Infrastructure Systems Administrator

Role: Infrastructure Systems Administrator

Location: Cheltenham - 3 days/week on-site

Salary: £65,000 - £80,000 + benefits

Infrastructure Systems Administrator needed to join our client, an established defence engineering firm based in Cheltenham.

We're looking for an Infrastructure Systems Administrator to play a critical role in providing technical guidance, design and administration for key business infrastructure. You will be responsible for delivering advanced technical solutions, contribute to the development of new principles and concepts, and act as advisor to management and customer on advanced technical research studies and applications.

Please note we can only consider UK nationals for this position based on UK Security Clearance requirements.

What the role of the Infrastructure Systems Administrator entails:

Some of the main duties of the Infrastructure Systems Administrator will include:

Apply subject matter expertise to provide recommendations regarding systems administration to management and guide other team members as needed
Contribute to the planning and development of the overall service
Install, configure, administer, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues as required
Participate as directed by the System Administration Manager in rosters and other arrangements necessary for the delivery of 24/7 services, undertaking responsibilities as part of the Systems Administration Team On-call rota, working flexibly to deliver out-of-hours planned and unplanned network changes
Serve as Systems Administration lead on advanced projects and/or programmes
Contribute to the development of new principles & concepts
Follow, maintain and disseminate approved procedures, including adherence to ISO20000 & ISO27001 standards
Collaborate with vendors for application support, upgrades, and issue resolution.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to deployment, infrastructure, and system performance.

What experience you need to be the successful Infrastructure Systems Administrator:

Strong technical foundation in several of the following technologies:

VMware vSphere 8.0+
Fiber Channel Storage Technologies - Dell NetApp
Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop and Citrix Netscalar
Amazon Web Services/Azure
Microsoft OS 2019/2022, Exchange and Office 365
SQL Server administration/database concepts - MS SQL 2019
Certificate Authorities Administrative experience
Experience with Linux and Ansible
Experience with Active Directory Federated trusts
Familiarity with project management methodologies including ITIL, AGILE and SCRUM
Sound networking knowledge - TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, MPLS

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Infrastructure Systems Administrator to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

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