(Infrastructure Specialist - c510 inside IR35 - hybrid Manchester - 3months initially, possible extension)

Our client is looking for an IT Infrastructure Specialists to join the IT Infrastructure team that is responsible for managing the high availability of the IT infrastructure and associated operational services in line with the agreed Service Level Targets.

The role will be mainly remote with visits to Manchester office as when required

Core Infrastructure primarily covers Office365, Active Directory, on premise windows Servers, Virtualisation (VMware and Azure) and data storage.

IT Infrastructure Specialists will be working alongside the infrastructure team supporting the existing infrastructure, optimising the existing solutions and processes; and supporting and developing cyber capabilities

Skills and Experience

Essential skills and experience required.*

?Microsoft Certified

'significant and demonstrable expertise with PowerShell and Scripting.

'significant expertise and knowledge of Windows Server and Microsoft Active Directory platform.

?In-depth working knowledge of Microsoft platforms with a focus on Intune, Microsoft Exchange Online, Office 365 support technologies, and Azure Active Directory.

'strong experience configuring anti-malware, intrusion detection, Firewalls and vulnerability scanning systems and network security.

?Extensive experience and working knowledge with Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service platform and hybrid infrastructure; including planning, configuration, optimisation and deployment

?Extensive experience of patching, monitoring and infrastructure change management of business continuity.

Additional desirable skills and experience*

?Experience with SQL Server and always on availability groups.

?Experience configuring office telecommunications

'strong and demonstrable VMWare vSphere skills with a proven track record working with a large, complex infrastructure environment

?Microsoft Azure certification

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