Microsoft Systems Engineer

A bit about us

Do you want to be part of a very exciting and rewarding opportunity to design and develop technical solutions to support a number of key government agencies.

Do you want to be part of a team who provide leading edge secure solutions for customers in defence, blue light, science/medical and other industry research departments often within Universities.

If you are passionate about technology and innovation with a strong desire to understand how different technologies operate and want to test your abilities then we are keen to talk to you.

Step Forward and Realise your full potential by joining an agile and talented team who is responsible for developing, building and supporting Microsoft Operating Systems and solutions within a secure managed services context along with diagnosing and resolving problems with existing infrastructure.
You will be a part of a great company, where you will be able to grow and develop your skills and experience

What you’ll be doing

You will be part of a team responsible for all operational aspects of the Microsoft estate.

A typical breakdown of your role would be:

• Monitoring, managing and pro-actively enhancing the Microsoft estate
• Responding to, investigating and resolving technical issues escalated from 1st line
• Being an active member of the Microsoft systems groups to discuss, plan, design, build and deploy innovative solutions using Microsoft technologies
• Providing an escalation point for scheduled operations such as Patching
• Ensuring all Microsoft components meet the security and operational reference architectures and best practices
• Enhancing and tuning the Microsoft technology stacks
• Working with the monitoring teams to ensure all the correct metrics are being measured and analyzing those measures to ensure the estate remains in a healthy and secure state

What we need from you

We need someone that is;

• Strong at problem solving with excellent time Management & organisational skills
• Able to work autonomously or as part of a team
• Ready to work under pressure and within strong security constraints
• Prepared to work in technologies outside of your core skill set with the support and guidance from others
• Prepared to travel, when necessary, to customer sites or other Prolinx locations
• Able to obtain Security Clearance to SC level and potential to DV

What skills and experience do you need?

From an experience perspective we are looking for a minimum of 2 years’ experience working within Microsoft engineering environment

Essential skills:

• Microsoft Operating Systems (Server 2012,2016,2019) (Windows 10)
• Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM)
• Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policies

• Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policies
• Application packaging and distribution

Desired skills:

• Microsoft Cloud solutions (Azure, O365 etc.)
• Automation technologies such as Terraform
• Network technologies (LAN, WAN, Cisco switching, Juniper and Fortinet security products) and working knowledge of TCP/IP networking

• Virtualisation management experience – VMware, XenServer, OpenStack or Hyper-V

• Database administration (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB or InfluxDB

• PKI and certificate services

What’s in it for you?

You will be joining an exciting and growing company that operate with very exciting customers and partners.

Your benefits include, but are not limited to;

• 32 working days holiday, additional holidays after 2 and 5 years’ Service
• Subsidised Health Care Scheme
• Government Pension Scheme, matching contributions up to 10%
• Perkbox employee incentive Scheme
• Annual Professional and Training Development plan
• Hybrid / Flexible working

• Recommend a friend scheme paying up to £1500
• Onsite parking
• Cycle to work Scheme