Infrastructure Engineer

My client is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer who is exceptional in liaising with 3rd parties and other IT Teams to understand the impact of a potential change on the current systems and processes.

What will you be doing?

Working on a specific project that involves integration of 3rd party platforms with an in-house platform.

Designing the technical solution and cybersecurity controls, document the specifications, plan and configure technology changes, functional test, volume test, failover test, cybersecurity test, pilot, production go-live and produce support documentation and handover to service desk a third-party solution

• To participate in design workshops with the solution provider to ensure the technical and cybersecurity solution leverages existing systems and can deliver the business requirements
• Document the solution specification for all aspects of the technology (business systems access, firewall, desktop, voice solution) including high availability, failover and failback.
• Document the Service Level Agreement including a comprehensive set of service KPIs (availability, response times, quality of service) and failover (failover target, failover service KPIs, failback)
• Configure the technology, including business systems, firewall, network, desktop and voice solution and smoke test
• Plan and execute the System Integration Test, volume test, failover test, cybersecurity test, document results and action any remediation or design changes for the solution and get sign-off
• Work with the Programme Manager and Users to document and support a User Acceptance Test and remediate any required changes or defects
• Work with the Security & Compliance Manager to review and penetration test the cybersecurity of the delivered solution and address and resolve
• Work with the Programme Manager to plan and support the pilot live and full go-live activities, and take ownership and ensure resolution of technical
• Perform knowledge transfer to infrastructure and service desk teams, handover of documentation and support them during BAU

• Are you an Infrastructure Engineer with experience in the end-to-end project delivery cycle?
• Do you have strong experience with integration projects (apps / connectivity / firewalls / networks)
• Do you thrive on understanding the technical impact of projects?
• Are you hands-on in all areas including testing?, 5 years' experience in a project-based Infrastructure Engineer role is a must.

*Extensive experience in the design, installation and maintenance of office networks, firewalls and access to business systems

*Advanced technical experience of building and supporting a Microsoft-based workplace including Windows Active Directory, Windows Servers and services and Office 365

*In-depth experience of designing and configuring firewall policies and support

*Advanced knowledge of common networking principles, services, protocols and hardware including routers, switches and access points

*A strong understanding of IT security, current threat landscapes and best practice

*Exposure to cloud hosted services, in particular web services supporting e-commerce platforms

*Knowledge of common connectivity solutions, IP Telephony and MDM applications

Infrastructure Engineer (Projects) - 3 months inside IR35 - £350/day - great company to work for., What is in it for you?

• The role is with a great company who understand how to be successful whilst still retaining a strong work-life balance ethos.
• It is a 3-month contract on £350/day inside IR35
• The role will be on-site 2-3 days per week and working from home the rest of the week. (South Cumbria office).

Interested?

The role is hybrid working which means the successful candidate will need to be able to get to the South Lakes offices for team meetings or key project meetings. We are therefore looking for candidates who will have a commute of no more than 90 mins each way.