Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer – 12-month contract – Fareham

My longstanding customer is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join an established IT team, supporting, and developing a secure, resilient, and highly available infrastructure environment.

This is a hands-on infrastructure role covering Windows Server, VMware, cloud, and networking , with a mixture of BAU support, technical troubleshooting and involvement in infrastructure projects, migrations, and platform upgrades.

Essential Technical Experience from the Infrastructure Engineer:

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Windows Server .

Good knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, and DHCP .

Practical experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter .

Experience supporting Microsoft Azure or AWS infrastructure.

Strong understanding of networking , including TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, switching, VPNs, and firewalls.

Experience working within hybrid on-premises/cloud environments .

Experience with infrastructure monitoring, backup, and recovery technologies.

Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across complex infrastructure environments.

Working knowledge of PowerShell or scripting/automation .

Key Responsibilities of the Infrastructure Engineer:

Administer, support, and maintain Windows Server environments, including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP and file services.

Manage and support VMware vSphere/ESXi/vCenter environments, including virtual machines, hosts, clusters, storage, and patching.

Support Microsoft Azure or AWS infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring, and backup.

Work across hybrid infrastructure environments , spanning on-premises, virtualised and cloud platforms.

Support core networking infrastructure including LAN/WAN, VLANs, routing, switching, VPNs, firewalls, wireless, TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP .

Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across server, virtualisation, cloud, and network environments.

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