Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer

Required for:
As soon as possible

Location:

Dean’s Yard, Westminster School

Contract:

Full-time, permanent

Hours of work: 35 hours per week, with a one-hour unpaid lunch break each day. Working hours will fall within the 8:00 to 17:30 operational window, with specific start and finish times determined by service requirements and agreed with the Senior Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Engineer.

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Benefits of working at Westminster include:

• Generous School pension scheme
• Free access to the School’s leisure facilities, including a fitness gym (restricted hours)
• Cycle to Work Scheme and season ticket loans following completion of our standard probation period
• Private medical insurance (opt in)
• Discretionary Christmas shutdown period
• Professional development opportunities

Free school meals are also available when on-site during working hours for the role.

For this role, there is no fixed closing date. Applications will be considered on receipt, and interviews may occur at any stage.

The Infrastructure Engineer provides hands‑on operational management of the School’s core IT infrastructure, under the direction of the Senior Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Engineer.

You will provide day‑to‑day resolution of infrastructure‑related escalations, working with the IT Helpdesk and other colleagues to resolve more complex problems. You will also contribute to IT projects, planned maintenance, system upgrades and service improvement initiatives, with opportunities to provide cover or additional operational capacity across adjacent areas of the IT service where appropriate.

Professional experience working with IT infrastructure or a closely related operational IT role is therefore essential. Demonstrable experience of supporting network technologies and supporting Windows Server and/or Linux server environments is also required. The successful candidate may not have worked in an educational environment, however this would be highly desirable.

This role covers operational administration, monitoring, maintenance and configuration across networking, server, storage, backup, identity and security systems across the School’s sites. This includes switches, firewalls, wireless networks, virtualised environments, cloud platforms, backups, disaster recovery arrangements, CCTV, access control and related services.

As part of a small, collaborative IT team supporting a large and high‑profile school environment, this role offers broad hands‑on exposure to a wide range of technologies and services. It is well suited to someone who wants to strengthen their practical experience, broaden their technical skills and contribute to the reliable delivery of IT services in a varied operational setting.

You will be responsible for operational administration, monitoring, maintenance and improvement of the School’s core infrastructure services, including network, server, cybersecurity and systems infrastructure; delivering planned maintenance, technical project tasks and escalation support for more complex technical issues.

The role is on‑site, primarily at Westminster Great School, within infrastructure, network engineering and systems responsibilities across both Great School and the Under School.

• Administer and maintain wired and wireless networks, including Ruckus, Cisco and Meraki switching, routing and Wi‑Fi
• Monitor network performance, availability and security, resolving issues and implementing improvements
• Operate and monitor next‑generation firewalls (e.g. Palo Alto), including routine checks, incident follow‑up and minor changes to filtering, VPN and security settings in line with agreed processes
• Maintain comms rooms, network cabinets, structured cabling, data patching, racks and UPS equipment to agreed housekeeping and safety standards
• Monitor physical network and server room environments, escalating issues relating to ventilation, dust, access, security or health and safety
• Maintain up‑to‑date network diagrams and configuration records
• Use monitoring tools and automation to track network performance and…