Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited ,
Southend-on-Sea, Essex
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Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £44,632 per annum

Overview

IT Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Southend-on-Sea / £44,632 Your new company Southend Borough Council is a unitary authority based in the heart of the town centre offering traditional seaside living that makes it a great place to live and work. This diverse and busy town has great public parks and leisure activities, competitive house pricing and excellent travel links. The Council are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed and innovative Senior Infrastructure Engineer to be part of the wider Infrastructure and Operations department. Your new role As Senior Infrastructure Engineer you will hold a senior technical position within the ICT team providing expertise across Infrastructure services for Southend-on-Sea council. Your technical knowledge and skills will be utilised to provide daily support and management of the Council's hosting cloud and end-user ensuring the IT infrastructure remains safe, secure and robust. The council are currently planning and installing new services directly linked with their IT Infrastructure and these new services and new technologies will need to be supported effectively. This exciting new job opportunity is a varied role which will encompass strong technical knowledge. Your typical day will see you drive improvement, proactively maintain, administer and configure operating systems. What you'll need to succeed To succeed in this position, you will have proven experience as an Infrastructure Engineer with a track record of effective collaborative working. You will be proficient in Cloud hosting environments such as MS Azure, Connectivity and possess expert knowledge across primary infrastructure towers such as Cisco networks, Active Directory, Intune, O365, storage and compute such as VMWare. Excellent problem solving and analytical skills coupled with your proven ability to simplify and improve IT Infrastructure landscapes and experience of delivering technical change, leading technical resources and contributing to the architectural vision will see you succeed within this role. What you'll get in return Offering a competitive salary starting from £44,632 . When joining Southend Borough Council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: flexible working, salary sacrifice scheme and excellent training and development opportunities. 23 days annual leave plus an excellent pension scheme. A full list of benefits can be viewed on the Southend Council-Hays website What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Felicia Dix on . If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. The Council is an equal opportunities employer. They welcome applications, regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, age or religion or belief. All applications will be considered solely on merit. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

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