Senior Consultant (Hybrid Infrastructure)

Hybrid Remote (Hemel Hempstead)

For us, tech has never been about just hardware or software. It's about people. It's our meaningful relationships, deep expertise and practical know-how in technology that drive what we do. We put our customers, our partners and the environment at the heart of everything we do and our people are the difference that make the difference.

At boxxe, we understand, we collaborate, we simplify, we care and we deliver; together we are making tech human.

The Senior Consultant (Hybrid Infrastructure) will deliver expert design and deployment of hybrid infrastructure solutions, including compute, storage, HCI, virtualisation, backup and disaster recovery. This role sits within the Professional Services team in the Cloud & Infrastructure Practice. You'll work with Practice leadership, Presales and PMO teams, taking ownership of solution design and end to end delivery for customers. The role involves UK wide travel and occasional out of hours work to meet project needs, so you must be comfortable with long distance travel and staying away when required.

What you'll be doing

• Produce high-level and low-level designs and peer-review technical deliverables as required.
• Undertake implementation and migration of solutions and services.
• Create and maintain accurate documentation for all tasks and projects, ensuring accuracy in all proposals, Statement of Works, and technical documentation.
• Provide daily progress updates and maintain timesheets.
• Adhere to departmental processes, procedures, and company policies.
• Comply with all Security, Health & Safety, and Environmental requirements
• Communicate effectively at all organisational levels, including CIO.
• Adapt communication style to suit different audiences.
• Build cross departmental relationships (e.g. Sales, PMO, Managed Services).
• Work both independently and collaboratively depending on engagement type.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm for the technologies recommended and deployed.
• Work to deadlines with confidence and professionalism.
• Maintain a personal development mindset and willingness to cross-skill.

What experience we think you'll need

• Extensive experience as a Consultant in an IT Professional Services or MSP environment
• Strong communication, customer engagement and technical documentation skills
• Proven ability to deliver HLD/LLD design, installation and configuration work
• Enterprise server & storage experience with Dell and/or HPE, including block, object and HCI platforms
• Ability to design and implement enterprise storage solutions (PowerStore, PowerScale, ECS, Unity, Alletra, dHCI, 3PAR, Nimble)
• Strong knowledge of VMware vSphere, Nutanix and Hyper V
• Solid understanding of Fibre Channel, iSCSI and core networking fundamentals
• Experience designing stretched clusters and delivering complex data migrations
• Hands on experience with backup & cyber resilience tools (Veeam, Data Domain, StoreOnce)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and cloud connected storage
• Knowledge of server management tooling (iDRAC, iLO, OneView, OpenManage)
• Awareness of security best practice, ITIL processes and "as a service" models (GreenLake/APEX)
• Exposure to IaC/automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, Python)

At boxxe we believe that business should be about more than just profits. Sustainability is a core value. We are committed to reducing our environmental impact, encouraging inclusive working environments, and trading ethically. Everyone at boxxe is responsible for considering the impact of their actions on the environment and for reducing our carbon footprint through embracing Work from Anywhere (in the UK) principles, minimising travel by using virtual technology and adopting sustainable practices. boxxe embraces diversity. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. boxxe does not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. All our employment is based on qualification, excellence, and business need.

This role requires visits to client sites and to the boxxe Hemel Hempstead HQ when needed. Are you comfortable with this?