Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Microsoft) in Salford

It owns technical design and delivery for medium-sized infrastructure changes and projects, understands dependencies between systems and workstreams, guides Infrastructure Engineers, and ensures work is delivered in line with agreed standards, controls and security expectations. The role balances hands-on delivery with planning, technical leadership, stakeholder communication, operational support, documentation, risk awareness and security-focused best practice. The role supports the reliability, security, scalability and maintainability of AJ Bell’s infrastructure services, while supporting and enabling the business to achieve its regulatory requirements, including Consumer Duty. Strong experience in an Infrastructure Engineer or similar technical role, preferably gained in a Financial Services, regulated or business-critical technology environment. Ability to own technical design and delivery for medium-sized infrastructure changes or projects. Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and support timely incident and problem resolution. Experience producing technical documentation, implementation plans, support handover material and standards documentation. Microsoft Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux server configuration and management. Monitoring and observability tooling such as SolarWinds, Opsgenie, Grafana, Prometheus or equivalent. Storage, backup and disaster recovery technologies, including SAN/NAS, replication, snapshotting and recovery testing concepts. Cisco networking technologies, Cisco ISE and Catalyst Centre or equivalent demonstrable networking experience. Infrastructure performance and capacity monitoring, planning and remediation. AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, container platform concepts and cloud-based infrastructure patterns desirable. ITIL service management and PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum or equivalent project delivery experience beneficial. Whether you're looking for an ISA, pension or dealing account, whether you want to invest with the help of a financial adviser or do it yourself, we have easy-to-use solutions to suit people from all walks of life. We're one of the UK's fastest-growing investment platform businesses, trusted by everyone from professional financial advisers to first-time investors. Today, over 762,000 customers trust us to manage more than £121.5 billion of assets. By continually striving to make investing simpler and more accessible, we're helping more people take control of their financial futures. Starting holidays of 26 days, increasing to 31 with length of service as well as buy/sell options Matched pension contributions up to 7% Discretionary bonus scheme Free share awards & BAYE scheme Private healthcare options & Health Cash Plan Free onsite gym Enhanced family leave Ongoing technical training & professional qualification support Hybrid working (minimum 50% Manchester office) For the full list of benefits and more detail about the role, click apply or visit our careers page. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you'll spend a minimum of 50% of working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be spent full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues. Inclusion & diversity We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected, supported and able to be themselves at work.