I am working with one of the UK's largest food production companies that are looking to bring on a Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer to their rapidly growing, multi-tiered IT department.

As a senior member of the IT infrastructure team, you will work on projects designed to improve the underlying technologies and platforms which host the various IT services across the business.

Currently, a mixture of on premises and cloud-based services support the business functions from finance through to their factory operations teams 24/7.

The primary focus of this role is Active Directory services, PowerShell automation, Azure Stack HCI Management, Microsoft 365 and Azure service enablement.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Recommend infrastructure improvements in line with Security best practices.
• Participate in Service Design sessions where technical requirements are captured and documented by the Infrastructure Team.
• Represent the Infrastructure Team in the technical design authority and change approval board.
• Develop high quality technical documentation including handovers and training workshops for support teams.
• Keep up to date with industry trends for IT Infrastructure focusing on Azure, Azure Stack HCI, Microsoft 365 and Windows Server family.
• A team player who is self-motivated, enthusiastic to learn and leads by example.
• Proactive approach to work, with a positive and flexible attitude.

Who you are:

• Advanced Active Directory (Replication, Kerberos, Topology design).
• Deep knowledge of Active Directory Certificate Authority (Certificates, Templates, PKI).
• Advanced PowerShell skills with a focus on automation.
• Microsoft Storage Space Direct / Azure Stack HCI / Hyper-V.
• System Centre VMM, Windows Admin Center and Azure ARC.
• Experience in designing and delivering DR solutions.
• Good knowledge of networking (switching, routing, VLANS, STP) and firewalls.
• Proven background in Windows Server administration – 2012, 2016, 2019 & 2022.
• Linux / FreeBSD experience.
• Experience of ITIL incident, problem and change management.

Benefits package includes:

· Up to £55k

· Hybrid working, ideally located within 30/40 minutes from Brackley, Northants

· 31 Days Holiday

· Life Insurance

· Various lifestyle benefits, including wellbeing resources

· Personal development through regular training sessions with senior members of staff

If you are interested or want to know more (including seeing the full client job brief), send me a message, DM, call me - whatever is easiest. Having an up-to-date CV to hand is ideal, but if you haven't got one immediately, we can still chat through the position, and you can learn more.

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