Senior Infrastructure Engineer bei EP UK Investments Ltd
EP UK Investments Ltd · Leeds, Vereinigtes Königreich · Hybrid
- Senior
- Optionales Büro in Leeds
EPUKI are recruiting for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer based at our EPUKI Leeds office.
The Senior Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining robust IT infrastructure solutions across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments. This role bridges traditional infrastructure management with modern cloud technologies, ensuring seamless integration between legacy systems and cloud-native solutions. The position requires managing complex environments while maintaining high availability, security, and performance standards across all infrastructure components.
The role encompasses both strategic infrastructure planning and hands-on technical delivery, requiring collaboration with diverse stakeholders to align infrastructure capabilities with business objectives. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the organisation's IT modernisation initiative, facilitating the transition from a traditional environment to a hybrid model. This includes managing cost, ensuring regulatory compliance, and optimising processes.
This is a hybrid-working role, with the expectation to be present at the office for a minimum of two days per week.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and maintain hybrid infrastructure solutions, integrating on-premises VMware environments with cloud services, while ensuring alignment with business goals and security standards.
- Administer VMware and Windows Server environments, managing virtualisation, lifecycle, capacity planning, and supporting legacy server platforms.
- Implement and manage Azure cloud services, including compute, storage, networking, security, and hybrid connectivity (e.g., VPN, Azure Arc).
- Utilise Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as ARM templates, Terraform, and Azure DevOps for consistent and automated deployments.
- Ensure operational excellence through proactive monitoring, patching, performance optimisation, and capacity planning across hybrid environments.
- Automate infrastructure tasks and system processes using scripting languages like PowerShell and Python to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Lead and support infrastructure-related projects, collaborating with stakeholders, managing timelines, and providing technical expertise and mentorship.
- Respond to and resolve incidents, performing root cause analysis and implementing preventative measures to ensure system stability and resilience.
- Join the emergency out-of-hours team to cover high-priority incidents on a rotating one-in-seven basis.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Background
- Substantial experience in infrastructure engineering roles with increasing levels of responsibility (essential).
- Proven track record of managing complex infrastructure projects from conception to delivery (essential).
- Experience working in fast-paced environments with multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities (essential).
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and matrix organisational structures (essential).
Behaviours
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail.
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with emerging technologies.
- Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to remain effective under pressure, embrace change, and quickly adjust to shifting priorities and technologies.
- Proactive and flexible team player, capable of managing multiple tasks, taking initiative, and contributing to continuous improvement across diverse projects.
- Availability for occasional out-of-hours work for maintenance windows and incident response.
Qualifications
- Relevant degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience (essential).
- Microsoft Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305, or equivalent) (highly desirable).
- VMware certifications (VCP, VCAP, or equivalent) (desirable).
- Microsoft Windows Server certifications (desirable).
- ITIL Foundation or equivalent service management framework knowledge (desirable).
