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The Professional Services function delivers structured, outcome driven technical engagements that help customers design, implement, and optimise their infrastructure, spanning both on premises datacentres and Microsoft Azure.\nThis is a hybrid, delivery focused, customer facing role covering datacentre infrastructure and Microsoft Azure. You will implement and migrate infrastructure across Windows Server, virtualisation and compute platforms, storage, clustering, backup, and disaster recovery, and deliver Azure infrastructure and hybrid identity workloads alongside them. Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 is desirable. You will work closely with pre-sales, Principal Consultants, Architects, and operational teams to deliver high quality, supportable solutions aligned to agreed standards.\nWhat You Will Do\nProvide hands-on design and delivery expertise across datacentre, hybrid, and Azure environments, acting as the customer's main technical point of contact during engagements.\nSupport pre-sales engagements, contributing to solution definition, technical assurance, and scoping of infrastructure, migration, and business continuity opportunities.\nTake handover of solution designs from Pre-Sales Architects, review the agreed scope, define how the solution will be delivered, and flag any gaps or out-of-scope requirements before delivery begins.\nImplement and deploy secure, resilient, well-documented Microsoft Azure infrastructure and hybrid identity solutions, including landing zones, virtual machines, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, Entra ID, and Azure Monitor, aligned to the Azure 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PowerShell, agreed runbooks, and reference architectures.\nDeliver engagements to agreed time, cost, and quality targets, communicating progress, risks, and dependencies clearly and flagging scope change early.\nWork with operational teams to ensure environments are supportable, resilient, and well documented.\nProduce clear, structured technical design documentation and support service handover activities.\nAct as an escalation resource for complex infrastructure incidents and technical challenges.\nBuild trust and long-term relationships with customers as a representative of the wider business.\nAbility to advise customers on practical AI use cases, risks, and governance considerations.\nExperience using AI-assisted tools responsibly to improve solution design, documentation, or operational efficiency.\nWhat You Will Have\nProven experience, delivering infrastructure solutions in consultancy, managed service, or enterprise environments.\nStrong hands-on experience with Windows Server, including Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, certificate services, and file and storage services.\nDemonstrable experience implementing and supporting enterprise virtualisation platforms and services, both on premise and as a cloud service.\nStrong hands-on experience with VMware vSphere and Hyper-V, covering cluster design, high availability, live migration, shared storage, and virtual networking.\nExperience of infrastructure design, operating system deployment, and storage connectivity, including failover clustering and shared or software-defined storage.\nExperience migrating server estates using structured, low-risk approaches, covering planning, migration tooling, execution, cutover, and decommission.\nWorking knowledge of backup, replication, and disaster recovery tooling, including RTO and RPO design.\nWorking knowledge of Microsoft Azure IaaS and hybrid cloud, including landing zones, virtual machines, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, and Azure Monitor.\nWorking knowledge of Azure identity and access management (Entra ID, Entra Connect, RBAC, Conditional Access), Infrastructure as Code, and Azure cost optimisation.\nWorking knowledge of PowerShell and Terraform for administration, automation, and standardisation.\nUnderstanding of security hardening, PKI, and compliance baselines such as CIS, and of ITIL-aligned service management.\nStrong customer-facing consultancy and communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts clearly and deliver to time, cost, and quality targets on chargeable engagements.\nAbility to travel to customer sites and datacentres as required.\nEligibility to obtain and maintain UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance.\nPlease note, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application.Advert Closing: Midnight, 27th September, please note early applications are encouraged, as the advert may close sooner if a strong pool of high-quality applicants is received.\nWhat We Do For You\nWellbeing that means something\n26 days’ holiday + bank holidays (and the option to buy more) plus 1 paid volunteering day every year\nExceptional family leave, 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave\nRobust sick pay of up to 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay\n24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support\nPrivate medical insurance for everyone, no medical-history exclusions\nFinancial benefits that have your back\nPerformance-based rewards tailored to your role, from company-wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures\nIncome protection: up to 75% salary for 5 years if you ever need it\nPension with 5% matched company contributions\nLife assurance worth 4x your salary from day one\nFree financial planning session with the option to engage in more tailored financial coaching.\nGrow your career with us\nSkillsHub learning platform with leadership pathways, future-manager training, and a huge online library\nAccess to external training and apprenticeships\nMaking a Difference\nMatchIt! Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and OneAdvanced will match part of the funding\nPennies from Heaven donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger\nPlus plenty other flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle on our RewardHub, including:\nULEV car scheme with 1,000+ models\nDental insurance, Health Cash Plan, Critical Illness Cover, Partner Life Cover, Health Assessment, Gym Membership\nWho We Are\nAt OneAdvanced, we are at the forefront of delivering sector-focused technology solutions that simplify complexity, drive meaningful progress, and help build a fairer, more inclusive society.\nWe’re much more than a software company. We deliver SaaS workflow applications and IT services that power organisations across Education, Government, Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, Housing, Retail, and more.\nOneAdvanced is one of the UK’s largest business software and services companies. Based in Birmingham (The Mailbox), operating across the UK, Ireland, India, and Australia.\nOur secure, scalable platform, including OneAdvanced AI, our private AI service for UK organisations, powers connectivity and innovation across critical sectors. Alongside our software are our IT services, including hosting, managed services, and application modernisation.\nWe strive to create an inclusive workplace that drives innovation and collaboration, championing diverse perspectives and ideas. Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy is embedded in everything we do, guiding us to create meaningful impact for our people, our customers and the planet.\nProud to be recognised in the Financial Times’ Best Employers 2026 list for the second-year running, an independent and data led ranking based on employee feedback. 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