IT Systems and Infrastructure Engineer, Checkatrade
Offers annual bonus
More information about location
3-4 days a week in office (Moorgate, London)
Online marketplace for home improvements and repairs
Posted today
Online marketplace for home improvements and repairs
201-500 employees
Posted today
Offers annual bonus
More information about location
3-4 days a week in office (Moorgate, London)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To be a modern online marketplace working towards becoming the trusted foundation of every home by connecting people with trades and tools to make home improvements easy.
Role
Who you are
- It's not about ticking every box. It's about turning up curious, ready to crack on
- Hands-on experience administering Okta and Google Workspace, plus endpoint/device management tools like Kandji and Intune across macOS, Windows and ChromeOS
- Proven experience managing IT infrastructure across Windows Server, Active Directory and Office 365, with strong expertise in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or Google Cloud)
- Day-to-day administration of Jira Service Management — queues, SLAs and workflow automation
- Scripting skills in PowerShell, Python or Bash, and experience building workflow automation with tools such as Okta Workflow or Zapier
- An AI-first mentality: comfortable evaluating and administering AI tools to solve IT problems, not just familiar with them
- Experience delivering IT projects through a structured lifecycle, with a solid grasp of networking and security fundamentals (DNS, VPNs, firewalls), and the ability to explain technical detail clearly to different audiences
- If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t tick every box
Desirable
- Experience leading on-prem to cloud migrations (Azure Migrate or similar)
- Familiarity with SD-WAN and Zero Trust Network Architecture
- Experience supporting major AV events using Zoom and Google Meet
What the job involves
- As our next IT Systems and Infrastructure Engineer, you'll play a key role in helping us build the UK's go-to home improvement marketplace
- You'll own the foundations that keep Checkatrade running - our hybrid cloud and on-prem environments, our core platforms, and the automation that takes manual effort off the plate of teams across the business
- This is a role for someone who wants to build things properly: scalable, secure, and increasingly automated, with AI doing the heavy lifting wherever it can
- Administering and evolving our core platforms (Okta, Google Workspace, AI tools, Jira Service Management and Slack) as the backbone of how Checkatrade operates day to day
- Building and maintaining secure, reliable infrastructure that keeps our teams and systems running smoothly, and stays easy for people across the business to use
- Taking ownership of Windows Server, Active Directory and Office 365, alongside our cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or Google Cloud), managing identity, access and collaboration tools that empower our teams
- Developing automation scripts in PowerShell, Python or Bash, and building workflow automation using tools like Okta Workflow and Zapier, to improve system efficiency
- Bringing an AI-first mindset to how we manage and automate IT: spotting where AI tooling and agentic workflows can replace manual effort, not just scripting the same process faster
- Delivering improvements through a proper project lifecycle: scoping, planning, stakeholder sign-off, delivery and review, rather than ad hoc fixes
- Working closely with security, platform and software engineering teams to deliver tools and systems the business can rely on
Application process
- Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners
- 1st stage interview with Hiring Manager
- 2nd Stage interview with Hiring Manager and Senior IT member
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Checkatrade created the online market for searching, engaging, and reviewing tradespeople back when the digital age was just beginning. Now a household name, it's on a huge growth journey to once again lead the market in every home improvement project seamlessly for both consumers and tradespeople, through its end-to-end digital marketplace. Put simply, Checkatrade connects people with highly skilled, quality tradespeople - and the trades with the tools they need to do their jobs.
Checkatrade has ambitious plans for expansion and innovation. It offers the agility of a start-up with the reassurance of an established organisation and has a team of more than 500 working flexibility from both Portsmouth and its R&D Hub in the heart of Kings Cross.
Recent initiatives such as launching a new quoting and invoicing tool, demonstrate its ongoing efforts to continuously improve user experience and streamline and automate operations for both consumers and trades. The company has made sure it stands out against its competitors with its commitment to trust and quality, raising standards and its dedication to customer satisfaction.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
Hamza Anjarwalla, Labs Launcher Intrapreneur
Insights
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"Checkatrade is changing how our business works, moving from a directory to a marketplace, and this comes with it a huge amount of opportunities to..."
Company benefits
- 💰 Annual company wide bonus plan - when company wins, we all win
- 💷 Wellness cashplan- Claim back money on opticians, dentists and hospital stays so you can keep your health in check.
- 👩⚕️ 24/7 Online GP Service - Health App
- 💪 Gym membership - Pure gym membership
- 🛍️ Discounts and cashback for 100s of retailers across the UK
- 🚗 Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- 💻 Smart Tech Scheme - get the gadgets you want whilst spreading the payments interest free for up to 24 months
- 😋 Free food & Drinks
- 🎉 Company events
- 🗎 Life assurance
- 🏥 Private Medical - depending on the role you may qualify for a PMI
- 👵🏽 Pension - 4%
- 👶🏿 26 Weeks full maternity pay
- 👶🏼 4 Weeks paternity pay
- 🏖️ Buy and sell holiday
- 🎗️ Charity leave - How does one week every year to support a cause close to you in addition to your annual leave sound?
- 👥 Recommend a friend scheme
- 🧒 Workplace Nursery scheme- committed to helping ease that financial pressure for our valued employees
Company values
- Customer-Obsessed: We listen deeply, solve meaningfully, and earn trust.
- AI Powered: We embrace smart tools to move faster, think bigger, and stay ahead.
- All In: We commit fully, collaborate boldly, take ownership and show resilience.
Company HQ
Moorgate, London, UK
Articles
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Checkatrade
Ashley Bartley (Chief People Officer )
- We are all about positive action and promote Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. Whether it’s creating awareness of the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce, to having the right policies, processes, and training in place, we are committed to making sure that at Checkatrade each individual feels valued and accepted. We have task forces to drive our D&I agenda, we have initiatives in play to support employee wellbeing and we run regular engagement surveys to track employee satisfaction too and take action on responses.
- We’re proud to say that women make up 24% of our total tech workforce and 35% of our senior leadership team. We have an established “Women In Tech” network, who are supported to explore their tech careers and grow their influence and networks. We’re for everyone and we build together for our customers.
- We partner with She Can Code to actively drive diversity hiring.
- We run an in-house mentoring scheme aimed to support your growth with us.
- We value diverse ideas, innovation, and are focussed on inclusivity. We take a tech-first approach to removing barriers to success for our people, our consumers, and our trade members.
Share this job
View 17 more jobs at Checkatrade