Wintel Engineer

Wintel EngineerRate: £517.77 per day (Umbrella)
Location: Fully Remote (UK)
Contract Length: ASAP start to 31/12/2026
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required

Your new company

A leading organisation is seeking experienced Wintel Engineers to support and maintain critical Microsoft infrastructure within a secure and highly regulated environment. This is a fully remote opportunity for professionals who thrive in enterprise-scale infrastructure support and operational excellence.

Your new role

As a Wintel Engineer, you will be responsible for the administration, maintenance and support of Microsoft-based infrastructure, ensuring platform stability, security compliance, service availability and the successful delivery of infrastructure changes.

Key responsibilities

• Administer and support Windows Server environments across physical, virtual and Azure platforms.
• Support and maintain Azure Local solutions.
• Manage Active Directory, PKI, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP services.
• Perform server provisioning, patching, upgrades and lifecycle management.
• Work with Microsoft System Center technologies including Virtual Machine Manager, Configuration Manager, Operations Manager and Orchestrator.
• Support VMware and Hyper-V virtualisation platforms.
• Monitor system performance, capacity and availability.
• Execute Incident, Problem and Change Management activities in line with ITIL processes.
• Participate in Major Incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and runbooks.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance and audit requirements.
• Support disaster recovery and business continuity activities.

Key Technologies

• Windows Server
• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Local
• Active Directory
• PKI
• DNS
• DHCP
• Group Policy
• Microsoft System Center Suite
• VMware
• Hyper-V
• Dell PowerStore
• Brocade SAN Switches
• Dell VNX

What you'll need to succeed

Essential skills and experience

• Active SC Clearance (mandatory)
• Strong Windows Server administration experience
• Microsoft Azure infrastructure support experience
• Knowledge and experience of Azure Local solutions
• Active Directory administration
• Experience with PKI, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP
• Microsoft System Center technologies including SCCM, SCOM, VMM and Orchestrator
• VMware and Hyper-V virtualisation support experience
• ITIL-based service management experience
• Experience working within secure and highly regulated environments
• Strong Incident, Problem and Change Management experience
• Experience producing and maintaining technical documentation

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