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Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

Dai*** · Cheadle Heath, ENG, United Kingdom
Cheadle Heath, ENG, United Kingdom?-60,000 GBPOnsite
Remuneration
Up to £60,000.00, plus listed benefits
Location
Cheadle Heath, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa

Job summary

The Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer helps define and maintain a robust, secure, and adaptable IT infrastructure. The role designs, supports, and optimizes physical, virtual, and cloud environments; installs and monitors servers; and handles system administration across Windows Server, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and GPO. It also involves infrastructure projects, coordination with external teams, escalation support, documentation, and mentoring junior colleagues.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by one day per year of seExtra day off for birthday or marriage500 referral bonusProfessional development, training, and supportEye care vouchers and discounted Medicash membershipDiscounts on Virgin Media and O2 servicesDiscounts at over 1,200 retailers

Qualifications

  • Experience implementing, administering, and troubleshooting VMware or Hyper-V.
  • Advanced working knowledge of Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and GPO.
  • Experience with Windows Server 2012 R2–2022.
  • Experience with backup tools such as Rubrik and DPM.
  • Cloud experience with AWS or Azure.
  • Microsoft 365 experience.
  • Knowledge of infrastructure security, firewalls, antivirus, and cybersecurity.
  • System administration skills across operating systems, hardware, and virtualization.
  • Organized, with strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical support and help implement a standalone IT infrastructure.
  • Design, support, and optimize physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Coordinate with external networking, infrastructure, and support teams.
  • Install and rebuild servers, configuring hardware, services, settings, directories, and storage.
  • Research and recommend innovative and automated approaches to system administration.
  • Document server procedures and the design and implementation of hardware, software, and systems.
  • Monitor servers, systems, and key processes to verify availability and integrity.
  • Provide escalation support for the deskside support team.
  • Mentor junior IT team members.
  • Contribute to infrastructure project planning and implementation.

Skills

AWSAzureVMwareWindowsWindows Server

Work schedule

Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week; either 8:30–17:00 or 9:00–17:30

Contract length

12 months

Relocation

No