Role Overview
As the Senior Technology Consultant, you'll play a critical role in supporting a complex mix of cloud and on-premise infrastructure, ensuring seamless business operations across the organisation. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to both IT and business stakeholders, resolving advanced technical issues and contributing to the delivery of key transformation projects.
This is a leadership position within the IT team, mentoring Level 2 support and delivering strategic and operational value through technical expertise, strong communication, and a proactive mindset.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deploy scalable, reliable and secure systems (cloud & on-prem)
- Provide Level 3 support across infrastructure and business-critical systems
- Implement and optimise Microsoft 365, Azure, server and desktop environments
- Lead or contribute to projects (e.g. migrations, upgrades, secure access solutions)
- Automate workflows using scripting tools (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
- Maintain system performance, proactively identifying and resolving issues
- Enforce security best practices including Conditional Access, DLP, MFA, and Zero Trust
- Manage servers, storage, networks, and virtualisation infrastructure (VMware/Hyper-V)
- Document processes and train junior staff
- Ensure SLA compliance and continuous improvement in IT operations
Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of systems administration, with 3+ years in a senior role
- Robust expertise in:
- Windows or Linux administration
- Microsoft 365 (Intune, Azure AD, SharePoint, Teams)
- Microsoft Server technologies (Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP)
- Azure platform (Virtual Desktop, Storage, AD Connect, Conditional Access)
- Network infrastructure (LAN/WAN, VPNs, routing, switching, Wi-Fi)
- Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
- Security best practices, Microsoft Purview, DLP
- Firewalls, Radius, MFA, SSO
- Citrix and virtualisation (VMware, Hyper-V)
- Exposure to ISO security frameworks
- Experience with Zero Trust implementation
If you're a systems engineer with a strong infrastructure background and expertise in Microsoft technologies, we'd love to hear from you.
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📌 IT Systems Engineer - 6 Month Contract
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