Job Title: Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud and Server)
Salary: £46,464 - £50,512 with an additional payment for working an On-Call rota
Hours: 36.25 hours per week (Monday – Friday).
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid Remote\Office. Primary office location - Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters
146 Bolton Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8US with occasional travel to GMCA Tootal Building, 56 Oxford St, Manchester M1 6EU.
Closing date: 16th April @ 23:59
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Your role:
Greater Manchester Combined Authority are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud and Server) to work within the Digital Services team. The successful candidate will:
· Proactively support the provision and development of an Information and Communications Technology service to meet the needs of the organisation now and in the future.
· Support the delivery of the blueprint for the future development of the technical landscape,
· Focus on the use of server and cloud technologies as an enabler to deliver organisational outcomes, also supporting the delivery of third line support services.
About you:
You will have:
· A minimum of 5 years working in IT infrastructure or an equivalent role
· Been educated to degree level in a relevant subject or significant demonstrable experience
· Evidence of continuous professional development
· Relevant professional qualification, membership of a relevant professional body.
· Experience in all aspects of designing, planning, implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting a complex on-prem and cloud infrastructure environment.
· Proven experience designing and supporting cloud-based infrastructure solutions.
· Proven experience acting as the technical lead on large and technically complex projects.
· Experience deploying large complex infrastructure solutions, in the cloud or on-prem.
· In-depth understanding of security in relation to on-prem or cloud deployments.
· Thorough and up to date knowledge of IT security best practices, for example interpretation of National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) guidance, Microsoft security best practice, etc.
· A general understanding of networking and DMZ networking, including within Azure.
You will also have advanced knowledge and demonstratable experience across a wide range of technologies, as listed in the role profile, including:
o Azure, AD DS, AD FS
o Microsoft Entra ID and Conditional Access
o Group policy, DNS and DHCP
o RADIUS, WAP
o PKI and certificate infrastructure
o Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, AOVPN
o Windows Server 2016 and above
o Monitoring (SolarWinds)
o Backup technologies (Rubrik)
o Dell, VMware and NetApp data centre technologies
About us:
The Digital Services team manage and support the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s ICT architecture.
We:
- Lead the Digital, Data and Technology function and strategy for GMCA
- Set and enforce standards for digital services including considerations of data security
- Help the business to choose the right solution and technology, keeping the context of partnership in mind
- Provide guidance and advice for consistent, coherent, high quality digital services
- Support North West Fire Control who provide a service to GMFRS as well as Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria
We employ around 40 staff, mostly based remote or in Fire and Rescue Services HQ, 146 Bolton Road in Swinton. We also support the GMCA HQ at Churchgate house, Oxford Street, Manchester and 47 Fire stations, Training Centres and Data Centres across greater Manchester.
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); waste; environment; work and skills; research; public sector reform; police, crime and criminal justice; homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
The role will involve working an out of hours, On-Call rota which includes an additional payment of around £4000 per year.
The authority also offers a ‘Flexible working scheme’, more details of this can be provided.
The Fire Service Headquarters also includes an on-site gym.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
The GMCA is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation
To find out more about working for us please click here https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
Employees on the redeployment register will be given priority for any vacancies in the first instance. If employees are identified as a match from the register then the vacancy may be withdrawn or put on hold pending an outcome.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact:
Ben Lancaster ( lancasterb@manchesterfire.gov.uk )
Paul Wilkinson ( paul.wilkinson@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk )
BASIC DBS
The role holder will be subject to a Basic level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service.
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