Technical Wintel Engineer Contract

Technical Wintel Engineer

£428 per day inside IR35
Remote

The Wintel Engineer is responsible for maintaining and supporting the organization’s Windows and Intel-based systems. This includes installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Windows servers, desktop systems, and related infrastructure.

The Wintel Engineer will work closely with other IT teams to ensure the smooth operation of the organization’s IT systems.

Join a business whose strengths lies in valuing differences, encouraging input from all perspectives and uniting teams around common goals. Creating a genuine sense of care for each other and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging.

Job Description

• Design, implement and maintain operational performance of all Windows Server 2003 to 2022, VMware ESXi and Hyper V servers in order to meet contractual service levels and agreed Project time frames.
• Design and implement technical infrastructure in cloud and private cloud computing services such as VMware, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Design and implement technical infrastructure components such as Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DFS, VMware vCenter and Windows PKI, among others.
• Contribute innovative ideas, technologies, scripts and initiatives to deliver a next-generation, automated IT infrastructure support operation.
• Work as part of a multiskilled team and Project Management delivering Cloud and Platform Projects.
• Experience of remediating vulnerabilities in various core Wintel technologies (Windows OS and related ancillary features, VMWare etc)

Education and Experience required:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience. 

Essential Knowledge and Skills Required:
• Windows Server 2003 to 2022
• Active Directory
• Microsoft Azure
• AWS
• DNS
• DHCP
• Group Policy
• Windows PKI
• DFS
• VMware vSphere (various versions)
• Veritas Clustering
• Microsoft Clustering
• Citrix Xenapp

Desirable skills and knowledge/certifications
• Any Microsoft / Citrix / VMWare certification
• Wider understanding of client or midrange OSes, networking and security
• Powershell scripting
• McAfee ePO
• Hyper V
• HP BladeSystem, or similar blade servers / blade chassis and interconnect technologies
• HP Cloud Service Automation, or similar self-service cloud management technology
• HP Server Automation, or similar system configuration / software deployment technology
• Symantec Datacentre Security, or similar security policy enforcement product
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