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Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Posted: 15/07/26
Recruiter:IMT Resourcing Solutions
Reference:3139526449
Type:Permanent
Disciplines: Network Engineer
Salary:£55,000 - £65,000 Annual
Location:Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Description: Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Gloucester (Hybrid Working)
Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 + Excellent Benefits

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer to play a key role in supporting, developing and enhancing their global IT infrastructure. This is a senior technical position, ideal for someone who enjoys remaining hands-on whilst taking ownership of enterprise infrastructure projects, driving technical improvements and acting as a senior escalation point across the IT function.

Working within a collaborative IT team, you'll help ensure business-critical systems remain secure, resilient and highly available while contributing to the future direction of the organisation's infrastructure.

What you'll be doing
  • Designing, implementing and maintaining secure, scalable IT infrastructure across multiple sites.
  • Supporting enterprise networking, virtualisation, server infrastructure and Microsoft Azure cloud services.
  • Leading the technical delivery of infrastructure projects, including upgrades, migrations and new technology implementations.
  • Acting as the senior technical escalation point for complex infrastructure issues and major incidents.
  • Performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term improvements to increase resilience and performance.
  • Supporting disaster recovery planning, business continuity testing and infrastructure resilience initiatives.
  • Working closely with internal stakeholders to understand technical requirements and deliver robust infrastructure solutions.
  • Collaborating with third-party vendors and service providers to support infrastructure services and project delivery.
  • Ensuring infrastructure complies with security best practice and standards including ISO 27001, GDPR and Cyber Essentials.
  • Identifying opportunities to modernise infrastructure through automation, cloud adoption and emerging technologies.

What we're looking for
  • Significant experience in senior infrastructure engineering or technical infrastructure roles.
  • Strong expertise across Microsoft infrastructure, networking, virtualisation and enterprise systems administration.
  • Proven experience with Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Experience supporting VMware environments.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise networking, storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions.
  • Experience delivering infrastructure projects from design through to implementation.
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve complex technical issues.
  • Knowledge of infrastructure security, patch management and vulnerability remediation.
  • Familiarity with ITIL processes and change management principles would be beneficial.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
Desirable Certifications
  • Microsoft Azure certifications (Azure Administrator or equivalent)
  • VMware certifications
  • CompTIA Security+
  • ITIL Foundation or equivalent

Why join?
This is an opportunity to join a growing organisation where technology plays a critical role in supporting global operations. You'll have the chance to work on modern infrastructure technologies, contribute to large-scale technical projects and help shape future infrastructure improvements while remaining hands-on in a senior engineering capacity.

Benefits
  • Salary of £55,000 - £65,000
  • Enhanced pension contribution
  • 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
  • Hybrid working
  • Free on-site parking

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