<!-- Introduction --><div class="feature-text"><h2>About the job</h2><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">Are you an experienced <strong style="font-weight:700;">Infrastructure Engineer</strong> looking for a role where your expertise really makes an impact?&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">This is your chance to join a team that values innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. You’ll play a key part in designing, implementing, and maintaining the systems that keep our business running smoothly – from servers and networks to cloud resources and storage solutions.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">This role is all about ensuring stability, security, and scalability across our IT infrastructure. You’ll bring your knowledge of Microsoft Server, virtualisation technologies, and Azure cloud services to help shape our strategy and support day-to-day operations.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You’ll be part of a supportive team that values continuous improvement and professional growth. We offer hybrid working (typically 2–3 days a week at our Support Centre near Junction 41, Wakefield), plus opportunities to develop your skills and work on exciting projects that make a real difference.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><strong style="font-weight:700;">What you'll be doing:</strong></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">In this role, you’ll design, deploy, and manage Microsoft Server environments, including Active Directory, Exchange, Microsoft 365, MFA, SSO, VPN, and SQL databases. Building and maintaining virtualisation solutions using technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, or similar platforms will be a key part of your responsibilities. You’ll also take ownership of developing and managing cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure to ensure scalability and security.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">Monitoring and optimising system performance is essential to keep our infrastructure highly available and reliable. Alongside this, you’ll configure networking elements such as VPN, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, and security protocols. Collaboration matters too, so expect to work closely with IT and business teams to plan and document infrastructure activities.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">When issues arise, you’ll troubleshoot complex technical incidents and provide support to other IT teams. Finally, you’ll implement security best practices, including patch management and access controls, to safeguard our systems and data.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><strong style="font-weight:700;">What we're looking for:</strong></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;"><li style="font-size:inherit;">Solid technical expertise across network protocols, virtualisation, SQL databases, and server administration (Windows and Linux).</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Practical experience with Azure cloud services, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and containerisation tools such as Docker or Kubernetes.</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Strong knowledge of storage systems, backup technologies, disaster recovery planning, and scripting languages like PowerShell, Bash, or Python.</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to stay calm under pressure, plus clear communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.</li></ul><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p></div><!-- Apply Button --><a href="https://careers.cfjobs.co.uk/members/?j=30348&amp;lang=en&amp;" class="btn btn-apply apply_bottom">Apply<i class="fas fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>