Our client is a well-establish automotive business, looking for a IT Infrastructure Specialist to join their Slough based team on the permanent basis.

In this role, you will be a part of a highly motivated and service-focussed Infrastructure Team, responsible for provision of IT infrastructure services and working closely with the third party infrastructure suppliers.

• Responsibilities include:

• Contribute to the IT strategy, architectural direction and infrastructure roadmaps

• Provide second line support for infrastructure related incidents

• Build and maintain excellent operational relationships with 3rd party IT suppliers

• Help IT team to identify and resolve any underlying problems

• Ensure efficient and effective systems monitoring, server performance, applications availability and

• applications performance

• IT security analysis and protection, including regular penetration testing, web security management and patch updates across the estate

• Oversee any batch/scheduled jobs, automating these where possible and ensuring these complete successfully with appropriate processes

• Provide server performance monitoring, backup and point-in-time restore, and infrastructure trouble-shooting

• Work with the IT Management to create and update environments in support of application changes.

• Support the IT team in defining, implementing and continuously improving ITIL processes.

Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of practical working knowledge of IT infrastructure and operations, as well as experience of server, network and database management

• ITIL Foundation qualified

• Microsoft Windows operating systems installation and configuration

• Good understanding of relational databases, including Microsoft SQL Server, SQL scripting and stored procedures.

• Understanding of the OSI network model, Ethernet, and TCP/IP

• Basic understanding of network topologies and technologies including firewall, proxy/reverse proxy, security services

• Web technologies including html, XML, IIS, Jboss, Java

• Scripting using Powershell.

• Virtualisation technologies including VMWare

E: aneta.kawlinajtis@wademacdonald.com

Applications are encouraged from all candidates meeting or exceeding the minimum criteria for the role regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion or ethnicity.