Job: Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Mostly remote (but flexibility to travel around either the London or Birmingham area is required)
Salary: Up to 65,000 + benefits (London) Up to £60,000 + benefits (North / Birmingham area)
Key Tasks
Provide technical direction working with internal and external resources/suppliers to deliver solutions that meet the operational needs of the business, as directed by the IT Service Manager.
Install new/rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
Easily recognises system deficiencies, and implement effective solutions whilst developing and maintaining installation and configuration procedures.
Contribute to and maintain system standards and policies.
Research and recommend innovative technologies or system changes that can deliver improvements in efficiency and where possible identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.
Manage and update the Disaster Recovery plan as required.
Work sympathetically and effectively with IT and business staff as well as customers.
Carry out in-house system testing as required with new systems.
Liaise with and manage 3rd party vendors/relationships
Essential Skills
Excellent people-management skills, and ability to motivate
Professional and service-oriented attitude towards users and customers
Excellent communication skills (verbal & written) for a range of audiences Able to prioritise unsupervised
Self-sufficient
Ability to systematically troubleshoot complex problems
Problem Solver
Solid time management, planning and organising skills
Capability to ensure accountability and cost-effectiveness within internal infrastructure team
Project management experience
Service management experience
MCSA/MCSE 2008 - 2012 Qualified or equivalent experience
Previous experience engineering and deploying scalable, highly available solutions utilising roles within Windows Server: DHCP, DNS, AD, Print, File Services, DFS across multiple sites.
Competent with Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange server to Office 365 administration, architecting and implementation.
Good understanding of HP MSA storage systems
VCP5 (VMware vSphere 5.5 and 6). Clustering, Networking, HA, DR.
Able to support and administer cloud based application infrastructure solutions in AWS, Oracle Cloud and others.
Backup solution architecting and administration using Veeam and other software
Good understanding of IPv4 Networking and IPv6. Configuration and routing on Cisco, Watchguard and other vendor hardware.
