Description
Infrastructure Designer - Contract (Inside) - West London - £450 - £550 per day - DV Cleared
Key Responsibilities:
- The Infrastructure Designer will be responsible for the investigation, resolution and closure of Tier 1, 2 and 3 technical hardware and software issues pertaining to newly implemented and integrated systems.
- Providing implementation and integration for the:
- Infrastructure components, ie the Servers (both physical and virtual), workstations (both physical and virtual), storage and networks (both physical and virtual).
- Integration of software applications.
- Management of the security requirements through Active Directory policies, security software and writing System Operating Instructions.
- Implement the physical detailed design by building Servers, Windows workstations, configuring storage, network Switches, installing applications.
- Maintaining Systems Lock downs of the system using GAP and SCM generated Active Directory GPOs.
- Preparing and executing test scripts for the physical and virtual hardware.
- Analyse and resolve system hardware defects.
Essential Skills/Experience:
- Knowledge of the whole engineering life cycle, preferably with experience on large complex secure systems.
- A knowledge and understanding of ITIL functions, principles and processes.
- Proven track record in the implementation and maintenance of complex IT systems.
- Recent practical experience of successfully integrating complex products.
- Knowledge of the integration of computer hardware including networking in a secure environment.
- Experience of the installation and configuration of Windows server software and Windows workstations.
- Expertise in the integration and configuration of software to meet defined system requirements. eg Sophos, LogRhythmn, Lumension Device Control, What's Up, MS Office, ESRI ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, BAE SOCET SET, Photoshop, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.
- Knowledge of using Active Directory and Group Policy Objects to define security requirements.
- Strong Windows system administration experience, covering Windows 7, 10 and Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019.
- Horizon 7 with VDI experience.
- VMware virtualisation experience
- Strong Scripting capabilities using Powershell and/or VB
- Willingness to work out of hours on occasion.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Microsoft certification.
- Experience of Ansible
- Knowledge of or experience in DevOps.
- CISCO Certification.
- VMware Certification.
- VMware NSX-T experience.
- A working knowledge of government IT Security environments and requirements including MoD JSPs (440 and 480), Safety and ILS practices and policies.
- Knowledge/experience of GIS and image processing application software.
- Knowledge of using Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 2.5 and GAP.
- Knowledge and experience in planning, designing and implementing system transition to include writing scripts and instructions, sequencing tasks, rehearsing and validating plans.
- Data Migration experience.
Please note that the client has determined that the off-payroll working rules will apply to this assignment and income tax and national insurance contributions will be deducted for any payments made. This contract will be run through an Umbrella company.
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You will be required to hold a minimum of DV Cleared. If you do not hold an active DV Cleared please familiarise yourself with the vetting process before applying.
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