Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities

• You will work across a broad production environment, supporting and maintaining infrastructure that underpins critical services. This includes cloud, network and on prem systems, where you will investigate issues, identify root causes and restore service with minimal disruption.
• This role also includes contributing to the ongoing development of the environment, providing input into technical design and helping shape improvements over time.
• Our environment:
• You will be working across a varied and evolving technical estate that includes Microsoft 365, Azure, cloud and on prem infrastructure, networking, virtualisation, and enterprise storage and backup platforms.
• We are actively improving our infrastructure, with a clear focus on strengthening resilience and service recovery, improving security and reducing risk, and modernising core services in a controlled and sustainable way.

Requirements

• We are looking for an engineer who is technically strong, credible and able to operate at depth across complex infrastructure.
• You do not need to have experience in every technology we use, but you do need a strong technical foundation and the ability to apply it confidently in unfamiliar or evolving situations.
• SC clearance/willingness to obtain SC clearance will be required for this role. This requires candidates to have been resident in the UK for at least the past three years. Please do not apply if you have been resident in the UK for less than three years as your application will be rejected.
• We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
• Who this role would suit:
• This role suits someone who takes pride in their technical capability and wants to work in a team where standards are high and the work is taken seriously.
• You are likely to enjoy getting properly into the detail of how systems behave and wil

Benefits

Additional Information

As the living, growing home of our national story, The National Archives is already a special place to work. We're an institution nearly 200 years old with a collection spanning 1,000 years of history. But it's where we go next that makes things really interesting . In our strategic vision: Archives for Everyone, we set ourselves the challenge of becoming the 21st Century national archive - a different kind of cultural and heritage institution: Inclusive, Entrepreneurial, Disruptive. We won't become this overnight. It will take time, focus, effort and daring. That's where you come in. Because we can't do this without you. Job Overview Salary: £50,569 per annum Contract type: permanent Band: F / SEO Closing date: Friday 3rd July at midnight Help run and improve critical infrastructure: We're looking for a highly capable, hands-on infrastructure engineer to join our IT Operations team at The National Archives. This is a role for someone with strong technical depth who is comfortable operating across complex environments and taking ownership of real production services. You'll be diagnosing issues, restoring services, leading infrastructure change, and contributing to the design and improvement of the systems we rely on every day. If you take pride in understanding systems properly, solving problems thoroughly and building reliable infrastructure, you'll fit well here.

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