Are you a 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer who enjoys project work?

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer who will be responsible for the implementation, support, and maintenance of all existing and future infrastructure at a very prestigious client site. 

You will ensure alignment of all IT infrastructure aspects at the site in accordance with a unified approach. We are looking for a self-motivated and communicative person who thrives in a busy environment with constant change, delivering Infrastructure projects and working in a daily operations environment too.

Reporting to the Infrastructure site lead at Stevenage, you will be responsible for seamless operations of the Infrastructure spanning across the three main client sites in the UK.

What you will be doing:

• Managing any incidents, requests, changes, and problems
• Management of the server environment/estates
• Maintenance and production of technical documentation to facilitate knowledge sharing and skills development 
• Proactively monitor the environments for issues
• Server Availability Planning in line with requirements 
• Install and assemble any infrastructure hardware
• Supporting remote customer sites working with multiple infrastructure teams 
• Follow standard project processes and procedures in order to produce documentation to be used in proposals
• Evaluate hardware and software (within the server, network, storage)
• Integration and testing of new infrastructure technology (both hardware and software) 

What you will bring:

• Strong knowledge of Wintel computer hardware & operating systems (Windows 2012, 2016, 2019)
• Virtualisation, VMware ESXi 7.x, including vSphere Compliance and right sizing 
• Windows DNS & DHCP, with a good understanding of both principles 
• TCP/IP troubleshooting skills 
• Active Directory, Group Policy, and Scripting Knowledge
• Windows Server patching using WSUS and SCCM  
• Demonstrable experience with VMWare, and Windows servers in administration, operations, and support 
• HP Firmware/Driver Patching Management
• HP Enterprise SAN experience and understanding
• HP Chassis and Blade Management

It would be great if you had:

• Experience involving multiple Operating System vendors
• Microsoft Certifications (MCP, MCITP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS)
• Linux/Unix basic skills
• Extensive experience working in a large enterprise virtualised environment
• Security Clearance 

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Stevenage
Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for Security Clearance
Internal Recruiter: Josh Huggins-Smith
Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 + 10k on call allowance
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex 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.