IT Infrastructure Support Engineer

Shipton On Cherwell
9 months ago
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Our client are a leading consultancy business in their field with around 1,200 staff across multiple sites. They are seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to support cutting edge hardware, software and infrastructure technologies, this role is a mixture of 3rd Line/infrastructure support and system maintenance tasks. It requires the engineer to be flexible, agile and resourceful. Good communication skills are essential as are an attention to detail, the quality of your work must be exceptional.

The responsibilities of the IT Infrastructure Support Engineer role are:

Working with the Service Desk team on escalated issues, support, and knowledge transfer
Administer and maintain network and infrastructure
Administer the VMware infrastructure and SANs
Monitor and troubleshoot server and network performance
Creation and maintenance of high-quality documentation, manuals and procedures
Carry out site visits as required
Applies knowledge of Information Security to ensure all company data and systems are kept safe from threats  
 
The ideal IT Infrastructure Support Engineer will possess experience of the following:
Security Infrastructure
Cyber Security best practices
Windows Desktop environments, including the latest Windows Version
Windows Server OS
Microsoft 365 Cloud Platform
Networking systems and services
Virtualisation technologies such as VMware / Hyper-V
Information Security best practices
ITIL best practices
Backup and DR systems
On premise AD and Cloud Entra ID Environments   

You will also benefit from any experience of the following:

Microsoft SCCM and Microsoft Intune for software/OS deployment
Intune MDM Device Management
Sophos Systems such as Cloud management, MDR, Firewalls and Access Points
Cloud hosting platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Cloud Antivirus
Apple iOS, iPadOS and MacOS technologies
Linux/Unix systems
Cyber Essentials Plus
ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Plus
MARS Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, marital status, national origin, religion, age, disability, or any other protected status. Suitable candidates for the role will be contacted within 3 working days, unfortunately if you haven’t heard back in this time your application has been unsuccessful at this time.  

MARS Recruitment is a specialist Engineering & IT recruiter working in partnership with companies across the UK and offers services of both an Employment Business (for Temporary/Contract roles) and an Employment Agency (for Permanent roles)

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