Senior Infrastructure Consultant (Vulnerability Management Team)

As a Senior Infrastructure Consultant within the Vulnerability Management Team, you will provide technical expertise for enterprise IT solutions, ensuring they operate effectively and remain aligned with business needs, corporate strategies, and architectural standards. Your focus will be on maintaining and improving existing infrastructure services as part of BAU operations, while managing evergreen changes to keep systems secure, compliant, and up to date. You will work across a broad range of technologies and act as a subject matter expert in one or more of the following areas:

• Core Infrastructure
• Windows Server
• Virtualisation platforms (e.g., Hyper V, VMware)
• Linux
• SCCM & SCOM
• Active Directory
• Enterprise application management
• Understanding or exposure to PCI DSS and PSN code of connection, principles, and best practice
• Networking
• Vulnerability Management including vulnerability identification, assessment, remediation and service hardening
• Data security principles
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code
• PowerShell scripting
• Azure DevOps

Responsibilities

• Provide expert consultancy to senior management, guiding IT strategy and promoting awareness of IT policies, technologies, systems, and processes.
• Mentor and develop less experienced colleagues, offering direction, peer reviews, coaching, and support.
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure services as part of BAU operations; manage evergreen changes to keep systems secure, compliant, and up to date.
• Act as a trusted advisor on IT strategies and solutions within a corporate setting.
• Provide consultation and guidance on IT strategies and solutions to senior management.
• Collaborate with a friendly and supportive team in a high-performing environment, driving excellence and innovation in public service IT.
• Operate as a subject matter expert in server and vulnerability management technology.
• Support recruitment and selection processes aligned with inclusive practices.
• Adhere to security and compliance requirements relevant to vulnerability management and data security principles.

Qualifications/Experience

• Strong technical background with expertise in enterprise-scale data centre server technologies including hyperconverged infrastructure and vulnerability management within a corporate setting.
• Experience with core infrastructure components listed in the overview (Windows Server, virtualization, Linux, SCCM/SCOM, Active Directory, networking, etc.).
• Experience advising senior management on IT strategies and solutions.

Additional Information

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible. This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check and Non-Police Personnel Vetting. Further information about this process will be provided to successful candidates. Candidates must have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 years for the Non-Police Personnel Vetting in order for clearance to be obtained.

Hampshire County Council is recognised as one of the top-performing local authorities in the UK. As a forward-looking local authority, we are proud to deliver high-quality public services to over a million residents, with our IT teams playing a vital role in that success.

Our benefits package includes details of the holiday entitlement, pension scheme, flexi-time scheme, family friendly policies and interest free travel loans and discounts. We offer a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace. We have created an environment that you can look forward to being a part of, where you are empowered to be your best and a workplace built on teamwork where people can grow and develop in their roles. Hampshire County Council offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment. If you think you have what it takes to make a real difference in Hampshire, get in touch!