Our F1 client are seeking x2 highly skilled, motivated and experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineers / System Administrators for a 6 month contract. 

 

This role will see the successful applicant work on various projects for the internal infrastructure and a forthcoming systems migration project. The role will mainly be working on infrastructure projects, but some 3rd line support will be required and occasional cover for more junior staff.

 

There is a strong requirement for high quality documentation and visualisation of solutions when communicating with staff, so you need to be adept at drawing both on a whiteboard and in software. A high standard of communication and motivation is also required in what is a multinational, multicultural and exciting working environment and business travel (inside and outside of UK) as well as out of office hours & weekend working may be required for certain projects. 

 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: 

 

• Detailed technical planning of incoming infrastructure projects with the IT Manager and PM

• Realistic time estimating on the stages of the project

• Producing technical documentation and diagrams for current and new systems

• Creating a service catalogue

• Administration and configuration of routers, switches and firewalls

• Administration and configuration of VMware v6 hosts and Windows Server guest machines

• Administration and configuration of monitoring and alerting system

• Assisting with the migration of servers and systems from Swindon to Milton Keynes

• 3rd line support

• Technical training for IT staff

• Any other tasks as reasonably required by the Company.

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:   

 

• A minimum of 10 years technical experience

• Competent SAN ability – NetApp preferred 

• Excellent Networking ability – Cisco and Fortinet preferred

• Backup solutions – NetBackup preferred 

• VMware V-sphere

• Windows, Active Directory, SCCM and other MS products

• MDM Experience – Airwatch preferred

• Office 365 Experience

• CAD, CFD or other high-end experience beneficial but not essential