Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Are you a highly technical Infrastructure Engineer looking for a unique role in the aerospace industry?

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with a solid technical background in Windows Server and VMWare to join a growing team working in Sopra Steria’s Aerospace Defence and Security sector. This is a fantastic role for individuals looking for opportunities to progress their career in an enterprise environment working on truly unique projects. If you have a good understanding of industry standard Windows infrastructures, then we want to hear from you!

This role is hybrid with 3-4 days per week in the office in Stevenage.

Due to the nature of the client and the project we are only able to progress with candidates that are eligible for SC clearance.

What you’ll bring:

• Evaluate hardware and software (within server, network, storage or desktop environments)
  
• Integration and test of new products (both hardware and software) for incorporation into program infrastructure
  
• Administration and enhancement of the environment and its supportability, for example: administration of user accounts, control the network access integrity, manage the data, in terms of space allocated to data, access authorizations, SAN, optimization.
  
• Provide second line support to ensure right support.
  
• To be aware of the relevant SLA structure and to respond, fix or escalate according to the limits set out within that structure.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience of working in a project environment.
  
• Experience within a customer support environment and an appreciation of the impact of problems on the customer business.
  
• Documentation Skills, with the ability to produce documents for use by an end user, as well as operational procedure documentation for use by service desk personnel.
  
• Technical understanding of the following:
  Windows Server (2012–2022) deployment and management
  DNS, DHCP, Group Policy configuration and troubleshooting
  VMware ESXi 8.x, vSphere, right-sizing
  Active Directory
  Scripting and Automation
  Monitoring tools/platforms
  Patching and Compliance via WSUS/SCCM
  HPE Hardware Management and Firmware maintenance for ProLiant's, Blade Enclosures and Synergy Frames and exposure to OneView.

If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Stevenage (1-2 days per week from home)
Security Clearance Level: SC
Internal recruiter: Olly Walker
Salary: Up to £54,000
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.