Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Permanent | Hybrid | Lead Infrastructure Engineer | London and Leeds

At Peregrine, we’re always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector – we are always in search of the best talent to place, now.

The role:

Amazing opportunity for a Lead Infrastructure Engineer working on a hybrid model from London or Leeds to secure a role working with one of most prestigious clients. The Lead Infrastructure Engineer role sits within a newly formed department and is responsible for Administration and implementation of Hardware platforms both physical and virtual.

The Lead Infrastructure Engineer will also work on Compliance, Governance, Security, Development, and maintenance lifecycle of several systems across the organisation.

The Lead Infrastructure Engineer will be involved in the standards, development, and maintenance of several systems across the organisation. The Lead Infrastructure Engineer offers a great opportunity to work with state-of-the-art enterprise technology and offers structured career progression over time within an experienced, knowledgeable and supportive team.

Responsibilities:

• Managing day to day operations working on BAU tickets including Incidents, Work Orders, Problems, BAU Improvements and projects work on a rotation basis every 2 months.
• The initial primary focus will be to gain understanding of the estate, including any support of the daily operational meetings and service management support around any service impacting tickets.
• Investigate any alerts for Hardware failures, or Capacity performance issues that arise.
• Attending weekly technical meetings and attendance at capacity forum.
• Further your own skills through on-the-job training and self-study alongside formal study and the assimilation of knowledge from engineers within the team.
• This role is part of On-call rota and requirement is to be on 24x7 support rota every month. There will be some elements of training for the role and courses will be provided for development.
• There will be renumerations for any out of hours work required including Service incidents and planned changes.

Skills & Experience:

Extensive senior Infrastructure Engineering experience including the ability to work to high levels of accuracy and the ability to work under pressure in a controlled and structured environment using recognised ITIL and project management principles, such as waterfall and Agile.

Candidates must have hands on experience of administering NAS, the work will be mixed and varied and will include working closely with Storage Admin Engineers, Delivery, infrastructure leaders, and application owners.

Ability to communicate with a wide variety of audiences and talk through technical details to non-technical people.

Familiar with ITSM practices ITIL, Change Management, Problem, Incident Management.

Ability to train and mentor junior members of the teams.

Full understanding of EMC products (Extensive and Practical).

Experience of supporting and scripting DSM Shell for Isilon.

Good knowledge and Experience of PowerShell Rest API tools, and programming scripts.

NAS migration experience, Pure Storage Administrator experience.

DELL EMC VPLEX, DELL EMC Unity and DELL EMC VXRail experience.

Commvault, Cisco MDS administration and configuration, Cohesity Maintenance /Support.

Desirable skills:

PeerSync migration tools, Commvault administration and configuration, Process Documentation & Improvement.

About Peregrine

We build workforces that deliver tech and change programmes at leading UK organisations. By combining data science from Peregrine Intelligence, our industry-accredited Peregrine Academy, and market-leading attraction and diversity initiatives, we bridge capability gaps at all levels in public and private sector organisations. We work closely with our clients to understand their challenges and deliver flexible, long-term solutions that make a real difference. When you join Peregrine, you become part of a team that’s focused on growth, both yours, our clients’, and the sectors we support. You’ll also get access to a full range of benefits alongside your salary.

How Specialist Talent Works

As a permanent employee at Peregrine, you’ll be part of our Specialist Talent team. That means you’ll work on-site or remotely with our clients, supporting them on complex, high-impact projects in Data, Digital and Business Transformation. You’ll get the variety and challenge of consultancy work, with the stability and support of a permanent role. You’re not a contractor - you’re a valued member of our team, with access to all the same benefits, learning opportunities, and community.

Our Culture

We’re curious, open, and always learning. We believe in doing great work and doing it with integrity. We support each other, share ideas freely, and celebrate progress big and small. And we care about the impact we make, whether that’s helping clients solve tough problems or creating opportunities for people from all walks of life.

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re proud to be a diverse team, with 20+ nationalities represented across Peregrine. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences, and we’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Through our partnerships and internal initiatives, we’re working to improve social mobility, reduce our environmental impact, and help our clients build more inclusive teams too.

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