Senior Wintel Engineer

*SC CLEARED*
Senior Wintel Engineer
6 Month contract initially + Extensions
Based: Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria
Market Rates via Umbrella

We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Wintel Engineer on a long term program of work.

Key Responsibilities:
* The Wintel Team will implement changes to configuration items in accordance with the agreed change records.
* Details of the change will be recorded in the change management system.

Incident Resolution
* The Wintel Team will investigate, diagnose and restore the affected service as notified by tickets raised through incident handling of Priority P1 and P2 and escalated P3/P4 in accordance with service levels.

Key Skills & Experiences:
* Understanding CI/CD Principles
* Experience of developing infrastructure as Code solutions
* Experience of Linux based platforms
* Experience of Hardware support
* Experience of Puppet, Chef or Ansible
* Experience of OEM
* Experience of working to Agile principles
* Knowledge or Experience of the following technologies
* Database
* Containerisation
* Virtualisation
* Cloud Platforms
* Security Tooling
* Network {SNMP}
* Network {TCIP}
* VMware, vSphere, vCenter,
* Windows Scripting, PowerShell
* Windows Server 2008/2012/2016
* Active Directory
* Network troubleshooting/configuration
* MCSE certification or similar would be desirable
* Access Control Management
* AD Management
* DHCP Management
* Configuration Administration
* Emergency and Critical OS Patch Management
* O/S Maintenance & Break Fix Support
* Print Queue Management
* User Administration
* Hardware Firmware and Driver Updates
* Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Management
* Operating System Backup and Recovery

This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible.

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

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