Junior Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities

• Assist with the day-to-day administration and monitoring of customer virtual infrastructure and private cloud environments.
• Support the administration of IaaS backup services, including monitoring backup jobs, investigating failures and assisting with restore requests and media management where required.
• Act as an initial point of contact for requests escalated to the infrastructure team, helping to diagnose issues, document work completed and escalate appropriately.
• Assist with planned maintenance and upgrades across VMware, storage, backup and networking platforms, ensuring all work follows approved change controls and implementation plans.
• Review infrastructure alerts and maintain accurate technical documentation, support records, knowledge articles and operating procedures.
• Maintain up-to-date infrastructure asset, warranty and maintenance renewal information.
• Provide support for infrastructure projects, migrations, deployments and service improvement initiatives under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Attend data centres or customer sites when required to carry out approved installation, maintenance or troubleshooting tasks.
• Develop technical knowledge through structured learning, mentoring, practical experience and relevant vendor certifications.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across infrastructure, cloud, service desk, networking, security and project teams.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders, ensuring they are kept informed of progress.
• Identify and raise risks, recurring issues and service improvement opportunities with senior engineers.
• Qualifications and Experience
• Foundational knowledge of IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, IP addressing, TCP/IP and networking principles.
• Practical exposure to VMware virtualisation; relevant training or progress toward a VMware certification would be desirable.
• Knowledge of Veeam backup and recovery solutions, with exposure to Cloud Connect considered an advantage.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server and familiarity with Linux operating systems.
• Awareness of firewall technologies and configuration; experience with Fortinet or FortiGate is desirable.
• Basic PowerShell scripting skills, or a strong willingness to develop automation capability.
• Previous experience in an IT support, service desk, infrastructure or technical lab environment would be beneficial.
• Strong troubleshooting ability, attention to detail and the ability to follow documented processes and change controls.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging professionally by email, phone and in person.
• A proactive, organised and customer-focused approach, with a can-do attitude and commitment to accurate delivery.
• Willingness to travel to data centres or customer sites when required.
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