IT Infrastructure Engineer
Bristol
£225 - £280 p/day
To design, implement and maintain a secure, stable and responsive operating environment across the company's Linux and UNIX computer systems to support the business.
To maintain a stable, secure and efficient data centre and storage infrastructure. Whilst your specialism will be UNIX and Linux based systems, you will also be expected to work as integral member of the infrastructure team on windows based systems and general infrastructure projects.
To actively monitor all systems (regardless of operating system) and networks for security threats and vulnerabilities and to take appropriate action.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and develop a secure, stable and responsive operating environment to support the company's Linux and UNIX servers.
- Storage and Backup Administration. Utilising Netbackup and Veeam ensure that essential data is securely stored on networked servers and that the data is effectively backed-up and restore procedures are sufficient to support the business.
- Ensure the security and protection of the network and the servers.
- Manage, maintain and develop the remote access solutions and web proxy technologies.
- Ensure all UNIX and Linux systems and other non-windows systems under your control are patched appropriately in line with vendor specifications.
- Performance monitoring and alerting of all UNIX and Linux systems and other non-windows systems under your control using appropriate tools.
- Assess IT developments and their impact on the company's computing infrastructure, and supply technical input to implement new technologies that can provide business benefit.
- Work to continually improve the Infrastructure environment security, performance and reliability. This includes working on projects including new infrastructure roll outs and system upgrades.
- Contribute to an integrated infrastructure to enable data to be exchanged between all computing systems in the company and externally.
- Provide Documentation of server builds, including tested disaster recovery procedures and hand over training to Service Desk team.
Qualifications and Skills - Formal Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Degree Level or equivalent experience
- Certification in Linux/UNIX administration, or demonstrable equivalent experience
Desirable
- Formal qualification in ITIL.
- Project Management qualification - i.e. PRINCE 2 Practitioner
- Cyber security qualifications.
- NetBackup and Veeam experience
- Dell Compellent
Specific Functional Capability, Knowledge and Skills Required
Technically astute with a passion for IS/IT. Excellent communication skills. Knowledge and experience of how to manage risk in IS/IT in both an operational and development environment. Strong ability to influence others whilst maintaining honesty and integrity at all times. Organised and delivery focused with good project management skills. Advanced analytical & numeracy skills supported by strong Microsoft Office expertise. Self-starter who shows initiative as well as maintaining excellent collaboration with wider teams. Flexible approach and can manage diversity across technologies, people and international cultures. Vision, creativity and imagination for new solutions to continually improve.
Desirable
Good knowledge of manufacturing environments. Good knowledge of developing and/or managing a data-centre. Experience of the management and operation of IT environments including Server, SAN, and infrastructure design and build experience. Skype for Business and SharePoint Administration experience.