Job Description

Posted 4 weeks ago

Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

– Innovative Global Software Company

– Offices in Hastings, East Sussex

– Hybrid working (One day a week in the office with the remainder from home)

– Up to 55K plus industry leading bens.

Stratospherec are delighted to be recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join a talented multidisciplinary agile development team at an innovative software development company in Hastings in East Sussex. This is a hybrid role with one day a week in the office and the remainder working remotely. The ideal applicant should live within close commuting distance of the company.

This is an exciting role for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer seeking a long-term role with significant career progression, who has achieved a high level of competency in their previous roles and who has been highly experienced at taking responsibility for all the technical aspects of their company’s infrastructure, communication, and telephony systems. In this Senior Infrastructure Engineer role, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of high-level technical support and customer service for this company on a day-to-day basis.

You should also have acquired extensive experience of delivering technical infrastructure projects in the past. Your expertise in this area will be used to underpin, complement, and align the business objectives of this innovative software company. Your experience should also include significant exposure to Microsoft infrastructure, service delivery and project management and ideally you will have either experience in leading or holding a senior position within a small technical team – or alternatively, recent experience managing a large technical project.

Essential Skills:

* Technical authority on Windows Server architecture in a clustered, highly available environment

* Extensive experience in configuring and supporting virtualisation technologies, particularly VMware vSphere and Azure

* Excellent skill sets in Microsoft Exchange including both hosted and cloud-based solutions

* Excellent experience in administering Microsoft Active Directory Domain services and its associated roles and features, such as DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, CA

* Experience supporting Microsoft Windows client Operating systems and desktop hardware architecture in a corporate business environment

* Excellent experience with HP Enterprise server architecture and SAN technologies

* Excellent TCP/IP experience and networking skills

* Experience with managing geographically diverse Microsoft 365 estates

* To have previously supported a Network switched infrastructure

* Be proficient within Microsoft Office applications

* Previously worked with backup solutions for VMware vSphere in particular Veeam.

Desirable (but not essential) Skills

* Experience in managing Citrix environments

* Experience of endpoint management in a hybrid environment

* Have knowledge of Microsoft SQL server architecture, maintenance, and scripting

* To have previous experience in VB or PowerShell scripting

* To have experience with IP based telephony systems

* To have experience in client and server security products

* Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws

This exciting Senior Infrastructure Support Engineer role will be based one day a week in the company’s office in Hastings and it is paying a starting salary up to 55K plus an industry leading range of benefits which include : Flexible and hybrid working, a company culture that promotes work life balance, commitment from employer to continued learning and development, access to Employee Assistance Programme, annual bonus, enhanced holiday allowance + bank holidays, group life assurance, pension, regular social events, cycle to work scheme, access to free and regular personal development & wellbeing events.

If this role looks to be of interest, then please reach out with your CV for a confidential discussion regarding this excellent opportunity