Senior IT Infrastructure & Systems Lead

Overview

Senior IT Infrastructure & Systems Lead

Our client, a bank in Central London, is seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure professional for a dynamic and regulated financial services environment. The role leads the management, security, and continuous improvement of enterprise IT infrastructure, ensuring the availability, resilience, and performance of critical systems across servers, networks, cloud services, cybersecurity, and business-critical financial applications. The candidate should have strong technical expertise in Windows/Linux, VMware, Microsoft 365, networking, cybersecurity, and infrastructure management, with a passion for solving complex challenges and driving operational excellence.

The role requires 7 years of enterprise infrastructure experience, ideally within banking or financial services.

The position is Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm, reporting to the Head of IT & Data. During the probationary period the individual is expected to work in our offices five days per week.

• Administer, maintain, and optimize Windows and Linux server environments.
• Manage VMware virtualized infrastructure (vSphere 8 and above).
• Oversee enterprise backup and disaster recovery solutions using Veeam Backup & Replication.
• Manage Veeam ONE monitoring and Veeam Recovery Orchestrator (VRO) environments.
• Administer endpoint security and encryption solutions, including Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Symantec Endpoint Encryption (SEE).
• Support endpoint DLP, SIEM, and security monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Tenable).
• Manage patching processes using Manage Engine Patch Manager Plus.
• Support Microsoft 365 services and related cloud technologies.
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of cybersecurity and ensure system performance, capacity, availability, and health.
• Ensure compliance with IT governance, security policies, and operational standards.

• Provide advanced desktop, laptop, printer, mobile device (iOS), and branch office IT support.
• Deliver AV support for meeting rooms, conferencing, presentations, and collaboration systems.
• Manage OS deployment, imaging, maintenance, and software packaging.
• Administer Active Directory (AD), Group Policy Objects (GPOs), user provisioning, and NTFS permissions.
• Support Microsoft 365 applications including Outlook, Teams, One Drive, and SharePoint.
• Resolve technical incidents and service requests in line with agreed SLAs.

• Support and administer business-critical applications, including:
• Bloomberg FXT and Refinitiv Eikon, Murex Treasury System, SWIFT Alliance Access (SAA), 1
  
  AML, SIBS, GFMS, COP.
• Support enterprise file synchronization and replication solutions (e.g., Syncovery, other SFTP).

• Configure and support Cisco switches and routers.
• Administer Forti Gate firewall environments.
• Strong network fundamentals: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, routing and connectivity troubleshooting.
• Monitor network performance, availability, and security posture.

• Support vulnerability management using tools such as Tenable.
• Manage security monitoring and log analysis tools (e.g., Splunk).
• Perform SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management using OpenSSL, and manage CSRs, certificate chains, and private keys.
• Ensure adherence to cybersecurity policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Support physical access control systems (e.g., Paxton).

• Windows 11
• Windows Server 2019/2022 (or equivalent enterprise environments)
• Red Hat Linux

• VMware vSphere / vCenter (v8.0.3 and above)
• Veeam Backup & Replication
• Veeam ONE, VRO
• Microsoft Office 365
• Manage Engine Patch Manager Plus
• SAAS solutions
• SQL Server

• Dell Power Edge Servers
• Dell Power Vault SAN Storage

Education:

Bachelor or Master’s degree or professional qualification in a relevant discipline (IT/Information Systems/Computer Science/Technology/Programming/Information Science/System Engineering/Computing).

The role is based in Central London and initially will be in the office five days per week.

This is a 12-month FTC position.

The salary for the role will be circa £70K - £75K.

Please submit your CV in Word format along with your salary expectations and availability.