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Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

Avanti RecruitmentGlasgow🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 31 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

You will gain invaluable experience on a major M&A infrastructure integration program, developing your skills across a wide range of technologies from servers and virtualization to networking and data migration. This hands-on role is perfect for a seasoned IT Infrastructure Engineer who thrives on complex challenges and enjoys contributing to significant technical transformations. Seize this opportunity to advance your career within a dynamic environment.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
On Site
Location
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer to support a major M&A infrastructure integration programme.

This is a highly hands-on position where you will help stabilise, migrate and integrate a legacy IT environment into a large enterprise infrastructure. You will work across servers, virtualisation, networking, storage, backups and data migration, while ensuring changes are delivered securely and with minimal disruption.

The Role

You will be responsible for:

  • Supporting and migrating Windows Server and Dell infrastructure
  • Managing VMware and/or Hyper-V environments
  • Configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Meraki networking
  • Managing VLANs, ACLs, firewall rules and network segmentation
  • Supporting Veeam Backup & Replication
  • Managing QNAP/NAS storage
  • Planning and executing server and data migrations
  • Racking, unracking, cabling and legacy infrastructure decommissioning
  • Producing technical documentation and migration plans
  • Acting as a senior escalation point for infrastructure issues
  • Providing knowledge transfer and support to junior engineers

What We're Looking For

You will need strong hands-on experience with:

  • Windows Server
  • Dell server hardware
  • VMware and/or Hyper-V
  • Cisco Meraki
  • Veeam Backup & Replication
  • QNAP or similar NAS/storage technologies
  • TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and routing
  • Infrastructure and data migrations

Previous experience working on M&A integrations, infrastructure transformation or large-scale migration programmes would be highly advantageous.

Knowledge of Active Directory, Entra ID, cloud environments, SaaS tenant migrations or Linux would also be beneficial.

Contract Details

  • Location: Motherwell, Scotland
  • Working pattern: 5 days per week on-site
  • Contract: 6 months
  • IR35: Inside IR35
  • Hours: 37.5 hours per week
  • Start date: 28 September
  • Travel: Occasional travel to other sites required
  • Driving licence: Essential

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior infrastructure professional who enjoys hands-on technical delivery and wants to play a key role in a complex enterprise integration programme.

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