Infrastructure Engineer SSEGJP00003515.
2 days ago
Glasgow
\n Infrastructure Engineer| 6 Month Contract | (Inside IR35) | Hybrid, Glasgow, Reading, Pinner| Starting ASAP \n \n Day Rate: 700 \n \n About the Role: \n Harvey Nash's utilities sector client is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to support a significant infrastructure insourcing programme, with an initial focus on discovery and documentation of the existing infrastructure estate, followed by hands-on support across Business As Usual (BAU) operations and project delivery. \n The role will cover a broad set of infrastructure technologies including Windows and Linux platforms, virtualisation, monitoring, end user services, and security tooling. The successful candidate will play a key role in capturing knowledge from incumbent suppliers, supporting the transition to an in-house operating model, and contributing to the ongoing stability, security, and evolution of the platform estate. \n This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong technical breadth, a proactive approach to problem solving, and the ability to operate across multiple technologies within a complex enterprise environment. \n Key Responsibilities: \n \n • Support the infrastructure insourcing programme, including discovery, analysis, and documentation of the existing infrastructure estate across on premises and cloud environments.\n, • Produce and maintain high quality technical documentation, including system configurations, process documentation, support runbooks, and architectural diagrams.\n, • Provide hands on engineering support for BAU operations, including incident resolution, service requests, and operational improvements across supported platforms.\n, • Deliver infrastructure related changes and project work, ensuring adherence to change management processes, security standards, and architectural principles.\n, • Support and maintain core infrastructure services including Windows, Linux, Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.\n, • Administer and support virtualisation platforms such as VMware and/or HyperV.\n, • Support end user and application delivery platforms such as Citrix and SCCM.\n, • Manage and support infrastructure monitoring tooling (e.g. SCOM, SolarWinds, Splunk or similar), ensuring effective alerting, visibility, and operational insight.\n, • Support backup and recovery platforms (e.g. Rubrik and/or NetBackup), ensuring data protection and recoverability requirements are met.\n, • Collaborate with network, security, and application teams to support wider infrastructure and service delivery initiatives.\n, • Support security compliance and audit activities, including evidencing controls and supporting remediation activities where required.\n, • Work closely with third parties and incumbent suppliers during transition activities to ensure effective knowledge transfer.\n, • Identify, recommend, and implement service improvements to enhance the stability, security, and efficiency of the infrastructure estate.\n, • Assist with platform upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management activities across infrastructure components.\n, • Contribute to the continuous improvement of infrastructure processes, tooling, and standards.\n \n \n Essential Skills & Experience: \n \n • Proven experience working as an Infrastructure Engineer within a complex enterprise environment.\n, • Strong experience across Windows and/or Linux server environments.\n, • Experience supporting core infrastructure services such as Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.\n, • Experience with virtualisation platforms (VMware and/or HyperV).\n, • Experience supporting infrastructure monitoring tools (e.g. SCOM, SolarWinds, Splunk or similar).\n, • Experience with backup and recovery solutions (e.g. Rubrik and/or NetBackup).\n, • Experience supporting infrastructure services across both BAU and project based delivery.\n, • Good scripting ability (e.g. PowerShell, Bash, or similar) to support automation and operational efficiency.\n, • Good understanding of infrastructure security principles and interaction with security tooling.\n, • Good understanding of database platforms and their infrastructure dependencies.\n, • Strong documentation skills, with experience capturing as is environments and producing clear, structured technical documentation.\n, • Ability to work effectively during transition and change programmes, including engagement with third party suppliers.\n, • Excellent problem solving, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.\n, • Experience with Citrix environments, CyberArk (or similar privileged access management tooling), and SCCM or equivalent endpoint management platforms would be advantageous.\n, • Experience working within large, regulated, or critical national infrastructure environments is beneficial.\n, • Experience supporting hybrid on premises and cloud based environments is beneficial.\n, • Familiarity with IT service management processes and formal change control frameworks is desirable.\n \n \n \n Desirable Qualifications \n \n • Ideally, candidates will already hold Security Check (SC) clearance.\n, • Candidates without existing SC clearance must be eligible and willing to undergo SC clearance, with SSE sponsoring the process.\n \n