IT Infrastructure Specialist

IT Infrastructure Specialist - Leeds - C50K - £60K

Our client is looking for an IT Infrastructure Specialist to join their team. The role is to develop, maintain and support the global IT Infrastructure supporting 9,000+ staff and 100+ locations. This position entails support and development of the company’s global infrastructure. Key components include, servers, the wide area and local networks, Wifi, Windows desktop, unified communications and cloud (M365, Azure AD, OneDrive, Azure Arc, EndPoint Manager and Defender ATP). You will be required to proactively improve, optimise, converge, and develop the infrastructure with future capacity in mind, managing multiple projects and responsibilities. You will be required to provide advice and guidance on maintaining the cloud, server, network and security environments, to plan and instigate hardware and software upgrades as required, and to ensure that planned processes have been completed satisfactorily. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Principal Duties, Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Monitor, support and maintain the global on-premise and cloud infrastructures.
• Manage the ongoing global migration from on-premise IT infrastructure into a cloud managed environment.
• Develop, manage, and implement infrastructure projects to deliver business wide initiatives.
• Respond to 2nd / 3rd line Help Desk calls and manage such items through to resolution and other regular support activities and provide technical cover and mentoring.
• Perform regular preventative maintenance checks, check logs and servers to ensure they are properly patched and implement corrective actions to resolve any issues.

Skills required include:

• Enterprise working knowledge and support of the Microsoft 365 environment and Admin centre (Microsoft cloud technologies, M365, AzureAD, Defender ATP, EndPoint Manager, OneDrive, etc).
• Excellent understanding of Microsoft Technologies, Windows Servers (2012, 2016 & 2019) Active Directory and Group Policies.
• Comprehensive Experience with VMWare, vCentre, & ESXi.
• Good understanding of Storage, SAN, NAS & Backup Technologies.

Additional Desirables:

• Hands-on experience of installing, supporting and managing NetApp Storage solutions.
• Azure cloud landing zones, networking & automation.
• Experience of Druva Cloud, Veritas Backup Exec and Veeam Backup technologies.
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft EndPoint Management solutions (Defender, InTune,) etc.
• Implementation and management of Active Directory/Group Policy management within a corporate environment.

Please send a CV if you would like more information on this IT Infrastructure Specialist vacancy.