Description
We are currently hiring a Senior Infrastructure Specialist to support our Insurance Services provider client on an initial 6 months contract assignment. The role can be carried out fully remote or hybrid at one of their York/Colchester offices.
Role: Senior Infrastructure Specialist - Compute
Tribe/Technology: Compute
Location: York/Colchester/Flexible/Hybrid/Remote
Key Responsibilities
Virtualisation products and services - VMWare
Enterprise storage arrays and fibre channel SANs; such as Pure Storage and Brocade
Blade technologies and highly converged datacentre environments
Windows and Linux operations systems (including troubleshooting and performance tuning)
Deployment tools; such as Terraform and Puppet
Scripting tools; such as PowerShell
Cloud infrastructures; such as Microsoft Azure
Contribute to the development and implementation of the infrastructure platform strategy.
Monitor and assess emerging technologies to evaluate the potential impacts, threats and opportunities to the organisation and share knowledge and insights.
Actively maintain knowledge in one or more specialisms and provide detailed and specific advice regarding the application of the specialism(s).
Produce and own system and infrastructure designs, policies and documentation.
Provide reports and proposals for improvements to colleagues and stakeholders.
Provide advice and guidance to support the adoption of methods and tools.
Drive IT Services in the migration towards a code centric model for managing infrastructure.
Drive the adoption of Agile values, principles and practices within IT Services.
Actively contribute to the development of other team members.
Act as a Technical Lead and primary technical contact for key technical areas, coordinating with stakeholders and technical colleagues as required.
Contribute to the planning, design and delivery of IT projects.
Configure tools to automate the provisioning, testing and deployment of infrastructure.