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Senior/Lead Systems Engineer – Contract
📍 Manchester (2-3 days/week onsite) | £500/day, Outside IR35 | 5-month contract
We're looking for a hands-on Senior/Lead Engineer to take ownership of the corporate compute and platform estate for a business undergoing significant technical change: servers, virtualisation, storage, domain infrastructure, and cloud workloads all sit under this role. This is a genuine full-stack systems position for someone who's comfortable owning infrastructure end-to-end and working independently in a fast-moving, low-maturity environment.
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What you'll need:
- Expert-level systems engineering across Windows Server, virtualisation, storage, AD/domain architecture, and the M365 stack
- Hands-on cloud experience with GCP, Azure, or AWS, plus infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or Bicep)
- Solid networking fundamentals (CCNA-level): VLANs, static routing, core principles
- A true full-stack grounding spanning identity, cloud, and endpoint, with the appetite to learn fast
- Strong scripting/automation skills in PowerShell and Python
- Proven discipline around backup, DR, and patch management
- Confidence operating independently where process is still maturing
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Nice to have:
- Background in games, VFX, animation, or another technical creative studio environment
- Exposure to Perforce or large-scale build-pipeline infrastructure
- High-availability and resilience design experience
- Comfortable using AI tooling to support infrastructure-as-code work
If you're a systems generalist who enjoys building structure into a high-change environment and wants the autonomy of an outside-IR35 contract, get in touch.
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