Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer

Inside IR35

Hybrid Travel

Role / Principal Accountabilities:

Work with key stakeholders throughout the whole infrastructure lifecycle, providing comprehensive support to transformation and modernisation of the estate

Act as a trusted advisor and bridge between the technology services team and stakeholders, provide regular progress updates, and flag any issues accordingly

Support stakeholders to adopt and leverage the latest architecture practices, delivering effective, resilient services designs

Provide leadership, coaching and development for the immediate team and act as an evangelist within the organisation for engineering practices

Partner with Product owners and management to manage and clearly article demand planning and delivery against the projected backlog and book of work.

Continuous evolution of monitoring tools to ensure performance, availability and reliability of core infrastructure

Skills & Experience Required:

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  End to end understanding of infrastructure systems architecture and design
  * Demonstrates a strong understanding of end-to-end product lifecycle, as well as how technical systems work and interact
  * Strong analytical skills and troubleshooting skills, with a solid understanding of operational support procedures
  * Strong communication skills to work with SI partners onshore and offshore
  
  Knowledge Required:
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  Background in infrastructure engineering and delivery, supporting large scale infrastructure modernisation
  * Previous proven experience of a range of infrastructure platforms such as HyperV, VMWare, AIX
  * Experience of operating systems, including Linux, Unix, Windows
  * Experience of Microsoft Azure or AWS
  * Proficiency in infrastructure automation and orchestration with relevant tooling
  * Exposure to Configuration Management Solutions such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SCCM, Intune, ARC
  * Practical use and understanding of scripting languages
  * Knowledge of operating system fundamentals including diagnostics, tuning, and monitoring of IO, Networks, CPU and Memory
  
  Desirable Skills
  * SC clearance
  * Utilities experience
  * Exposure to container technology i.e. Docker, Kubernetes desirable but not essential
  * Awareness of security assurance and design best practices i.e. NIST or CIS.

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