IT Infrastructure Specialist in Swansea

At SARIA Food & Pharma, our activities are characterized by connected value chains, decades of shared market expertise and a unifying spirit of innovation to continuously develop our people and our products. Van Hessen, Devro and Bioiberica use animal raw materials to create their wide range of products, which are ubiquitous and universal, but anything but ordinary. With a complementary portfolio of casings for the sausage industry that includes natural and collagen-based casings, Devro and Van Hessen are leading product experts in their industry. The global life science company Bioiberica produces active ingredients for humans, animals and plants, from starting material it receives from Van Hessen. We create the added layer of value with our products and services, improve the well-being of all by taking life science further and combine our attention to detail with the extraordinary, because it all matters.

About the role

As the IT Infrastructure Specialist, you will be responsible for maintaining, implementing and driving general infrastructure system improvements but also with a specialism for network technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Management of our global infrastructure estate (servers, networking equipment, etc) in relation to maintenance tasks and deployment projects for new technologies/capabilities
• Administration, troubleshooting and deployment of Microsoft identity management technologies
• Administration, troubleshooting and deployment of LAN solutions
• Supporting Security Specialists in relation to InfoSec infrastructure tasks
• Working with solution implementers in matters where expert infrastructure knowledge is required
• Providing feedback to the Infrastructure Manager in relation to evolving practices, technologies, and opportunities for the business
• Working with IT Business Partners to set expectations and develop communications around impactful changes
• Acting as a line 3 escalation point for IT Service Desk colleagues

About you

You will have proven experience working in an IT infrastructure role, preferably with a specialism in networking. You will be proactive, reliable, solution-focused, and confident working in a fast-paced environment. Experience within food manufacturing or a similar sector is a plus. Professional certifications across relevant technologies is highly desirable.

We would love to hear from you if you have experience in some of the following areas:

• Networking: Cisco and/or Aruba wired and wireless LAN technologies, Firewall technologies (Palo Alto, Fortinet)
• Microsoft & Cloud: Microsoft Windows Server, including Active Directory and Group Policy, Microsoft 365, including EntraID, Microsoft Powershell, Mobile Device Management via InTune and/or Apple Business Manager, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office technologies, Crowdstrike technologies, VMware vSphere and/or Microsoft HyperV technologies, Veeam and/or Avepoint technologies, OT-related technologies (e.g. Siemens, Rockwell)

Equality and diversity at SARIA Food and Pharma / Saria group of companies

We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive working environment in which all employees are respected and supported regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or social background. We expressly welcome applications from people with a wide range of perspectives and experiences. Our goal to ensure equal opportunities and actively combat discrimination – both in the application process and in everyday working life.