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Role Title: Wintel Engineer
Duration: contract to run until 30/04/2026
Location: Full onsite Barrow In Furness
Rate: up to 496.20 p/d Umbrella inside IR35
Clearance required: Active MOD SC Clearance is required, Must be Sole UK British National (not dual passport holder)
Role purpose / summary
The Wintel Engineer will be responsible for managing and supporting enterprise Windows and VMware environments, ensuring high availability, resilience, and performance. This role involves advanced virtualization, storage replication, and network integration.
Key Skills/ requirements
- Administer and maintain VMware ESXi hosts, clusters, and virtual machines.
- Configure and manage vCenter and vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS).
- Implement and support SRDF Metro for storage replication and disaster recovery.
- Integrate VMware environments with Cisco ACI for network automation and security.
- Perform system upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning.
- Troubleshoot complex Wintel and virtualization issues.
- Ensure compliance with security and operational standards.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience with VMware ESXi, vCenter, and VDS.
- Knowledge of SRDF Metro and storage replication technologies.
- Familiarity with Cisco ACI and network virtualization concepts.
- Expertise in Windows Server administration and clustering.
- Understanding of high availability and disaster recovery strategies.
- Experience in large-scale enterprise environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- VMware certifications (VCP, VCAP).
- Microsoft certifications (MCSA, MCSE).
- Experience with automation tools (PowerShell, Ansible).
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
