Are you looking to take your infrastructure passion to its next level?

We are looking for an enthusiastic Infrastructure Engineer to work in an Agile manner to complete infrastructure related projects with one of Sopra Steria’s most prestigious defence accounts. This role will ensure that projects are delivered accurately within agile principles by collaborating with both operational and business contacts. In addition this role will be responsible for implementing changes to advise and support the IT infrastructure, both physical as well as virtually.

In return Sopra Steria prides itself on the opportunities for every employee to learn and develop their skills and expertise with excellent progression opportunities.

What you'll be doing:

• Deliver projects to and within defined processes, standard methodologies and frameworks, including quality system procedures, and participate in continuous improvement activity, to drive process improvement, elimination of waste, time savings and cost reductions. Implement changes to manage and support the IT infrastructure: compute, storage, physical, virtual & cloud infrastructure, infrastructure software & SaaS services. Support BAU & IT project delivery. . Contribute to / create installation instructions and deployment strategies, including test and validation plans . Liaise with development teams, other territories and 3rd parties supporting the IT infrastructure.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience delivering in any project methodology. Experience applying ITIL methodology. Able to work as part of a small team and be self-motivated. Strong proven experience in your technology specialism in a data centre environment. Knowledge of LAN/WAN principles and technologies. Server (Windows, Linux (or both) as well as VMWare experience.

It would be phenomenal if you had:

• A solid grasp of administration in a virtualised environment. ITIL methodology experience. Messaging (ideally Exchange) exposure.

Employment Type: Full time, Permanent

Location: Newport

Security Clearance Level: SC

Internal Recruiter: Michael

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK’s Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most sophisticated safety- and security-critical markets.

Our technical specialists deploy systems running many of the major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and multiple Linux distros. We also provide Messaging and Collaboration systems and support, Application packaging and deployment, along with supporting Infrastructure and Cloud services and support. Our time can be split between our services and project work, so we have the chance to be multi-disciplined and access to a range of technologies.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.