Infrastructure Engineer

Are you an Infrastructure Engineer looking for a new challenge?

The role of the server engineer will be to manage and ensure the correct functioning and overall lifecycle of the client's servers. This role will involve supporting end-to-end provisioning, operation, monitoring, managing and decommissioning of physical and virtual servers or server farms, with different OS (Windows, Linux, etc.), along the whole lifecycle. In addition providing support for automation in management, deployment and operations of servers, acting as PoCs for private cloud functionality and operation with edge datacentres and support for in-memory computing functionality may be required.

What you will be doing:

• Provide resolution of server service issues and supports delivery of user requests
• Maintain records of current server configurations
• Ensure servers remain in support by hardware manufacturers
• Proactively monitor server use and performance
• Commission additional servers as required
• Perform lock-down configuration and administration of servers
• Server Availability Planning in line with requirements
• Install and assemble server hardware and OS including updates and patches
• Connect servers to the client network and configure server interfaces
• Incorporate the server into the normal operation process and ensure that the server is running and can be accessed, monitored and operated
• Operate server services at the quality defined in the respective SLAs/ OLAs with ensured security compliance and business continuity
• Perform preventive maintenance tasks

What you will bring:

• Maintain accurate records and documentation
• Know hot to apply ITIL methodology
• Able to work as part of a small team
• MS-Windows or Linux administration in a data centre environment
• Experience in Server capacity planning
• Can perform administrating in a virtualised environment
• Experience of working on a client site as a service provider

It would be great if you had:

• Experience involving multiple Operating System vendors
• Knowledge of Storage Technologies
• Knowledge of Lan/WAN Technologies
• Willing to work out of hours and attend remote sites
• Experience working in virtualised environment
• Provision and sizing of VDI
• Experience in automation in management, deployment and operations of servers, private cloud functionality, use of edge datacentres and in-memory computing.
• Experience of working in an Agile environment

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Stevenage
Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for Security Clearance
Internal Recruiter: Josh Huggins-Smith
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 + 10k on call allowance
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company?

Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

Our technical specialists deploy systems running many of the major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and multiple Linux distros. We also provide Messaging and Collaboration systems and support, Application packaging and deployment, along with supporting Infrastructure and Cloud services and support. Our time can be split between our services and project work, so we have the chance to be multi-disciplined and access to a range of technologies.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.