Infrastructure Engineer

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Location: London (Hybrid)
Salary: £50,000

Are you an experienced IT professional with a passion for infrastructure, security, and systems reliability?

We are recruiting on behalf of a healthcare company in London seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer to join its growing technology team. This is an opportunity to work with modern systems and play a key role in maintaining and securing a complex IT environment that supports operations across the organisation.

About the Role

As an IT Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving the company's physical and virtual IT systems. You will work closely with colleagues in the infrastructure team to ensure systems remain secure, patched, and optimised, while also supporting ongoing infrastructure and cloud initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and patch the Windows Server and PC estate (Windows 7-11 and Server 2008-2022).

• Manage antivirus and malware protection systems, investigating and resolving security alerts.

• Ensure data integrity through reliable backup configuration, testing, and disaster recovery processes.

• Administer and monitor Active Directory, Azure Entra, and Intune environments.

• Manage compliance policies, conditional access, and mobile device management.

• Work with third-party providers supporting SIEM and threat analytics systems.

• Implement IT security best practices, standards, and access controls.

• Support infrastructure and security projects, including system upgrades and migrations.

• Create and maintain technical documentation and standard operating procedures.

• Provide timely response to incidents, escalating where appropriate.

About You

You are an analytical and proactive IT professional with a strong understanding of infrastructure, networking, and cybersecurity principles. You enjoy problem solving, working collaboratively, and ensuring systems run efficiently and securely.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in IT infrastructure, desktop, or systems support.

• Strong technical knowledge of Microsoft operating systems (Windows client and server).

• Hands-on experience with Active Directory, Intune, and Azure Entra.

• Familiarity with antivirus, backup, and monitoring solutions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Highly organised, methodical, and capable of managing multiple priorities.

Desirable

It would be highly preferable if this candidate has Azure experience, including managing and automating infrastructure, ensuring security and compliance, monitoring performance, and optimising costs.

Key duties may include:

• Provisioning and configuring virtual machines and other resources

• Setting up CI/CD pipelines

• Implementing backup and disaster recovery solutions

• Managing user access with Azure AD and role-based access control (RBAC)

Additional desirable experience:

• Relevant IT or security certifications (Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco).

• Experience managing hybrid or cloud-based environments.

What's on Offer

• Salary of £50,000 per annum

• Hybrid working

• Opportunities for ongoing professional development and certification

• A collaborative environment within a growing organisation