Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

This is a remote based role that will involve travel to business offices from time to time across the UK as per business needs.

Purpose of the Role

This exciting remote based Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer opportunity has arisen to join our IT Operations team to support the demands of the wider business, whilst maintaining all best practise standards and processes. This will be achieved in line with the business technology strategy and assist in providing a robust platform for the future growth of the business.

What you will do

This is an overview and not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. Collaborating with your Line Manager, you will develop your own objectives but focus on all of the following and more:

• Scoping, planning, documenting, and implementing of technologies as required to the highest standards.
• Deliver customer and stakeholder management to all those with an interest in any works undertaken.
• Guide the Infrastructure team as a technical subject matter expert, providing guidance and knowledge to the wider team.
• Research Infrastructure solutions through internal and external knowledge base, as needed.
• Liaise with business, vendors and other IT personnel for the progression of change works.
• Escalate issues with accurate documentation to suitable technical expert or vendor, when required.
• Create knowledge articles for project solutions to be used for future support.
• Provide suggestions for continual improvement.
• Service-related focus with the ability to place yourself in the position of the customer to understand their concerns and issues.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to the Infrastructure Engineering team, taking direction from and reporting to the Head of Infrastructure Engineering.

Who we are looking for

This is an opportunity for a Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer or an experienced IT Infrastructure Engineer who is looking to move up to a senior role – someone willing to work as part of a team and manage stakeholders at all levels. We are looking for someone has:

• 3rd line support experience and managing support tickets that have been escalated to the infrastructure team.
• Knowledge and experience of cloud-based technologies.

• Demonstratable experience in using 3rd party migration tools.
• Ability to analyse infrastructure, highlighting area of risk and put forward suggestions for systems improvements.
• General network and infrastructure monitoring knowledge.
• Storage platform and data migration experience.
• Ability to analyse infrastructure, highlight areas of risk and can make suggestions for system improvements.

You will also need knowledge and experience of:

• Premise and Azure Active Directory Domain Services
• MS Azure IAAS and PAAS
• Office 365 and Exchange Online administration
• Device management using SCCM/inTune
• SQL
• Firewall and VPN
• IT security
• DFS
• SharePoint
• Infrastructure as Code – Terraform/Ansible/Bicep
• Virtulisation technology
• ITIL

This is an opportunity for a self-disciplined individual with strong interpersonal and leadership skills, who can work independently but also as part of a team. You will need to have excellent attention to detail, critical thinking and problem solving skills with experience delivering projects from start to finish. We are looking for a proactive, collaborative, organised individual to join the team.

In return you will be welcomed and supported by our Ardonagh family and be joining an organisation that cares about you as a person and your wellbeing. Some of the other benefits are:

• Holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to progress your career across the entire Ardonagh family
• Pensions scheme for when you feel it’s time to retire
• 24-hour support for physical and mental wellbeing
• 1 days paid volunteering day to give back to our communities
• The Spotlight Awards, where we shine a light on the brightest talent across our group

We offer genuine potential for both personal and professional development, come and be part of our story and help us shape our future. So, what are you waiting for? Apply today and one of our team will be in touch.

If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you beginning employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check.

Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received. No agencies please

Why not check us out on LinkedIn to find out what life’s really like at Ardonagh.

The Ardonagh Group is one of the UK’s largest independent brokers with over 9000 dedicated and passionate professionals across the country, and worldwide, facing and dealing with our clients’ challenges, offering an enviable range of products, services and solutions to their clients. We are progressive, passionate and proud of the work we do, across all sectors of the business. Therefore, we need highly capable people to join our team to make this a reality!

So if this sounds like you, and you are looking for a new challenge where you can learn and develop your career, then this could be a great opportunity for you.

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Everywhen is an equal opportunities employer, with a growing and thriving diversity, equity and inclusion strategy; we are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.

If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check.

Please note: We may close a vacancy prior to the publish end date if the required quality or number of applications has been received. No Agencies please.

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