NES UK Limited
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Altrincham, Greater Manchester
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Overview
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Permanent - Altrincham Essential:- Experience of working & managing a small team of 3. Assist in the design & then delivery of the Infrastructure roadmap. Either a good solid AWS - EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation background or alternatively a strong background in Virtualisation. Experience running an IT networking & infrastructure department. Network/Security. VPN, subnetting, routing, VLAN, Cisco, HP. MessageLabs, vulnerability scanning, patching systems, Firewalls, Web protection. Desktop & The candidate will be working with an IT team of 3 engineers. The candidate must demonstrate strong & broad technical capabilities to lead the team & maintain the company infrastructure working to industry standard best practices. The candidate will be expected to be able to work with autonomy & demonstrate strong management capabilities as well as be technically hands, producing regular feedback of the assigned projects & department performance. Senior Infrastructure Engineer Duties & Responsibilities Management of Infrastructure team Reporting directly to the Head of Technology Assist in the design & then delivery of the Infrastructure roadmap Project Management of Infrastructure initiatives Management, security & ongoing performance of the company network Meeting industry compliance levels & accreditation (PCI, GDPR) R&D of new technologies Improve the reliability & durability of existing systems Develop & implement performance management strategies & toolsets Document deployment, support & DR procedures Manage 3rd party relationships with suppliers Monitor key suppliers service levels & highlight where Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are not being met Mentoring the infrastructure team, establishing annual objectives & personal development plans Management of the company’s hosting environments Senior Infrastructure Engineer Essential Technical Skills AWS - EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, IAM, Cloud Formation Experience running an IT networking & infrastructure department Network/Security VPN, subnetting, routing, VLAN, Cisco, HP MessageLabs, vulnerability scanning, patching systems, Firewalls, Web protection Desktop & Server Virtualisation – VMWare preferable Back up technologies – Veeam etc Linux & Windows server administration Senior Infrastructure Engineer Desired Technical Skills Configuration Management – Puppet Change Control - GitHub Experience of Office 365 & enterprise level architectures Experience of administration & configuration of Telephony systems, particularly VOIP & unified comms Scripting – PowerShell, Python, Bash Senior Infrastructure Engineer Personal Skills / Attributes Required • Graduate calibre with MCSE, VCP & CCNA certification highly desirable • Proven experience of working in a dynamic IT environment • Able to prioritise tasks effectively & adapt to changing priorities • Excellent communication skills, able to communicate at both a technical & a non-technical level • MUST be willing to work out of hours if required Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK Established in 1978, NES Global Talent provides a complete range of contract and permanent talent solutions to the Oil and Gas, Power, Construction and Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Manufacturing and IT sectors worldwide. With more than 40 offices in 28 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. Offering far more than a traditional recruitment service, we fully support our contractors while they are on assignment with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89938219