Infrastructure Support Engineer - VMWare

Location: 1 day a month onsite (Portsmouth), will alter to Fareham at some point this year), rest of time work at home. Due to SLA's candidates will need to be a max 30-35 mile radius from Portsmouth/Fareham area.
Hours: flexible hrs range Monday to Friday
Salary: GBP48,500 p.a

We have an exciting opportunity for an Infrastructure Support Engineer who specializes in VMWare to join our client on a permanent basis working in a hybrid working arrangement.

The ideal candidate would be an experienced 3rd line Support Engineer who has previously worked in the financial sector. Someone who can work multiple work streams simultaneously in a demanding risk-averse and formally managed environment.
Key responsibilities are to deliver both Business as Usual and Project requirements to our customer.

Key Deliverables:
- Incident and Problem Management
- Creation and updating of documentation
- Timely implementation of all changes
- Working as part of project teams to design and deliver customer requirements
- Platform builds/installations/upgrades

Mandatory skills:
Build and application integration
Strong troubleshooting skills
Windows Server 2012 and above
Active Directory
Clustering
Powershell
VMware vSphere Preferably V6.5 and above
ESXi
vCenter
Internet connectivity including Proxy Servers

Experience with:
- Design, development and system integration
- Ability to convert design documents to into live execution
- Planning, deployment, configuration and BAU/ongoing maintenance of the above
- Writing and reviewing design and implementation documentation
- History of employment in a Wintel Infrastructure role, demonstrating five years plus experience.

Desirable Skills:
- Citrix Xenapp
- Legacy Visual Basic Scripting
- vSphere PowerCLI Scripting
- IBM Bigfix automation, package creation including ActionScript
- Public Key Infrastructure including MS Certificate Authority, OpenSSH
- Ability to convey technical information and advice appropriate to the audience

Mandatory Requirements:
- 24x7 Standby cover as part of a rota
- Scheduled weekend overtime as required