Senior Infrastructure Engineer Cloud & Server

A Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud and Server) is required for my client based in Manchester. This is a hybrid position, with 1-2 days per week on site (potential for some flexibility). Candidates must be locally based, no more than 1 hour outside of Manchester.

Our client is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud and Server) to work within their Digital Services team. The successful candidate will:

• Proactively support the provision and development of an Information and Communications Technology service to meet the needs of the organisation now and in the future.
• Support the delivery of the blueprint for the future development of the technical landscape,
• Focus on the use of server and cloud technologies as an enabler to deliver organisational outcomes, also supporting the delivery of third line support services.

You will have:

• Extensive experience working in IT infrastructure or an equivalent role

• Experience in all aspects of designing, planning, implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting a complex on-prem and cloud infrastructure environment.
• Proven experience designing and supporting cloud-based infrastructure solutions.
• Proven experience acting as the technical lead on large and technically complex projects.
• Experience deploying large complex infrastructure solutions, in the cloud or on-prem.
• In-depth understanding of security in relation to on-prem or cloud deployments.
• Knowledge of IT security best practices, for example interpretation of National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) guidance, Microsoft security best practice, etc.
• A general understanding of networking and DMZ networking, including within Azure.

You will also have knowledge and demonstratable experience across a wide range of technologies, as listed in the role profile, including:

• Azure, AD DS, AD FS
• Microsoft Entra ID and Conditional Access
• Group policy, DNS and DHCP
• RADIUS, WAP
• PKI and certificate infrastructure
• Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, AOVPN
• Windows Server 2016 and above
• Monitoring (SolarWinds)
• Backup technologies (Rubrik)
• Dell, VMware and NetApp data centre technologies

The role will involve working an out of hours, On-Call rota which includes an additional payment of around £4000 per year.

The client also offers a ‘Flexible working scheme’, more details of this can be provided.

The Headquarters also includes an on-site gym.