SC Cleared Wintel Engineer

The successful candidate will provide hands-on engineering expertise across the full infrastructure lifecycle, supporting the design, build, integration, testing, and operational support of Windows-based platforms. This role is ideally suited to a motivated infrastructure specialist with strong Microsoft technology experience and a passion for delivering resilient, secure, and scalable enterprise solutions.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary technical team, you will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing core platform services that underpin mission-critical operations., As a WINTEL Engineer, you will:

• Install, configure, maintain, and support Windows Server environments across enterprise-scale platforms.

• Deploy and administer Microsoft enterprise services, including:

• Active Directory
• Group Policy
• Exchange
• SQL Server
• WSUS
• PKI
• Skype for Business
• DNS and DHCP

Support Windows-based workloads within highly virtualised infrastructure environments.

Perform system administration activities including patching, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery processes.

Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure incidents, problems, and technical issues across multiple services.

Support integration, testing, commissioning, and acceptance activities for new and existing systems.

Produce and maintain technical documentation including:

• Low-Level Designs (LLDs)
• Build Guides
• Runbooks
• Operational Procedures

Work closely with Service Management teams to investigate and resolve incidents and service requests.

Contribute to service improvement initiatives, automation opportunities, and platform standardisation.

Ensure all engineering activities are delivered in accordance with programme timelines, security policies, and quality standards.

• Strong experience supporting and administering Windows Server environments (2012 R2, 2016 and later).
• Proven expertise deploying and managing Active Directory within enterprise and secure environments.

• Hands-on experience supporting Microsoft infrastructure technologies, including:

• PKI
• DNS
• DHCP
• Exchange
• SQL Server
• WSUS

Experience operating within virtualised infrastructure environments.

Strong knowledge of system administration, including:

• Patching
• Backup and Restore
• Performance Monitoring
• Availability Management

Experience using PowerShell for administration and automation tasks.

Ability to create and maintain detailed technical documentation.

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a methodical approach to problem-solving.

Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Experience working on complex technical programmes within large delivery teams.

Good understanding of ITIL Service Management principles.

Must hold, or be eligible to obtain, SC Clearance., * Experience working within Defence, National Security, Government, or other highly regulated environments.

• Knowledge and experience of VMware virtualisation technologies.

• Experience with infrastructure monitoring and management tools such as:

• SCCM
• SCOM
• SolarWinds
• Similar enterprise tooling

Understanding of networking fundamentals and Cisco technologies.

Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

Familiarity with Atlassian tools, including:

• JIRA
• Confluence

Industry certifications such as:

• MCSE
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA)
• ITIL Foundation
• Other relevant Microsoft infrastructure certifications