Wintel Engineer

Our client currently has a vacancy here for a Wintel Engineer to join our team in High Wycombe. This role involves working in support of a production environment in Data Centres in the UK and branches throughout Europe and Latin America. This is a mainly Microsoft environment for an International Finance Company - comprising 2,700 users over 25 sites in 17 countries. Comprising of Active Directory, Windows 7, SCCM, Messaging infrastructure - Exchange, BES, Good, SQL Server, SQL Server, Linux. Detailed Description * · To assist in the planning, design, implementation, and support of Wintel Server platforms * · Install, configure and maintain windows server 2008R2 / 2012. * · Take ownership of 3rd Line IT support issues * · Maintaining the integrity and availability of the Infrastructure * · Provide technical support for projects as directed * · Responsibility for Data Centre environment: testing, server builds, deployment * · Assist in patch management and application packaging * · Perform critical system changes outside of business hours * · Proactively identifies opportunities for improvements to existing processes and for automation of time consuming tasks * · Author policy, procedure and standards documents based on industry best practices and personal research and experience * · Perform other duties as assigned * · Understands and promotes policy on Treating Customers Fairly (TCF). * · To ensure ongoing adherence to all relevant compliance regulations and complete all regulatory knowledge training where applicable in a timely fashion * Some after-hours work and periodic 24x7 on call support will be required. Job Requirements * Enterprise / extensive experience of VMware ESXi 5.5 or V6 and Virtual Centre (ideally VCP certified) * Hands on experience and knowledge of Snapshot backup technology. * Virtual server troubleshooting i.e. performance impact, virtual disk expansion etc. * Monitor server performance, capacity and utilization * Troubleshoot break/fix issues and respond to service requests on these technologies. * Knowledge of VMware templates and cloning. * Good Knowledge of VMWare Site Recovery Manager (SRM) * Knowledge and experience of Storage protocols like (NFS, FCoE, CIFS, etc ) * Good understanding of SAN storage in VMware environment. * Knowledge of VDI / Horizon View, Citrix, HP Server/ Blade/ Cluster technologies. * Experience with scripting in a Windows environment (e.g. PowerShell and VBScript) * Support the implementation of VMware hardware and operating systems solutions below * Microsoft Server 2008/ 2012, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, 2013, Microsoft SharePoint 2007, 2013 If you feel you're a good match for this role then please apply today