Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

Hands-on multi-disciplined technical lead within the IT infrastructure team, supporting the Infrastructure Services Manager and project managers in delivering robust, performant, resilient and recoverable infrastructure platforms, traditional and cloud,as well as supporting the technical development of the internal infrastructure team, determine and maintain best practice and infrastructure standards as well as ensuring all platforms are secure and meet all legislative compliance requirements.Role: Senior Infrastructure EngineerLocation: FormbyWorking hours: Monday to Friday covering hours 08:00 to 17:30, (1 week in 4 early start).Participation in an Out of Hours On-Call rota, (1 week in 4).Salary: £42,000+ Closing Date: 24/10/2022What you will be doing:

• As Senior Infrastructure Engineer you will be an SME for technologies within our infrastructure as well as withing business projects requiring technical guidance and support.
• Excellent communicator able to clearly understand, solve and educate the teams in all technical issues related to your specialisms, have a broad knowledge of infrastructure technologies & best practices.
• Promoting technical excellence within the team ensuring the highest level of technical quality, leading knowledge transfer of new solutions into the team
• Work within the incident response process providing expertise & support to the support team as required.
• Work with the other technical leads, architects, project team and external technical resource to design and document end to end, secure, and scalable, performant Infrastructure solutions driving appropriate best practice and standards.
• Participate in technical evaluation of products within the infrastructure domain and participate in the deployment and implementation of the infrastructure technologies.
• Work with the development, Cloud and DevOps teams to understand development roadmaps and assist in technology choice.
• Participate in the design of best of breed solutions, exploiting industry best practice.
• Contribute to the development of technology roadmaps.
• Work closely with the Infrastructure Services Manager and peers to deliver cost effective solutions in line with the IT strategy & roadmap whilst implementing appropriate control mechanisms.
• Lead capacity planning exercises across infrastructure platforms using load testing plans and tools.
• Be continually aware of enhancements available within the current infrastructure solutions as well as any shifts in technology and enhancements that would benefit the business and be able to converse to the wider teams.
• Review vulnerability and penetration test results, advising, preparing, and performing remediation actions.
• Work with security function, including the Data Protection Officer to ensure polices are maintained and audited, including but not limited to; PCI/DSS, GDPR, CE+ and other standards are adhered to.

What were looking for:

• Minimum 3 years experience in similar Infrastructure role in similar sized organisation, with a minimum of 1 years hands on cloud experience.
• Proven and able to articulate technical hands-on experience with cloud platforms, ideally Azure in both design & support capacity.
• Previous involvement in designing and leading implementation of infrastructure solutions.
• Awareness of DevOps, pipelines, and CI/CD methodology to support infrastructure deployments.
• Experience in a web-enabled, live e-commerce environment with skills to include web site & services implementations, customisation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience of working on multi-tier, high volume, transactional system platforms and an understanding of the challenges and management.
• Experience with use of infrastructure auto-deployment techniques; PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform etc.
• Awareness of web application development techniques and tools, XML, .Net framework, IIS, Apache and CI/CD methodologies.
• Experience of the development of high & low-level designs and documenting technical solutions.
• Working knowledge of ITILv3.
• Think independently, always looking to improve in technology and process areas that can improve our service to the business and customer.
• Uses good judgement in what and how to communicate with internal clients and teams.
• Establishes effective working relationships with internal and external suppliers and customers.

About Acorn InsuranceWe have almost 40 years of experience helping people secure competitive car, taxi, van, motor trade and home insurance, across the UK. As a specialist insurance provider, we offer a wide range of competitive insurance policies that can are tailored to ourcustomers unique insurance needs. In 2020 we were in the Sunday Times top 30 Profit Track companies for private companies with fastest growing profits.Why Acorn InsuranceAcorn want to give you more than a job, we want to give you a purpose and a career. So, what can we offer you as an employer Some of the benefits you will receive include:

• Perk Box Online & High Street vouchers and discounts
• Free monthly Caf Nero Coffee
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye test vouchers and a contribution towards the frames
• Service-related holiday entitlement capped at 32 days (including bank holidays)
• Clearly defined progression paths with training and support
• National vocational qualifications
• Free self-development & qualifications via Magpie Learning
• A comprehensive Mental Health support network including:
• 4 Free Counselling Sessions
• Access to a free 4-week programme of CBT with a trained Therapist Mentor
• Unlimited access to a telephone councillor 365 days a year, 24/7
• A UK wide network of Mental Health First Aiders
• Free Hot Drinks on Site
• Dress Down Days
• Regular employee engagement including ongoing competitions with prizes from fantastic places like Hotel Chocolat, HelloFresh, and Love to Shop Vouchers
• Company Pension Scheme
• Charity fundraising events

All roles are subject to DBS and Financial checks, any offer made will be conditional until checks are completed to satisfactory standard.

Keyskills :
Cloud ComputingInformation SystemsInfrastructureInsuranceWindows Azure