Summary: The role of Senior Infrastructure Engineer involves joining a global consultancy for a significant Defence project in Corsham. The position requires expertise in various technologies, including SDN, VMware, and Linux, with a focus on 3rd line support. Applicants must hold an active DV clearance or be willing to undergo the process. The contract is for an initial duration of 12 months with a competitive day rate.

Key Responsibilities:

• SDN defined data centre networking design, deploy, troubleshoot and manage to a 3rd line level.
• VMware NSX-T virtualised networking specifically end to end integration with SDN physical network Next Gen Firewall and boundary Firewall IDS/IPS design, deploy, troubleshoot and manage to a 3rd line level.
• Linux operating system (Ubuntu preferred) design, deploy, troubleshoot and manage to a 3rd line level.
• Windows OS, Active Directory and windows centric core services (WSUS, SCCM, etc) design, deploy, troubleshoot and manage to a 3rd line level.
• Data protection/management - VMware and guest OS and App integration.
• Security best practices, system and OS level security hardening (CISCAT benchmarking etc) using security vulnerability scanning tools such as Nessus.
• Creation of operating procedures and knowledge articles/process.
• Creation and on-going updates to detailed system design and configuration documentation.
• Involvement in the on-boarding and service transition of tenants into to a new hosting capability.
• Provide technical support, incident and request response in a live environment (predominantly 3rd line support).

Key Skills:

• Experience of digital project delivery into the MOD and/or central UK Government clients.
• Exposure to highly secure/operational/mission critical environments.
• Must have operational experience in a production setting with Vmware Cloud Foundation Core: vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, vSAN and NSX-T.
• Ideally some operational experience in a production setting with Vmware Cloud Foundation operations: Aria Automation, VMware Aria Operations, VMware Aria Operations for Logs, VMware Skyline.
• Linux (Ubuntu preferred) and Windows OS, Active Directory and windows centric core services experience.
• Cloud Readiness and Application Modernisation experience.
• Hyper converged infrastructure experience - ideally Dell vXrail.
• Security best practices, system and OS level security hardening (CISCAT benchmarking etc) security vulnerability scanning tools such as Nessus.
• Desirable knowledge: k8/container/Tanzu Kubernetes grid exposure/experience.

Salary (Rate): £485

City: Corsham

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT