Senior Infrastructure Engineer Hardware & Platform

Are you an experienced infrastructure engineer looking for a "hands on" role?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly formed team of engineers, working within our Aerospace, Defence and Security sector (ADS)
As our new Infrastructure Engineer, you will be the main point of contact (PoC) for all hardware and datacentre related matters. Responsible for the design and deployment of all hardware for a green field enterprise system, including the creation of design artefacts for datacentre, remote site hardware dispositions, rack layouts and network & power cabling schema.

Ideally be skilled in the design, sizing, configuration and connecting of Network Attached Storage (NAS) arrays, including knowledge and experience of RAID standards, block and files storage, storage resilience and multi-site storage replication.

This is a "hands-on" position requiring solid technical, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills.

What you will be doing:

• Design a multi-site platform based upon commodity off the shelf (COTS) server, storage and networking hardware hosting Window Server and Client Operating Systems, VMware / vSphere Hypervisors and CISCO switch / router operating systems.
• Produce and maintain design artefacts, such as but not limited to Low-Level Designs, Release Notes, Platform Services related fail-over / disaster recovery instructions
• Documenting new procedures and review/update as required thought the delivery
• Assist in the management of Platform Services deployments through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to test and reference, through to the mission-critical production systems
• Provide input into the Event and Protective monitoring processes as relates to the hardware lights-out / remote consoles network connectivity
• Develop and maintain Client and third party supplier relationships as will be required to ensure the smooth delivery within the areas of responsibility
• Provide regular updates to the Technical and project leadership regarding all aspects of the Platform Services hardware delivery.

What you will bring:

• Vocational/Diploma/Associate Degree (technical field) or relevant certification or relevant experience with a deploying enterprise hardware into datacentre-type environments
• Skilled in the deployment of enterprise hardware installations and the management of cabling and patching matrices
• Familiarity with deploying Microsoft Windows-based Servers and VMware ESXi hypervisors
• Strong understanding of deploying resilient hardware solutions
• Hands-on experience of deploying and managing Network Attached Storage arrays Experienced in the use of Microsoft Event Management software such as System Centre Operations Manager (SCOM) and / or SolarWinds
• Have a good understanding of 'Secure by Design' principles and practices
• Experience working in Multi-Datacentre Environments where availability, resilience and fault tolerance are key elements of every design
• A good understanding of networking as relates to Window Servers and Clients and VMware virtual networking
• Conversant with modern cabling safety standards such as low-smoke, zero halogen (LSZH)
• Conversant with different cable and presentation types, such as but not limited to optical fibre presentation (LC, SC), short-wave or long-wave, copper (RJ45) CAT6a - CAT7, Shielded and non-shielded and bandwidth compatibility
  UK Passport holder
• Active SC Security Clearance

Would be great if you had:

• Experience in the use and implementation of BMC products, such as Truesight (Event Management) and Atrium (CMDB)
• Experience of deploying Window Server operating systems in virtual environments
• Experience with calculation datacentre requirements, such as peak circuit sizing, cooling Familiarity with the MoD and their design guidance and policies to align delivery with MoD Joint Service Publications (JSP) 440 including MoD Site coordinating Installation Design Authority (SCIDA) rules and regulations
• Expertise in storage array deployment, configuration, management including scaling, replication, fault tolerance and resilience

Employment type: Full-time, permanent
Location: Hemel Hempstead - Office based
Security Clearance Level: You must be currently SC Cleared willing to undergo DV MOD Clearance
Internal Recruiter: Carolyne
Salary: £54K
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund which is 3% of base salary

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!

Although this role is advertised as full-time, 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.

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Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK's Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

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.