Infrastructure Engineer


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Experis IT

Listed on

6th November 2020

Location

Farnborough

Salary/Rate

£400 - £450

Type

Contract

Start Date

ASAP

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Role: Infrastructure EngineerLocation: Farnborough / RemoteDuration: 3 months (possible extensions)Rate: £400 - £450/day (Umbrella only)SC Cleared As part of the Operations Engineering team, Infrastructure Engineers effectively monitor, manage and develop the company's IT solutions throughout the IT Estate to ensure customer satisfaction in all services provided.

As an Infrastructure Engineer, assess and administer changes to all Group IT managed systems to ensure the continual improvement of operating effectiveness and efficiency in line with the change process and IT Strategy.

The Operations Engineering team are responsible for virtual and physical servers both Microsoft and Linux based and the hosting infrastructure supporting the virtual server environment. In addition they deliver against continual service improvement requirement sand digital transformation.Support Head of IT Operations, in delivery of IT Services.Lead the evaluation and installation of new software releases, system upgrades, and system patchesAssist with the deployment and analysis of new technologies and enhancements to existing systemsEnsure relevant system/service documentation is full and complete and communicate any shortfalls to colleagues and line management. Pro-actively identify candidates for 'Pre-Approved' Changes.Incident management and resolution across IT server InfrastructureAdministration, Monitoring and optimization of corporately managed Active Directories and associated domain services including system backup and DR policies and procedures.Undertake System Management and Administration across all systems within Platforms Services remitAdministration, monitoring and development of corporately managed messaging services including but not limited to Microsoft Exchange and Skype for Business software.Reviewing and acting on service desk calls and completing work assigned by line manager.Maintain a Configuration Record of all systems deployed.Compliance with security policies and requirements and active configuration and maintenance of security standards across Group IT technologiesProduction and management of IT Operations documentation to current standards.Comply with configuration control requirementsContribute to the maintenance of Disaster Recovery capabilities

GeneralProfessional and confident approach to customer based workExcellent analytical, interpersonal and organization skillsMaintain current market knowledgeAbility to work well within a team environment as well as independentlyGreat project management, communication and organization skills.Ability to produce technical documents and proceduresStrong organisational and administrative skillsIdentify personal development / training for the teamsAble to fit into existing shift patterns covering 07:30 - 18:00 and may be required to work occasionally outside of normal office hours incl. weekends and participate in an on-call rotaWillingness to travel occasionally, usually within the UK but occasionally overseas.Security Clearance (SC) is required for this role and must be maintained.

TechnicalExtensive knowledge of VMWare ESX/vSphere administration.Extensive knowledge of Enterprise level storage solutionsExtensive knowledge of Microsoft Server 2012/2016/2019 (Windows 10 advantageous)Experience in VMware NSX / software defined firewallsExperience in VMWare vSAN, administration and configurationExperiencing of administering Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO and other domain service functionsExperience in enterprise level backup technologiesExperience in administering Microsoft Exchange 2010/2013A clear understanding of IT Security Standards in an enterprise environmentVCP certification or equivalent experience.MCSE, MCP, MCSA or equivalent experienceRHCE or equivalent.Strong system analysis experience requiredExperience in a service delivery, best practice environment preferredITIL v3.0 (or above) Framework Certificate or equivalent experience of an ITIL Service Management Implementation.Knowledge of ISO 27001To aplpy please send your CV's in the first instance.

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