Posted 1mo ago

Senior Infrastructure Administrator

@ Expleo
Preston, North West, United Kingdom
OnsiteFull Time
Responsibilities:Design networks, Maintain infrastructure, Mentor teammates
Requirements Summary:Senior infrastructure experience designing and maintaining LAN/WAN, servers, security, and Azure-based services; strong AD, network automation, and cross-site support.
Technical Tools Mentioned:PAN-OS, SD-WAN, Cisco IOS, Extreme Network OS, Active Directory, Azure, Veeam, SCCM, Intune, EntraID, AD Connect, Microsoft 365, Palo Alto, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF
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Job Description

Are you ready to shape the future of secure network and server infrastructure across a global organisation? At Expleo, we’re expanding our UK Infrastructure Team and looking for a skilled Senior Infrastructure Engineer who thrives in a hands-on technical environment. If you’re passionate about designing resilient networks, solving complex challenges, and playing a critical role in large-scale technology operations, this is the opportunity for you. 

 

What’s in It for You?

  • High-impact work supporting secure, enterprise-levelservers &networks across UK and global teams
  • A role where your expertise directly influences network & server performance, resilience, and security
  • Opportunities to collaborate with talented engineers across Expleo’s global 3-tier network structure
  • Real ownership of architecture, troubleshooting and continuous improvement initiatives 
  • A culture built on collaboration, innovation and professional growth 
  • Design, deploy, and maintain functional LAN, WLANWAN & server infrastructure environments
  • Configure and install network devices, servers, routers and supporting technologies
  • Monitor network integrity, performance and security across multiple UK sites and assist colleagues across different geographies when required
  • Troubleshoot complex issues escalated by the team and independently resolve them 
  • Implement and automate network tasks to improve efficiency 
  • Mentor and guide team members on technical topics 
  • Develop, test and oversee security solutions—including authentication and disaster recovery 
  • Maintain full documentation of all systems, configurations and processes 
  • Identify areas for optimisation relating to capacity, scalability and performance
  • Maintain strong level of technical security for UK  network & server infrastructures, participate in vulnerability assessments, remediations, security audits, prepare and provide evidence if required 
  • Maintain high levels of governance and compliance with both internal and external controls. i.e Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO27001 
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field 
  • Professional certifications such as CCNA, CCNP (Security, Firewall specialisms highly valued) 
  • Strong background in network administration, switching and routing
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to work independently
  • Strong grounding in Active Directory and policy management 
  • Knowledge of PAN-OS, SD WAN, Cisco IOS and Extreme Network operating systems  
  • Strong understanding of security frameworks and access control models
  • Azure server and related services build, configuration and maintenance
  • Managing backups Azure / Veeam 
  • Client device deployment / patching (Azure Arc / SCCM / WSUS / Intune) 
  • Technical knowledge, support, troubleshooting of MS on premises Active directory infrastructure  & related services  - international scale if possible – (domain controllers, DFS, GPO, replication, etc) 
  • Knowledge of MS Cloud services and relationships with on premises infrastructure (EntraID, AD connect) 
  • Knowledge of Microsoft 365 architecture, support, troubleshooting at least small scale (UK only), ideally international scale. 
  • Organisational skills with a track record of mentoring colleagues
  • Experience using diagnostic, monitoring and network analysis tools 
  • Experience working withWindows and Linux ServersHyper-V, VMWare.
  • Experience withfirewallconfiguration and management (Palo Alto preferred)
  • Hands-on experience with TCP/IP and routing protocols including BGP and OSPF 
  • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges  
  • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects   
  • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

 

  • As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
    • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
    • Communicating and promoting vacancies
    • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
    • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
    • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. 

 

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thriveUK Eng Disability Commitment