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# Server Engineer & Cloud Architect

- **Company:** Essential Employment
- **Location:** Heapey, UK
- **Salary:** £43,600.0 - £62,400.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Firmware, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Information Technology, Patch Management
- **Published:** September 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5899589223

## About the Role

* Experience providing 3rd line support for IT incidents, service requests, and problem management.
 * Strong experience administering, managing, maintaining, and optimising hybrid server, storage, and cloud environments.
 * Experience designing, implementing, and supporting cloud architecture solutions aligned to business and technical requirements.
 * Strong knowledge of infrastructure security, including patch management, firmware updates, operating system maintenance, and access control.
 * Experience supporting infrastructure projects through technical expertise, solution analysis, and product evaluation.
 * Ability to monitor system health, performance, capacity, and service quality and resolve issues proactively.
 * Experience producing technical documentation, standards, procedures, and architectural designs.
 * Willingness to participate in an out-of-hours on-call support rota.
 * Awareness of emerging technologies, industry best practices, and security standards.

## Description

* Provide 3rd line support for IT incidents, service requests, and problem management activities, diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues.
 * Administer, manage, maintain, and optimise hybrid server, storage, and cloud environments.
 * Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of infrastructure services.
 * Design, implement, and support cloud architecture solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.
 * Produce and maintain technical documentation, standards, procedures, and architectural designs.
 * Ensure systems remain secure through effective patch management, firmware updates, operating system maintenance, and access control measures.
 * Support infrastructure projects by providing technical expertise, solution options analysis, and product evaluations.
 * Monitor infrastructure performance, system health, capacity, and service quality, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
 * Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams to deliver infrastructure enhancements and strategic technology initiatives.
 * Participate in the out-of-hours on-call support rota to provide emergency support when required.
 * Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, industry best practices, and security standards.

Technologies:

 * Architect
 * Cloud
 * Firmware
 * Support
 * Security


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