Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Central Government

Role: Senior Infrastructure Engineer REF 100576
Contract Length: 12 months
Location: Salisbury – full time on site
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £569 per day
Security Clearance: DV and Sole UK National requested

Spinwell is recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SENIOR INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

• Scope out potential solutions with users for digital infrastructure issues and assess the effort and cost involved with implementation.
• Produce documentation to be used in proposals, following standard project processes and procedures
• Evaluate hardware and software (within server, network, storage or desktop environments) to ensure that the test and integration of new products (both hardware and software) for successful incorporation into program infrastructure
• Provide administration, support, and enhancement of the digital environment for example:
  • User accounts
  • Control the network access integrity
  • Manage the data, in terms of space allocated to data
  • SAN optimization
• Provide first to last line support to ensure the right support
• Be aware of the relevant timescales and to respond, fix or escalate according to the limits set out within that structure
• Accurately assess time to complete tasks to ensure operational and user success

  SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SENIOR INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

• A thorough knowledge of Microsoft Windows workstation and server deployment, system management, and desktop support.
• Experience in the management and deployment of Windows Domain Services, including Active Directory services and account management, Group Policy management, DHCP and DNS services.
• Microsoft Windows patch management using WSUS.
• Administration of Hyper-V virtualization systems.
• Management of Microsoft SQL servers and Failover clustering.
• Documentation Skills, with the ability to produce documents for use by colleagues.
• Sound knowledge of the latest developments and future strategy for their technology area.
• A “can do” attitude.
• Self-paced, motivated, and capable of independent problem solving and fault finding.
• 1st to last line support as part of a small team.

If you are a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

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Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

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We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

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