Operations Infrastructure Engineer

Aufgaben

Are you a proactive Infrastructure Engineer with experience working autonomously and as part of a wider team? Would you like to contribute to the continued success of the largest family-owned Whisky distillery in Scotland, responsible for iconic brands including: Glenfiddich, The Balvenie, Hendricks Gin, and Reyka Vodka?

William Grant & Sons are looking for a driven Operations Infrastructure Engineer to join our established Infrastructure team, based in Cumbernauld, on a Hybrid basis. This is a key role in our organisation, where you will join a dynamic team dedicated to maintaining our global infrastructure estate. The successful candidate will play a vital role in our ongoing transition to Azure. As a crucial member of our IT department, you will be at the forefront of managing and optimising our infrastructure to ensure seamless operations and support the growth of our organisation.

Rollenverantwortung

As an Operations Infrastructure Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to design, implement, and maintain our organisation's IT infrastructure. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, security, and efficiency of our systems. Key responsibilities include:

1. Server Management: Administer and maintain servers globally, both physical and virtual, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and scalability.
2. Storage Management: Implement and manage storage solutions to accommodate the organization's data growth, ensuring data integrity and accessibility.
3. Virtualisation: Work with VMWare to optimise utilisation and provide scalable and flexible infrastructure solutions.
4. Cloud Integration: Manage and maintain our Azure infrastructure and enterprise applications.
5. Backup and Disaster Recovery: Develop and maintain robust backup and disaster recovery plans to safeguard critical data and ensure business continuity.
6. Monitoring and Performance Optimisation: Implement monitoring tools to proactively identify and address potential issues. Optimise system performance and resource utilisation.
7. Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support various IT initiatives, including software deployments, upgrades, and new technology integrations.
8. Documentation: Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation of the infrastructure, configurations, and procedures.

*Please note that this role will be required to take part in an on-call rota*

Unser idealer Kandidat/in

The ideal candidate for this role will possess a unique blend of technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and excellent communication skills. Key qualifications include:

1. Technical Proficiency: Solid experience in infrastructure management with expertise in server technologies, networking, and storage solutions.
2. Virtualisation Skills: Familiarity with virtualisation technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, or similar platforms.
3. Problem Solving: Adept at analysing complex issues and implementing effective solutions. Proactive in identifying and addressing potential challenges.
4. Collaboration and Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively within a team and effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
5. Adaptability: Ability to adapt to evolving technologies and changing business requirements.
6. Certifications: Relevant certifications such as MCSA, MCSE, or certifications in virtualisation technologies are desirable.
7. Technologies: VEEAM, ZERTO, Nimble Storage, VMWare, Windows Infrastructure Stack, Azure, SolarWinds, NetScaler

Was wir Dir bieten

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

Über William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.