Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

Cross Gates, City and Borough of Leeds

2 months ago

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Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer – Leeds / Hybrid, 3 days per week from home
£60,000 - £70,000 + bonus, 35-hour work week and great benefits

This successful company with multi-billion-pound yearly turnover are on the market for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join their established IT team in Leeds. As an Infrastructure Specialist, you will architect, implement and maintain IT infrastructure solutions across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.

This Infrastructure role will require you to manage complex environments while maintaining high availability, security, and performance standards across all infrastructure components. Specific responsibilities include designing and maintaining hybrid infrastructure solutions, implementing and managing Azure cloud services and ensuring operational excellence.

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will be expected to keep up to date with the latest technologies and determine what new technology solutions and implementations will meet business and system requirements. The role will be hybrid, with the expectation of a few days per week based in Leeds.

Package:

Bonus potential
35-hour work week with flexible working
25 days holiday + 5 days ‘study leave’.
Professional development opportunities
5% employer pension, income protection, private medical, death in service + many more.
Desired technical skills:

VMware and Windows Server environments
Azure cloud services, including compute, storage, networking, security, and hybrid connectivity (e.g., VPN, Azure Arc).
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as ARM templates, Terraform
Azure DevOps.
Scripting languages like PowerShell and Python
Azure certifications are highly desirable
The company have an excellent reputation within their sector and have shown consistent growth since their inception. Last year, they posted several hundred million pounds profit and will be planning to expand the team in the coming months.

Click APPLY to be considered for the role as my client is aiming to interview as soon as possible.

Contact – Scott Murray

Erin Associates welcomes applications from people of all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and disabilities. Please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustment at any stage of the application process.

If you have not heard back from us within 5 working days, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Your profile may be considered for other suitable vacancies that arise within the next 12 weeks.

Key words; IT Infrastructure Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist, 3rd Line Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist. Commutable from Leeds, Selby, Barnsley, Wetherby, Wakefield, Harrogate, Bradford, York, Hessle, Doncaster

Erin Associates Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

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