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# Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd
- **Location:** Coatbridge, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £52,817.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Software as a Service, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Hyper-V, Identity and Access Management, Windows Servers, Networking Basics, Routing, TCP/IP, Virtual Local Area Networks, Virtualization Technology, Backup and Restore, Firewalls (Computer Science), Information Technology, Veeam, Network Server, Cisco, Vmware
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5868805951

## About the Role

* Proven, senior-level experience as an Infrastructure Engineer within a mid-to-large, established organisation with complex, bespoke, or grown organically legacy environments
 * Experience in a regulated sector, such as financial services, healthcare, life sciences or defence, with a solid understanding of handling sensitive data securely, particularly during data transfers
 * Strong hands-on experience with Dell servers, Windows Server, Hyper-V/VMware, QNAP NAS and Cisco Meraki
 * Solid networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing and ACLs
 * Proven track record of physical infrastructure work, including racking, cabling and site relocations
 * Experience with SaaS tenancy migrations and identity platforms such as AD and Entra ID
 * Prior involvement in M&A, infrastructure transformation, or large-scale integration programmes is highly desirable
 * A natural mentor, comfortable leading and upskilling less experienced colleagues without steamrolling them
 * Calm, structured and professional under pressure
 * Full UK driving licence

## Description

* Assess legacy infrastructure and design pragmatic, low-risk migration and remediation plans
 * Physically relocate legacy equipment between sites, including racking, unracking, cabling and re-cabling comms rooms
 * Commission new server rooms, including racks, hardware population and structured cabling
 * Manage Dell servers, Windows Server and virtualisation across both environments
 * Configure and maintain QNAP NAS storage
 * Own backup and restore using Veeam, including monitoring jobs, performing restores and supporting active migrations
 * Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Meraki networking, including firewalls, VLANs and segmentation
 * Tidy up and restructure legacy network environments
 * Support SaaS and tenancy migrations, including moving services from legacy to new tenants, and identity platform work across AD and Entra ID
 * Act as a senior escalation point, working closely with project managers, security teams and vendors
 * Mentor and upskill junior members of the in-house IT team, ensuring knowledge transfer ahead of handover

Technologies:

 * Cisco
 * Hardware
 * Hyper-V
 * Support
 * LESS
 * Network
 * Security
 * TCP/IP
 * VMware
 * Veeam
 * Windows
 * DevOps


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