Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Senior Infrastructure EngineerLondon | Hybrid – 3 days in the officeUp to £100,000 base + bonus + strong pension and benefitsOrbis is partnering with an established financial services firm to hire a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with broad technical expertise and a strong sense of ownership.This is a hands-on role with responsibility for business-critical infrastructure and scope to influence how the environment develops. You’ll combine day-to-day engineering and troubleshooting with project delivery across cloud, servers, networking, security and operational resilience.The roleBuild, configure and maintain infrastructure across Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, Windows Server and VMware.Act as a senior technical escalation point, investigating complex issues and taking them through to resolution.Deliver infrastructure upgrades, cloud migrations and platform modernisation projects.Maintain and improve enterprise networking and secure connectivity.Strengthen backup and disaster recovery capabilities, including recovery testing.Implement infrastructure security controls, manage patching and vulnerabilities, and support audit remediation.Work with technology colleagues, business stakeholders and external providers to deliver reliable services.Identify opportunities for automation and recommend practical improvements.Your experienceStrong, current hands-on expertise across Microsoft infrastructure, Azure and VMware.Broad networking knowledge, including routing, subnetting, firewalls and VPNs.Experience with backup, disaster recovery and infrastructure security.A track record of owning technical projects from assessment through implementation.The ability to prioritise work based on business impact and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues.Financial services experience would be beneficial, although candidates from MSPs and other business-critical environments are welcome. Exposure to automation, Infrastructure as Code, zScaler or Linux would also be useful.This role offers substantial technical ownership without people-management responsibilities, making it a strong opportunity for an experienced engineer who wants to remain hands-on and influence infrastructure decisions.