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# Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** Kinetech
- **Location:** Basildon, UK
- **Salary:** £55,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Azure, Data Recovery, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Domain Name System (DNS), Failover, Failover Clustering, Hyper-V, Internet Small Computer System Interface (ISCSI), Network Security, Windows Servers, Virtual Local Area Networks, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocols, Computer Network Technologies, Fibre Channel, Firewalls (Computer Science), Data Management, Cloud Migration, Terraform, Network Server
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/infrastructure-engineer/kinetech-recruitment-job108238285

## About the Role

Essential:

 * Proven Hyper-V, Windows Server (2012-2022), servers & storage experience
 * Strong AD/DNS/DHCP/failover clustering knowledge
 * Rubrik backup experience preferred
 * Firewall and core networking fundamentals (VLAN, CIDR, VRRP, etc.)
 * Great documentation skills and change control/CAB experience
 * Confident communicator, able to manage priorities and own delivery

Desirable:

 * Azure admin experience or clear desire to upskill into cloud
 * Tenant-to-tenant / acquisition integration experience
 * Terraform/IaC exposure
 * Relevant certs (CCNA/MCSA/AZ-series)

## Description

With a major on-prem to cloud transformation planned for 2027, this a great opportunity for someone with strong on-prem skills to upskill into Azure and cloud delivery over time. You'll still need solid on-prem capability in the interim, and some on-prem services will remain post-migration. The current set-up is c.70% on-prem, with expectations that this will change significantly in the coming year.

Key focus

 * Hyper-V virtualisation (clusters/failover, estate improvement)
 * Rubrik backup & recovery (highly desirable)
 * Windows servers + enterprise storage (SAN/NAS, iSCSI/Fibre Channel)
 * Firewall / network security hands-on experience
 * Acquisition migrations - tenant/user/workload integrations into a core environment
 * Exposure to, or ambition for, cloud transformation (Azure)

What you'll do

 * Design, deploy and support Windows on-prem, Hyper-V and Azure infrastructure
 * Own patching, performance, capacity and lifecycle management
 * Implement security controls and support compliance
 * Lead infrastructure projects end-to-end
 * Act as senior escalation for complex incidents
 * Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation
 * Contribute to the 2026 cloud migration and automation improvements (Terraform)