Junior Infrastructure Engineer

Junior Infrastructure Engineer

Permanent

Salary up to 45,000

Didcot / Hybrid

We're looking for a technically curious Junior Infrastructure Engineer to join a growing technology team, supporting and developing a varied IT infrastructure environment.

This is an opportunity for someone with a good grounding in IT infrastructure who enjoys getting hands-on with technology, investigating problems and understanding how systems work.

You'll gain exposure to servers, networks, Linux environments, monitoring and cloud technologies, with the opportunity to build on your existing experience and develop further into areas such as DevOps, automation and Cyber Security.

This isn't purely a support role. We're looking for someone who can demonstrate practical technical knowledge, explain the technologies they've worked with and show a genuine interest in developing their infrastructure engineering skills.

The role

• Supporting and maintaining Linux and Windows server environments.
• Monitoring infrastructure performance, investigating alerts and troubleshooting issues.
• Working with network fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LAN/WAN and Wi-Fi.
• Supporting infrastructure availability, understanding redundancy, failover and high availability.
• Assisting with server maintenance, patching and upgrades.
• Supporting backup and recovery processes.
• Working with virtualised and cloud-based infrastructure.
• Using scripting and automation to improve processes and reduce manual tasks.
• Working with infrastructure monitoring tools, helping configure and maintain monitoring, agents and alerting.
• Developing exposure to Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices.

What we're looking for

We're interested in someone with a genuine technical interest in infrastructure who can demonstrate more than just familiarity with the technologies on their CV.

You should have:

• A good understanding of core networking concepts, particularly TCP/IP, DNS and DHCP, and be able to explain how they work.
• Practical experience supporting or administering Linux and/or Windows server environments.
• An understanding of infrastructure monitoring and how systems, services and alerts are monitored.
• Some experience with virtualisation, cloud platforms or server infrastructure.
• An understanding of backups, recovery and the importance of high availability.
• The ability to troubleshoot technical issues logically and explain the steps taken to identify and resolve them.
• Some exposure to scripting, ideally PowerShell, Bash or similar.

Particularly useful experience

Experience with any of the following would be beneficial:

• Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian or CentOS.
• Monitoring platforms such as Nagios.
• Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools.
• VMware, Hyper-V or similar virtualisation technologies.
• Cisco, Meraki or other network equipment.
• Docker, Kubernetes or container technologies.
• Database environments and basic database troubleshooting.

You don't need to be an expert in all these areas. What's important is that you understand the technologies you've worked with and can talk confidently about your practical involvement.

The person

You'll be naturally curious, enjoy understanding how things work and aren't afraid to investigate something unfamiliar.

We're particularly interested in people who take ownership of their learning, whether through professional experience, personal projects, home labs or additional technical development.

You'll be comfortable working as part of a team, asking questions when needed and taking responsibility for developing your technical capability.

Some flexibility will be required for occasional out-of-hours maintenance and travel to other sites when necessary.