L3 Wintel and VDI Engineer

Job Title:

Inzpire - L3 Wintel and VDI Engineer Location

Leeming, United Kingdom – multiple, United Kingdom

Role Type:
Fixed Term – Full Time

We are a highly innovative and rapidly growing defence and technology company that design, develop, and deliver some of the world’s most advanced defence related training, products, and services.

We were recently crowned Employer of the Year at the British Ex-Forces in Business Awards 2023. We have been listed as one of the ‘100 Best Large Companies to Work For’ in the UK and Midlands by Best Companies several times as well as achieving ‘Best Companies 3 Star Accreditation’ and a rating of ‘world-class’ for our employee engagement on a number of occasions.

We are also proud to have been honoured with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in Innovation, for our next-generation GECO military mission planning system.

As part of a unique and specialist defence company, our friendly team consists of experienced and highly capable individuals, working together with a mature ‘can do’ work ethic. Our central business functions are located in an easily accessible, bright and modern head office to the west of Lincoln, alongside our mission systems team, while the majority of our operational specialists are embedded alongside our Defence customers.

We are seeking an experienced WINTEL and VDI Engineer to provide specialist L3 engineering support across enterprise virtualisation, Windows Server, backup, storage, and collaboration services. This role is ideal for a technically confident engineer with strong VMware, Microsoft infrastructure, and operational support experience in complex, resilient environments.

• Deliver engineering support for WINTEL and VDI environments, including VMwareESXi, vCenter,vSAN, NSX, and Horizon.
• Support highly available, resilient infrastructure across clustered and cross-site environments.
• Manage and maintain Microsoft Windows Server platforms, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, NTFS permissions, PKI, and related services.
• Support backup, replication, storage, and disaster recovery technologies, including Veeam Backup and Replication and SAN configurations.
• Provide operational support using service management tooling such as Remedy.
• Contribute to secure desktop, application, and virtual client deployment strategies, including Windows 10, App Volumes, App Stacks, and thin or zero client environments.

This is a fixed-term contract opportunity with expected dates from 21 September 2026 to 31 March 2028, with potential for the contract to be extended beyond the initial term.

Required skills and experience

• Strong experience with VMwareESXi, including Distributed Virtual Switches, Distributed Resource Scheduler, and Distributed Power Manager.
• Hands-on knowledge of VMwarevSAN, including hybrid and all-flash storage configurations.
• Experience with VMware vCenter, high availability, clustering, and cross-site failure and resilience.
• Understanding of VMware NSX, micro-segmentation, and distributed firewalling.
• Experience with VMware Horizon,App Volumes,App Stacks, and virtual desktop deployment approaches.
• Strong Microsoft Windows Server experience, including Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2022 Core.
• Working knowledge of Power Shell, WSUS, Windows 10 deployment, SQL Server, Exchange Server, and Skype for Business.
• Experience supporting voice and video conferencing technologies, including SIP with TLS federation.
• Knowledge of database services, including Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.

Due to the nature of elements of the role, the successful applicant must be a UK National and may be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting which may require criminal record, security service and credit reference checks; qualification will also normally require a minimum UK residency of at least 5 years.

• 30 days paid holiday plus 8 days bank holidays per year.
• Uncapped paid leave scheme (upon successful completion of probation period).
• Company provided private medical and dental insurance.
• QinetiQ Share Incentive Scheme.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Annual profit and performance related pay…