Infrastructure Engineer in Liverpool, Merseyside

Infrastructure Engineer
7 Month contract
On site in Liverpool
£450 per day (Inside IR35)

Summary of the job
To design, build, manage and support infrastructure hardware, and software systems.
To manage and maintain software applications to deliver internal user services and services to the public.

Detailed responsibilities-

• Build, configure, administer, and support IT Infrastructure technologies and solutions including computing, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, commercial-off-the-shelf software (COTS), and open source packages and solutions. This can also include virtual and cloud computing such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS).
• Assist in the implementation and operation of controls and management strategies to ensure information security and security controls are in place to mitigate security threats within solutions and services.
• Apply a modern standards approach under guidance.
• Take ownership of problems and proactively resolve technical problems, ensuring that technical solutions continue to meet business requirements.
• Take full accountability for the actions taken and decisions made until the problem has been mitigated or resolved or a new owner has been found.
• Investigate problems in systems, processes and services, as directed.
• Contribute to the implementation of remedies and preventative measures.
• Co-ordinate and maintain focus on the whole life of service delivery (designing, developing, delivering and operating) and establish coherent frameworks that work.
• Ensure that a set of IT products, suppliers and vendors come together to deliver an IT service
• Translate logical designs and produce detailed physical designs.
• Document all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate.
• Build and test simple interfaces between systems.
• Assist with more complex integration as part of a wider team.
• Execute test scripts under supervision and within regulations.
• Write prototype code for discussion purposes, band liaise with Developers to ensure production-ready code is written and code is switched thus ensuring security and accessibility of systems and effective version control.

Knowledge and Experience required-

• Postholder must have had formal training in relevant hardware and software systems.
• Must understand the core technical concepts related to the role and have the ability to apply them with guidance.
• Must have the ability to build, configure, administer, and support technologies and solutions.
• These technologies and solutions can include computing, storage, networking, physical infrastructure, software, commercial-off-the-shelf software (COTS), and open source packages and solutions.
• They can also include virtual and cloud computing such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS).
• Must have the ability to discuss information security and the security controls that can be used to mitigate security threats within solutions and services.
• Must understand and have the ability to explain the most important principles of a modern standards approach and how they apply to the work being undertaken.
• Must be able to apply these principles under guidance.
• Ability to investigate problems in systems, processes and services, with an understanding of the level of a problem (for example, strategic, tactical or operational).
• Ability to contribute to the implementation of remedies and preventative measures.
• Must have a service focus and the ability to take inputs and establish coherent frameworks that work.
• Must have a working knowledge of system design and be able to translate logical designs into physical detailed designs.
• Must have the knowledge and ability to document all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate.
• Must have the ability to build and test simple interfaces between systems and work on more complex integration as part of a wider team
• Must be able to correctly execute test scripts under supervision.
• Must understand the role of testing and how it works.
• Must be able to troubleshoot and identify problems across different technology capabilities.
• Must have an awareness of the scripting tools and software that are available and currently in use.
• Must understand the limitations of software or product technology, and why coding is important

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.