Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Godalming, Surrey
Role Type: Permanent Staff
Salary: Up to £50,000 + benefits

If you’re an experienced Infrastructure Engineer looking for a broad, hands-on role, working across a diverse range of infrastructure projects, this could be just the role for you.

You will report directly to the IT Director, within a small IT team of 7, supporting 150 users in this highly regulated and scaling company, where compliance and security is of paramount importance. It is predominantly a hybrid Microsoft environment spanning on-premise and virtual (VMWare x 14) servers, Azure, AD, M365, Entra etc.

Examples of current and forthcoming projects include: Upgrading VMWare 8->9; Migrating websites infrastructure to Azure; Improving Disaster Recovery (inc Azure Site Recovery); HP server refresh; Reviewing and improving Data Loss Prevention; Enhancing SFTP security. This role is targeted to be 80% infrastructure / 20% 2nd /3rd line support, but a little more time may be spent with support at the start, to help improve their capability.

Key responsibilities

• Maintaining and improving their hybrid Microsoft estate centred around Windows Server, Azure and Microsoft 365 with Active Directory and Entra ID for identity services
• Planning and delivering a variety of infrastructure improvement projects, including server and platform upgrades and migrations
• Endpoint management and device compliance using Intune
• Patching and vulnerability management
• Optimising on-prem and virtual servers (VMware), storage (SAN) and backups (Veeam)
• Resolving escalated 2nd and 3rd line support tickets
• Helping to implement ISO 27001 and other compliance initiatives, inc. evidencing technical controls

Mandatory Skills

• Experienced and proactive Infrastructure Engineer, used to independently delivering and owning infrastructure upgrades, migrations and patching programmes
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation and project delivery skills
• Windows Server
• Microsoft 365
• Active Directory
• VMware, SAN storage and backup/recovery solutions (ideally Veeam)

Desired Skills

• SQL Server and Windows Server admin knowledge
• Experience working within regulated or security-focused environments
• Exposure to Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001 or similar frameworks
• Relevant Microsoft or VMware certifications, although delivery experience is more important
• The ability and willingness to help/mentor less experienced Engineers
• Flexible working hours (7.5 hrs between 08:00-18:00) with the option to work longer hours to accrue an extra day’s leave each month
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Free healthcare, for you and your family
• Study support and professional development.
• Free on-site parking.

Other info

• This is an office-based role in Godalming, Surrey, with the option to work from home one day a week (after probation).
• Occasional out-of-hours work will be required to support maintenance and project activities
• Due to the nature of our client’s work every employee must undergo basic criminal record and credit checks

This is a critical and influential role within an established, award-winning company, at the start of their two year journey to ISO 27001 accreditation.

• Benefits: Flexible working hours (7.5 hrs between 08:00-18:00) with the option to work longer hours to accrue an extra day’s leave each month.25 days annual leave plus public holidays.Pension scheme.Free healthcare, for you and your family.Study support and professional development.Free on-site parking.

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