Job Vacancy Senior IT Infrastructure Officer

Senior IT Infrastructure Officer

Our Client a bank, in Central London are looking for an experienced IT Infrastructure professional who is ideally looking for their next challenge in a dynamic and regulated financial services environment.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior IT Infrastructure Officer to lead the management, security, and continuous improvement of our enterprise IT infrastructure.

The Senior IT Infrastructure Officer will be playing a key role in ensuring the availability, resilience, and performance of critical systems while supporting technologies across servers, networks, cloud services, cybersecurity, and business-critical financial applications.

The candidate must have strong technical expertise in Windows/Linux, VMware, Microsoft 365, networking, cybersecurity, and infrastructure management who also enjoys solving complex challenges and driving operational excellence.

Must have 7 years' experience in enterprise infrastructure, ideally within banking or financial services, and be passionate about delivering secure, reliable IT services..

 The role will be Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm and reporting into the Head of IT & Data. Due to the nature of the role, the individual is expected to work in our offices, 5 days per week,  during their probationary period

Infrastructure & Systems Management

• Administer, maintain, and optimize Windows and Linux server environments.


• Manage VMware virtualized infrastructure (vSphere 8 and above).


• Oversee enterprise backup and disaster recovery solutions using Veeam Backup & Replication.


• Manage Veeam ONE monitoring and Veeam Recovery Orchestrator (VRO) environments.


• Administer endpoint security and encryption solutions, including Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Encryption (SEE).


• Support endpoint DLP, SIEM, and security monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Tenable).


• Manage patching processes using ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus.


• Support Microsoft 365 services and related cloud technologies.


• In depth understanding of Cyber security


• Monitor system performance, capacity, availability, and infrastructure health.


• Ensure compliance with IT governance, security policies, and operational standards.
  

   

  
  

  End-User Computing & Branch Support

  
  


• Provide advanced desktop, laptop, printer, Mobile device (iOS) and branch office IT support.


• Deliver AV support for meeting rooms, conferencing, presentations, and collaboration systems.


• Manage OS deployment, imaging, image creation, maintenance, and software packaging.


• Administer Active Directory (AD), Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and user provisioning and NTFS permissions.


• Support Microsoft 365 applications including Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint.


• Resolve technical incidents and service requests in line with agreed SLAs.
  

   

  
  

  3. Enterprise Applications & Financial Systems Support

  
  


• Support and administer business-critical applications, including:


• Bloomberg FXT and Refinitiv Eikon, Murex Treasury System, SWIFT Alliance Access (SAA), 1AML, SIBS, GFMS, COP


• Support enterprise file synchronization and replication solutions (e.g., Syncovery, other SFTP).
  

   

  
  

  4. Networking

  
  

  •             Configure and support Cisco switches and routers.

  
  

  •             Administer FortiGate firewall environments.

  
  

  •             Strong network fundamentals: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, Routing and connectivity troubleshooting.

  
  

  Monitor network performance, availability, and security posture.

  
  

  Security & Endpoint Management

  
  


• Support vulnerability management using tools such as Tenable.


• Manage security monitoring and log analysis tools (e.g., Splunk).


• Perform SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management using OpenSSL.


• Create and manage CSRs, certificate chains, and private keys.


• Ensure adherence to cybersecurity policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.


• Support physical access control systems (e.g., Paxton)
  

   

  
  

  Operating Systems

  
  


• Windows 11


• Windows Server 2019/2022 (or equivalent enterprise environments)


• Red Hat Linux
  

  Infrastructure & Virtualization

  
  


• VMware vSphere / vCenter (v8.0.3 and above)


• Veeam Backup & Replication


• Veeam ONE, VRO


• Microsoft Office 365


• ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus


• SAAS solutions


• SQL Server
  

  Security

  
  


• Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP)


• Symantec Endpoint Encryption (SEE)


• SentinelOne – EDR/ XDR


• Endpoint DLP solutions


• Firewall administration


• Vulnerability management tools (e.g., Tenable)


• SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk)
  

  Networking

  
  


• Cisco Switches and Routers


• FortiGate Firewalls


• LAN/WAN networking and routing
  

   

  
  

  Hardware & Storage

  
  


• Dell PowerEdge Servers


• Dell PowerVault SAN Storage

Education

Bachelor or Master’s degree or professional qualification in relevant  discipline (IT/Information Systems/Computer  Science/Technology/Programming/Information Science/System Engineering/Computing)

The role is based in Central London and initally will be be 5 days per week in the office.

This is a 12 month FTC position.

The salary for the role will be circa £70K - £75K.

Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.