ITInfrastructureEngineer
*Mostlyin-officeworkinginWhiteley,Hampshire*
StratospherecareproudtobeworkingwithafantasticUKSaaSFintechcompanywhoseITsystemsarerevolutionisingtheUKfinance,retailandcommerceindustries.DuetotheirsustainedandcontinuedgrowththeyarelookingtoexpandtheirITInfrastructureteambyhiringanInfrastructureEngineerwithastrongWintelandITInfrastructurebackground.
TheyhaveanumberoflargeITprojectsforthenext24monthsincludingautomatingtheirITInfrastructuredeploymentssotheyarelookingforanexperiencedITEngineerwhohasaninterestinautomationaswell-nopreviousautomationexperiencenecessary.ThisrolewillmainlyfocusedtoinnewITprojectwork,withsomelimitedBAUworkaswell.
TheyarelookingforanInfrastructureEngineerwithaninterestinusingautomationtoolstostreamlineinfrastructuredeployment,managementandmonitoring,combinedwithabackgroundinadministeringandbuildingnewITinfrastructuresandimprovementsinITsystemsfrompreviousprojectsisgoingtobevitalforthisrole.AnybackgroundinDatacentrerelocationormigrationwouldbeusefulaswellinthisrole
RoleResponsibilities:
Infrastructure:
- MaintainandenhanceITinfrastructure,includingVMwareESXi,MicrosoftWindowsServerenvironments,andNetworkMonitoringandnetworkingcomponents.ThereissomeminimalworksupportingAWS/Linuxserverinfrastructureaswell.
- Ensuresystemreliability,scalability,andperformancethroughproactivemonitoringandautomation.
- Maintainandimprovelocalnetworkenvironments,includingDellserversandDellswitchconfigurations.
- StrongtechnicalexpertiseinMicrosoftActiveDirectory(AD),WindowsServerenvironments,andauthenticationsolutions.
- Planforscalability,redundancy,andhighavailabilitytosupportfuturegrowth.
ITSecurity&Compliance:
- Ensurecompliancewithsecurityandregulatorystandards,includingPCIDSS,CyberEssentials+,DORA,andISO27001.
- Implementandenforcesecuritybestpracticesacrossinfrastructureautomationandcloudenvironments.
- Maintainaccuratecompliancedocumentation,includingPCIDSSscoperecordsandsecuritypolicies.
- Securehigh-valueandhigh-riskdata,suchascardholder(PCI)andpersonallyidentifiableinformation(PII).
Cloud&Automation(thesetoolsandskillswillbetaught):
- ImplementandmanageInfrastructureasCode(IaC)forcloudandon-premisesenvironments.
- Learnhowtoautomateconfigurationmanagement,infrastructureprovisioning,andapplicationdeployment.
- Configureandmaintainauthenticationsolutions(SSO,SAML,EntraConnect).
- Developandmanageautomationsolutionstostreamlineinfrastructuredeployment,management,andmonitoring.
- ImplementandoptimizeautomationtoolssuchasAzureDevOps(orotherCI/CDpipelines),Terraform,Node-Red,andPacker.
- Deployandmanagemonitoringtools(Zabbix,SolarWindsSentryOne,andothernetwork/databasemonitoringsolutions).
- EnsuresecurecloudinfrastructuremanagementacrossAzureandAWSenvironments.
Experience&Skills:
Itwillbeusefultohavesomeofthefollowingskillsandexperience:
- Strongexpertiseindefining,delivering,andsupportingrobust,resilient,andsecureenterpriseinfrastructure.
- ExperiencewithITauditsandcomplianceframeworkssuchasCIS,PCIDSS,CyberEssentials,NIST,ISO27001.
- Anunderstandingofnetworksecurityandcomplianceinregulatedenvironments.
- Strongnetworkingknowledge(LAN,WAN,DNS,DHCP,VPN,TCP/IP).
- Proficiencyinfirewallandloadbalancertechnologiesforsecureenvironments.
- Hands-onexperiencewithvirtualizationplatforms(VMware,CitrixXen)andbackupsolutions(Veeamorsimilar).
- Experiencewithmonitoringtools(SolarWindsSentryOne,Zabbixetc.).
- Excellentproblem-solving,communication,anddocumentationskills.
- Somefamiliaritywithfinancialservicesregulationsandcompliance(PCIDSS,GDPR,DORA)wouldbeusefulbutisnotessential.
Desirable(butnotrequired)experience:
- SomeinterestinlearningandusingautomationtoolssuchasAzureDevOps,Terraform,Node-Red,Packer.
- Provenabilitytosecurehigh-valuedata(PCIcardholderdata,PII)andimplementsecuritybestpractices.
- Scriptingandautomationskills(PowerShell,Python,Bash,orsimilar).
- Abilitytodesign,implement,andmaintainCI/CDpipelinesforinfrastructureautomation.
- Someexperiencemanagingcloudenvironments(Azure,AWS).
ThisisanexcitingnewroleforagrowingITInfrastructureteam,withinasuccessfulandgrowingSaaScompany,soifyouarelookingforanexcitingchallengingITSystemsandautomationrole,thenpleaseapplywithyourCVforimmediateinterview.
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