Principle Engineer - Storage, Hosting, Microsoft Servers

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Principal Engineer - Storage, Hosting, Microsoft Infrastructure

Cloud, Hosting, Storage & Shared Services Datacentre

Hosting, Storage, Active Directory, MS Azure, VMware, NetApp, Hosted Cloud Datacentre, SCOM & SCCM, Physical & Virtual Servers and MS Genealogy experience for large, varied and diverse clientele.

Birmingham

£45,000 to £55,000 + Car or Car Allowance (£5,000) + 10% Bonus + Benefits

Global organisation is seeking an experienced Principle Engineer to be their Technical Lead based at their Infrastructure HQ in Birmingham.

Reporting to the Head of Hosting & Storage as the Principal Engineer, you will provide a senior level of technical leadership (predominantly 3rd & 4th Line), team motivating, and team leading, technical advice & guidance and subject matter expertise within the Hosting & Storage Services Team.

You will be the Subject Matter Expert across all technical areas within the Hosting & Storage Team and shall act as Technical Design Authority to ensure solution compliance to Service and Technical standards.

This post will require you will need to be a "tenacious completer" that is also responsible for ensuring the engineering team are aligned and prioritised to meet live system deadlines and project timescales.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management and leadership of Hosting and Maintenance ensuring your team provides quality driven, high-level technical maintenance of the Cloud, Server, Hosting and Storage estate.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Owning Operational Improvements Plans for the Hosting & Storage Support area, ensuring appropriate and successful implementation your key technical and functional responsibilities will involve:

* MS Active Directory, MS Azure

* VMware, NetApp, Hosting & Storage,

* SCOM, SCCM

* Hosted Cloud Datacentres & Cloud Technology - IaaS, NaaS, SaaS

* Support of Physical & Virtual Servers, Windows Servers 2003, 2008, 2012 r2

* The support of project planning activities, defining the correct approach and activities for projects to reach their technical goals

* Support the planning of 3rd party contract reviews, renewals and terminations

* Define and assure the planning, scheduling and technical detail of Change Requests and

routine maintenance activities for the team.

* Define, assure and manage the planning for Root Cause Analysis activities for the team.

* Be responsible for capacity planning and capacity management, proactively identifying required improvements and capacity constraints.

Technical Desirables & Qualifications:

* MCSA, MCSE

* VCP

* MS Azure Certified

* NetApp

This role requires proven people and man-management skills and in return the client will offer you a secure and stable working environment, an excellent salary and benefits package and a progressive career path.