IT Infrastructure Engineer

The engineer must be flexible to travel occasionally and provide support at other sites, including:

• Athena
• Bathgate
• Dumyat
• Manor Loan
• Scion House

Role Purpose

The Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer will support an M&A programme by delivering hands-on engineering across servers, networking, storage, backup, and data migration activities.

The role will focus on stabilising and migrating legacy infrastructure into the target-state environment while ensuring secure, controlled, and well-documented changes throughout the transition., Infrastructure Engineering & Architecture

• Design and implement infrastructure solutions required for integration of existing systems.
• Assess legacy environments and define remediation or migration approaches.
• Integrate and relocate legacy IT infrastructure into the target environment.
• Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams and migration plans.

Server & Storage

• Support and maintain Dell servers, Windows Server and virtualisation platforms.
• Manage and optimise QNAP NAS storage, including configuration, expansion and data protection.
• Perform server migrations, consolidation and decommissioning activities.

Networking & Security

• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Meraki MX, MS and MR equipment.
• Implement and support VLANs, ACLs, firewall rules and network segmentation.
• Support network changes related to domain migrations, tenant alignment and SaaS repointing.
• Perform racking/unracking, structured cabling, labelling and cable management.
• Manage and support Cisco Meraki infrastructure.
• Assist with legacy infrastructure decommissioning.

Backup & Recovery

• Maintain and optimise Veeam Backup & Replication.
• Support backups for servers, VMs and NAS workloads.
• Perform backup integrity checks and restore testing.
• Adjust backup strategies to support data migration activities.

Data Transfer & Migration

• Plan and execute structured data transfers across servers, NAS devices and cloud platforms.
• Validate data integrity, security and completeness during migrations.
• Work closely with project teams to ensure controlled and low-risk changes.

Mentoring & Knowledge Transfer

• Provide hands-on guidance and support to junior IT staff.
• Share troubleshooting methodologies and infrastructure best practices.
• Provide knowledge transfer for systems and solutions implemented during the engagement.

Operational Support

• Act as a senior escalation point for complex infrastructure issues.
• Work closely with project managers, security teams and vendors.
• Maintain stable infrastructure operations throughout the integration programme., The successful engineer will help stabilise existing systems, execute infrastructure migrations, align networks and provide knowledge transfer to ensure a smooth transition of the IT function.

• Proven experience as an Infrastructure Engineer within multisite or complex IT environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Dell Servers
• Windows Server
• VMware / Hyper-V
• Cisco Meraki
• Veeam Backup & Replication
• QNAP NAS
• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals:
• TCP/IP
• DNS
• DHCP
• Routing
• VLANs
• ACLs
• Firewall & network segmentation
• Demonstrable experience in data transfer, migration or infrastructure consolidation.
• Ability to produce clear technical and architecture-level documentation.
• Experience providing mentoring and knowledge transfer to junior engineers.
• Previous experience with M&A, IT integration or large-scale infrastructure change programmes is highly desirable.
• Experience working with legacy environments transitioning into a new parent organisation is a strong advantage.

Desirable Skills

• Cloud infrastructure experience.
• Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID knowledge.
• Experience with SaaS repointing and tenant alignment.
• Linux administration exposure.

Personal Attributes

• Structured, methodical and calm under pressure.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Delivery-focused with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
• Able to work independently and take ownership of technical outcomes.
• Collaborative and willing to mentor and share knowledge., * Network infrastructure: 5 years (required)
• IT Infrastructure : 5 years (required)

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• What is your notice period if selected ?