Infrastructure Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with strong expertise in Fortinet / FortiGate firewalls and VMware vCenter to join a dynamic IT infrastructure team.

You will play a key role in maintaining, securing, and optimising the organisation's network and virtual infrastructure environment, ensuring high availability, performance, and resilience across business-critical systems.

This role offers a mix of BAU support and project-based work, including infrastructure upgrades, security enhancements, and virtualisation improvements.

• Design, implement, and support Fortinet / FortiGate firewalls and security appliances
• Manage firewall policies, VPNs (IPSec/SSL), NAT, VLANs, and routing protocols
• Administer and maintain VMware vCenter and ESXi environments, including VM provisioning and host management
• Monitor and optimise virtual infrastructure performance and capacity
• Support network infrastructure including switching, routing, WAN/LAN, and SD-WAN
• Implement security best practices across network and virtual environments
• Provide 2nd/3rd line support for infrastructure and network incidents
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability configurations
• Maintain infrastructure documentation, diagrams, and configuration standards
• Contribute to infrastructure transformation and cloud integration initiatives

• Proven experience in an Infrastructure or Network Engineer role
• Strong hands-on experience with Fortinet / FortiGate firewalls
• Solid experience administering VMware vCenter and ESXi hosts
• Strong understanding of network security principles and firewall management
• Experience with Windows Server and Active Directory
• Knowledge of virtual networking within VMware environments
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills

• Fortinet certifications (e.g., NSE 4 or above)
• VMware certifications (e.g., VCP)
• Experience with hybrid cloud environments (Azure, AWS)
• Experience with backup solutions (e.g., Veeam)
• Automation or scripting experience (PowerShell, Python)
• Experience with monitoring or SIEM tools