IT Infrastructure Engineer

MB 739

IT Infrastructure Engineer

Location: King s Cross, London
Salary: £50,000 per annum
Reports To: IT Director
Industry: Global Consultancy

Are you an experienced IT professional with a passion for infrastructure, security, and systems reliability?
A global consultancy based in King s Cross is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer to join its growing technology team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge systems and play a key role in maintaining and securing a complex IT environment that supports operations worldwide.

About the Role

As an IT Infrastructure Engineer, you ll take responsibility for maintaining and improving the company s physical and virtual IT systems. You ll work closely with colleagues in the infrastructure team to ensure systems remain secure, patched, and optimised, while supporting the organisation s digital transformation and cloud initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and patch the Windows Server and PC estate (Windows 7 11 and Server ).
• Manage antivirus and malware systems, investigating and resolving security alerts.
• Ensure data integrity through reliable backup configuration, testing, and disaster recovery processes.
• Administer and monitor Active Directory, Azure Entra, and Intune environments.
• Manage compliance policies, conditional access, and mobile device management.
• Work with third-party providers supporting SIEM and threat analytics systems.
• Lead on implementing IT security best practices, standards, and access controls.
• Support infrastructure and security projects, including system upgrades and migrations.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Provide timely response to incidents, escalating where appropriate.

About You

You re an analytical, proactive IT professional with a strong grasp of infrastructure, networking, and cybersecurity principles. You enjoy problem-solving, working collaboratively, and ensuring that systems run efficiently and securely.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in IT infrastructure, desktop, or systems support.
• Strong technical knowledge of Microsoft operating systems (Windows client and server).
• Hands-on experience with Active Directory, Intune, and Azure Entra.
• Familiarity with antivirus, backup, and monitoring solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organised, methodical, and capable of managing multiple priorities.

Desirable

It would be highly preferable if this candidate has Azure skills including: managing and automating infrastructure, ensuring security and compliance, monitoring performance, and optimizing costs. Key duties include provisioning and configuring virtual machines and other resources, setting up CI/CD pipelines, implementing backup and disaster recovery solutions, and managing user access with tools like Azure AD and role-based access control (RBAC).

• Relevant IT or security certifications (e.g. Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco).
• Experience managing hybrid or cloud-based environments.

What s on Offer

• Salary of £50,000 per annum plus competitive benefits
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunities for ongoing professional development and certification.
• A collaborative, forward-thinking environment within a global consultancy.
• The chance to work with advanced technology in a role that truly makes an impact.

If you re ready to take the next step in your IT career and play a key role in securing and optimising infrastructure for a leading global consultancy, apply now.