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 (eg, 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 (eg, 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 (eg, 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 (eg, 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 (eg, 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 initially will be 5 days per week in the office.

This is a 12 month FTC position.

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

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