Infrastructure Engineer

Thales

Infrastructure Engineer supporting infrastructure activities including server delivery and maintenance at Thales. Focus on virtualization platforms and collaboration across various teams for effective service improvement.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeCheadle • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudFirewallsLinuxOraclePuppetSwitchingVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for the run and project activities across the Thales Infrastructure estate
Covering key areas of the estate including platforms and virtualization
Support, maintenance and delivery of the server infrastructure and associated technologies
Working on Incidents and tasks based on SLA
Maintenance of the Infrastructure estate including patching, updates, fault finding
Planning and remediation of obsolete infrastructure on the platform
Work with other teams to diagnose complex issues
Action life cycle events based on the infrastructure roadmap following the change management process
Creating and maintaining accurate records of Infrastructure services and assets, including documentation
Implementation of technical solutions to meet specification and changes contributing to service improvement and systems management
Participation in Service Transition process and activities
Working within a team or independently to create and implement technical changes
Identifying service inadequacies and contributing to the Customer Service Improvement Plan
Maintaining understanding of current and emerging infrastructure technologies
Working closely with CSOC in the event of received intelligence or Cyber-Attack

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor Degree or minimum 3 years experience in a third line support role
Good organisational and communication skills
Ability to improve the processes and tools used on a daily basis
Experience in analyzing issues to diagnose faults or anomalies
Strong knowledge of VMware infrastructure – ESX, VSAN, NSX, VRA
Netapp Storage solutions
Backup and DR solutions
Server hardware including Cisco, HP, Dell
Cloud technologies including Azure, GPC, Oracle, AWS
Network technology including Switching, Routing, Firewalls, wireless, UCC (Jabber), ISE, load balancers
Linux technology including Red Hat, Puppet, IDM
Windows Server operating systems
PowerShell, bash

Benefits

Comp & perks

private medical insurance
buying or selling annual leave
cycle to work schemes
employee discounts
paid volunteering day
stocks and shares
annual bonus

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Hard Skills & Tools

VMwareESXVSANNSXVRANetapp StorageBackup solutionsDisaster Recovery solutionsLinuxWindows Server

Soft Skills

organizational skillscommunication skillsprocess improvementanalytical skills