Infrastructure Engineer

17 Days Old

Basildon minimum once per week / out-of-hours standby
Light shift rota covering 8am6pm
Permanent, full-time | Salary up to £55,000 + bonus and benefits
Were recruiting for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join a technology-driven organisation where service resilience and infrastructure modernisation are critical. This is a hands-on role across on-prem, virtualised and cloud environments, with a strong focus on stability, security, and acquisition-driven integration.
With a major on-prem to cloud transformation planned for 2026, this a great opportunity for someone with strong on-prem skills to upskill into Azure and cloud delivery over time. Youll still need solid on-prem capability in the interim, and some on-prem services will remain post-migration.
Key focus
Hyper-V virtualisation (clusters/failover, estate improvement)
Rubrik backup & recovery (highly desirable)
Windows servers + enterprise storage (SAN/NAS, iSCSI/Fibre Channel)
Firewall / network security hands-on experience
Acquisition migrations tenant/user/workload integrations into a core environment
Exposure to, or ambition for, cloud transformation (Azure)
What youll do
Design, deploy and support Windows on-prem, Hyper-V and Azure infrastructure
Own patching, performance, capacity and lifecycle management
Implement security controls and support compliance
Lead infrastructure projects end-to-end
Act as senior escalation for complex incidents
Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation
Contribute to the 2026 cloud migration and automation improvements (Terraform)
What were looking for
Essential:
Proven Hyper-V, Windows Server (20122022), servers & storage experience
Strong AD/DNS/DHCP/failover clustering knowledge
Rubrik backup experience preferred
Firewall and core networking fundamentals (VLAN, CIDR, VRRP, etc.)
Great documentation skills and change control/CAB experience
Confident communicator, able to manage priorities and own delivery
Desirable:
Azure admin experience or clear desire to upskill into cloud
Tenant-to-tenant / acquisition integration experience
Terraform/IaC exposure
Relevant certs (CCNA/MCSA/AZ-series)
Please apply today for immediate CV review. Interviews planned December for a Jan / early 2026 start.
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Location:
Basildon
Salary:
£55,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
IT

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