3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer at GK Recruitment Ltd
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Jul 23, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on third-line infrastructure role within an internal IT team, responsible for resolving complex escalated issues across servers, networking, and Microsoft technologies including Windows Server, Microsoft 365, Azure, and Active Directory. The position also covers administration of virtualised environments, backup and disaster recovery, and delivery of infrastructure upgrade projects. Suits an experienced infrastructure engineer comfortable operating at the top of a support tier.
Senior level · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This role is based in Chorley, UK (Lancashire, England) — US compensation and labour-market benchmarks do not apply. The salary is quoted in GBP (up to £45,000).
The posting uses '3rd Line' as a seniority descriptor (a UK IT support tier convention) rather than a formal job-level title, so advertised seniority is treated as Unspecified. The scope and experience implied by 3rd-line escalation ownership maps to Senior.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) was considered but rejected — the role is clearly focused on operating and maintaining existing infrastructure (servers, virtualisation, networking, M365/Azure tenancy) rather than building software.
VMware and Hyper-V are listed as interchangeable alternatives ('VMware or Hyper-V') in the About You section; both are captured under a single skill entry.
Azure and Entra ID are listed together in the posting ('Azure & Entra ID') but represent distinct products and are emitted as separate skills.
Backups and disaster recovery are mentioned as responsibilities but no specific tooling is named, so no skill entry is emitted for them.
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