IT Infrastructure and Cloud Engineer

Bristow Holland have an excellent fully remote 6 month contract opportunity to join a global insurance provider as an Infrastructure and Cloud Engineer.

In this position you will be part of the Cloud & Compute Engineering Team and be responsible for the administration and operation of the firm's Infrastructure. This role requires an in-depth knowledge of Active Directory, Azure, MFA, VMware ESX, Windows security, and related technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Strong Azure Iaas + PaaS and Office 365/Exchange Online experience.
• Candidate to have Terraform Scripting experience deploying infrastructure as code (IaC) as well as operational responsibility over the Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and PKI services.
• Install and maintain hardware and software on a virtualized Windows network.
• Develop processes and procedures to ensure managed environments maintain the highest levels of availability, security, and quality.
• Lead the security work stream of Active Directory consolidation program; Identify risks and provide guidance regarding remediation of gaps, to facilitate delivery of a hardened and sustainable AD environment. Deliver scripted.
• Provide guidance on topics broadly related to information security risk and compliance.
• Serves as escalation point and provide troubleshooting guidance and direction in resolution of escalated issues and/or complex production, application or system problems.

Key Skills:

• Azure
• Terraform
• PowerShell
• Active Directory
• Office 365
• Kubernetes
• VMware/Hyper-V
• Windows Server
• Experience with implementation of backup/restore and disaster and recovery strategies.
• Strong familiarity with security issues surrounding network computing and experience in implementation of security systems and controls.

Desirable Skills:

• Networking experience such as LAN/WAN/Firewall/VPN network technologies.
• Microsoft Exchange
• HP Proliant Servers
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop configuration.
• Linux
• AWS
• Experience with cloud based security systems eg Tenable Nessus, Solarwinds, Mimecast, Crowdstrike

This is a 6 month contract with the view for extensions and you will be paid between £300 to £400 per day depending on experience with 100% work from home.