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Mid Infrastructure Engineer (Azure & Hybrid)
JS Group · Southampton, ENG, United Kingdom
Southampton, ENG, United KingdomExp: 3-5 yrs38,000-42,000 GBP/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a birthday day off, three discretionary Christmas closure days, holiday purchase scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Death in Service benefit, company sick pay, training and professional development support, and pension with a 5% employer contribution when contributing 3%.
Location
Southampton, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The Infrastructure Engineer supports and improves on-premises and Azure services to maintain secure, reliable, high-performing infrastructure across a hybrid environment. The role includes administering Windows Server, Active Directory and Entra ID, and Hyper-V with failover clustering; resolving infrastructure incidents; and contributing to maintenance, patching, disaster recovery, automation, and CI/CD-supported deployments. The work also involves collaboration with IT and Development teams and supporting technology for higher education and other beneficiary organisations.
Benefits
25 days of annual leave plus bank holidaysBirthday day offThree discretionary days off for Christmas closureHoliday purchase scheme for up to five additional daysEmployee Assistance ProgrammeDeath in Service benefitCompany sick payTraining and professional development supportPension with 5% employer contribution when employee contributes 3%
Qualifications
- Three to five years of experience in infrastructure or systems administration
- Hands-on experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, and Entra ID
- Azure administration experience covering virtual machines, networking, storage, and identity services
- Hyper-V experience, including Windows Failover Clustering
- Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, and firewalls
- Experience with firewall technologies; Fortinet experience is beneficial
- Basic scripting and automation skills, preferably PowerShell
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
- Clear communication with technical and non-technical users
- Full, valid UK driving licence and ability to travel to other sites when needed
Responsibilities
- Administer on-premises and Azure infrastructure services
- Manage Active Directory, Entra ID, identity synchronisation, and access
- Support and optimise Hyper-V and failover clustering, including performance tuning and capacity planning
- Design, implement, and maintain secure, resilient infrastructure
- Monitor availability and performance and resolve issues
- Resolve internal and customer-facing server, network, and end-user device incidents
- Perform routine maintenance, patching, and upgrades
- Contribute to disaster recovery planning and testing
- Maintain accurate technical documentation
- Collaborate with IT and Development teams on projects and improvements
- Provide technical guidance and end-user support
Skills
ARM TemplatesAzureAzure DevOpsBicepGitHubGitHub ActionsPowerShellTerraformWindowsWindows ServerIAM
Travel
Travel to other sites when needed
Industry
Higher educationCharitiesLocal authorities
Relocation
No