very much a development opportunity offering the successful candidate to get involved and become a technical authority in virtualisation tech such as VMWare. If you have a background in Support, Infrastructure or Virtualisation and want a chance to work at the core of a highly successful team, please read on…
This role would be based on site in the office in Farnborough.
Due to the nature of the projects we are working on, we are only able to progress with candidates eligible for DV clearance.
What you’ll be doing:
1. Maintenance of live virtualisation platform
2. Management of several domains in a multi-tenancy cloud environment
3. Facilitating the patching, configuration and deployment of predominantly VMWare Cloud Foundation environments
4. Some light data centre management duties
What you’ll bring:
5. Background in Infrastructure or Support with experience in or an enthusiasm around virtualisation
6. Understanding of Server, Storage and Backup
7. Experience working with: VMWare Cloud Foundation, SDDC Manager, Aria Suite, Proxmox virtual environments and Dell Avamar/Veeam Backup Solutions
8. Good stakeholder management and engagement experience
9. A passion for technology and a drive to continue to learn
It would be great if you had:
10. Experience working in the defence sector
If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Farnborough
Security Clearance Level: DV
Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker
Salary: Competitive, based on experience
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.