Infrastructure Engineer - Flexible

We are a leading "Top 200" Law Firm and provider of wealth management services, based in

Lincolnshire and across the Midlands. Established in 1856, we are considered to be one of the oldest law firms in the UK.

Benefits:

Some of the great benefits that we offer are:

Generous holiday entitlements
Staff discount on legal fees and wealth management fees
Income protection
Life assurance at 3 x salary
Salary Exchange Pension Scheme option
Employee Assistance Programme

The Role:

We are excited to offer a rewarding opportunity for a seasoned Infrastructure Engineer to join our dedicated IT team. This role offers flexibility in terms of office location across our various Chattertons branches. There will be requirement to travel to other offices therefore a full current driving license and use of your own vehicle (with business insurance) is required for the position.

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will be at the forefront of managing our hybrid on-premises and Azure cloud infrastructure, ensuring optimal security, performance, and reliability, as part of our forward-thinking team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Supporting the day-to-day management of our existing IT systems and hybrid cloud infrastructure, including monitoring, patching, and upgrades.
Architect and deploy solutions inside Azure that are interoperable with existing on- premises infrastructure, facilitating a migration of key systems to the cloud.
Configure/manage components such as Hyper-V failover cluster nodes, virtual machines, mail servers, domain controllers, networking equipment, and storage devices (Dell).
Assist the IT support team with escalated support requests from end users.
Provision and optimise resources within Azure, including virtual machines, networking, security, backup and storage services; monitoring and remediating as required.
Establish secure and reliable connectivity between on-premises data centres, branch offices, and Azure via IPVPN, MPLS, fibre, and DSL.
Implement/manage seamless hybrid identity authentication solutions (Active Directory/Azure AD/Entra Connect) & access between on-premises and Azure resources.
Develop PowerShell scripts, automation workflows, and configuration management tools to streamline provisioning, deployment, and management tasks.
Implement and maintain security measures across both environments, including firewall configurations, access controls, and digital certificates, ensuring compliance with regulatory and industry standard requirements such as Cyber Essentials.
Create and maintain documentation outlining the overall architecture, components, and integration points, facilitating knowledge sharing within the IT team and wider firm.
Stay up to date with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in hybrid cloud, Azure services, and infrastructure management; identifying opportunities for innovation and new solutions to enhance the hybrid cloud environment.

Hours of Work: 9.00 am – 5.15 pm - 36.25 hours per week
Location: Flexible around our offices
Salary: DOE

Person Specification:
	Essential	Desirable
Qualifications	Minimum 3-4 years’ experience in Cloud/On- Premises Infrastructure engineer/Sysadmin roles	Computing-related degree or higher education Experience in a legal or professional services setting
Knowledge	Azure services: VMs, AVD, storage, networking, Azure AD, Azure Security Centre, backup and recovery On-premises infrastructure server administration, storage systems, network infrastructure, Hyper-V, high availability/clustering, Remote Desktop Services Networking principles, TCP/IP, WAN, LAN, IPVPN, firewalls, MPLS Applications/OS: Windows Server 2016-2022, Exchange (On-Premises and Online), MS365	Microsoft Intune Applications: SOS Connect/Practice Manager, Visualfiles, other legal LOB apps WatchGuard Dell PowerEdge Dell EqualLogic DevOps/CICD/IaC
Skills	PowerShell scripting Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. Structured and organised	Experience with Python/.NET framework
Attributes	Willing to be flexible with the needs of the Company. A team player, with integrity Friendly and approachable, with a sense of humour
Other	Must have full driving licence and access to a vehicle during working hours.

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Please email your CV and covering letter to: recruitment@chattertons.com

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