Job Overview
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 in Daventry, Northamptonshire.
Salary £40,000 – £50,000 + excellent benefits.
Location – Daventry, Northamptonshire – hybrid 5 days per week: 2 days onsite and 3 days remote.
Experience and Role Description
You will be working in an 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. The role also involves Office 365, Active Directory and cloud integrations.
Responsibilities
- System and Server Administration – Build, configure, deploy and maintain physical server and virtual environments (MS Server, MS Exchange, Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Hyper-V, SQL, Failover Clustering, File & Print, and Windows Deployment Services).
- Network Management and Maintenance – Configure and monitor firewalls, switches, VPN‑aaS 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.
