At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure while supporting IT services for a leading bank.
- Company: Join a growing bank in London with a focus on innovative technology solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and opportunities to work with cutting-edge tech.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a proactive approach to technology and security.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the banking sector by enhancing IT services and infrastructure.
- Qualifications: Degree in Computer Science preferred; strong Azure and IT service management experience required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
- Excellent opportunity opens for a
- Senior Infrastructure Engineer with strong
- Azure skills to join a growing
Bank’s London office and be responsible for the support, change/enhancement, maintenance of IT Services that enable the Bank’s IT department to deliver strategic IT services.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Azure services
- Collaborate with the IT team to develop and implement cloud migration strategies
- Delivery of 2nd/3rd line operational support for IT services including working with 3rd party providers
- Design, implement, and maintain complex IT infrastructure solutions that meet the bank's business needs
- Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure performance and costs
- Supporting IT Application and Change and Delivery Teams on a pipeline of IT Operations maintenance and enhancement activities
- Troubleshoot and resolve any issues related to Azure services
- Supporting IT Infrastructure Changes by providing technical expertise at CAB meetings and, where required, the technical resources to implement changes
- Vulnerability and endpoint management across the infrastructure estate prioritising remediation, risk levels and closure within SLA
- Monitor the performance of systems and troubleshoot any issues that arise
- Collaborate with other IT teams to ensure the security and integrity of our systems
- Keep up to date with the latest technology trends and make recommendations for improvement
- Maintain documentation and standards for IT infrastructure operations
- Provide technical expertise and support to other IT teams and business units
- Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing and implement security measures to protect against cyber threats and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- Communicate effectively with various stakeholders, including senior management, to present technical solutions and plans
- Working with Head of IT Operations, Chief Technology Officer and 3rd party specialists on the design of new IT platforms
- Promote and leverage the Bank’s Technology platforms to improve Technology services that are delivered to users and customers
- Work with projects and changes to utilise existing platforms to deliver enhancements and new services that align with the Bank’s strategy
- Support, development and enhancement of cloud services (IAAS, PAAS and SAAS)
- Any other tasks are at the discretion of the Head of IT Operations.
- Qualification & Experience
- Degree in Computer Science or relevant discipline (Preferred)
- Experience of working in financial services (Preferred)
- ITIL V4 foundation (as minimum)
- Experience of managing Microsoft Azure service models (IAAS, PAAS and SAAS)
- Ability to work in a small team and specializing
- Analytical thinker as well as strong Planning, Problem Solving and organization skills
- Experience managing and delivering IT platforms
- Proactive ‘can do’ approach and lateral thinker
- Experience with Office 365 administration, including Microsoft teams.
- SQL Server management
- Experience of ITSM systems (Sunrise would be beneficial)
- Expert technical experience of a Server, VMWare, SAN
- General Network administration and troubleshooting (firewalls, VLANs, subnetting, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, Wi-Fi, etc).
- 3 years+ experience specializing supporting and administering Microsoft Servers (2012 – 2019), Active Directory, Group Policy, Desktops (Windows 11) and Applications (M365).
Experience with Office 365 administration, including Microsoft teams.
- Experience of vulnerability, endpoint management and security patching tools (Tenable, Ninja One)
- Experience of software management automation tools (Nerdio, SCCM, Intune, Chocolatey)
- Experience of PAAS IT Monitoring Tools (App Dynamics, Dynatrace, Datadog)
- Ability to create and maintain technical documentation
- Experience supporting Microsoft AVD
- Key success factors
- Excellent availability and support of IT Services exceeding agreed SLAs
- Appropriate uplift in maturity of Technology platforms to support the delivery of the Bank’s IT strategy
- Strategic and proactive enhancement of the Bank’s Technology platforms and services
- Delivery of platforms that enable efficient services and value being delivered to users and customers
- Proactive approach with both internal and external stakeholders
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We think you need these skills to ace Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Azure - Banking
Azure Services
Cloud Infrastructure Design and Deployment
Cloud Migration Strategies
2nd/3rd Line Operational Support
IT Infrastructure Solutions
Performance Monitoring and Optimisation
Vulnerability Management
