Infrastructure Engineer

Salary:£31,931 - £34,709 per annum (depending on skills and experience) plus up to £1,000 annual allowance & excellent benefits
Hours: Full time
Contract type:Open Ended

Location: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire

Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us. Whether it’s sending probes into space or finding new ways to treat cancer, everyone here plays a vital role in making a positive difference to society. Come and discover how much you can achieve when you are surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity.

Discover the impact you can make when you’re equipped, encouraged and inspired to perform at your very best, whilst working within a dynamic department at the heart of UK science.Our team delivers first class IT support and services that underpin our scientific programme of activities. The work we do is key to protecting the organisations digital assets to enable the work of the scientific community here. Our investments in new digital capability, innovation and partnerships with industry specialists are globally significant for science and research.

About the role

Maintain and manage STFC (Science and Technology Facilities Council) environments – on premises and in the cloud - in accordance with industry best practice and ITIL standards.
Provide second line support to the business, ensuring servers and underlying IT systems are available for use, working closely with other members of the team to ensure services are delivered efficiently and effectively.
The role owners play a vital role in progressing the groups IT Strategy and requires flexibility and versatility when it comes to designing, building, and maintaining our technology stack.

Essential Criteria:

• Systems Administrator Experience (Microsoft Server 2012 and higher/Linux)
• MCSA Qualified or equivalent experience
• Microsoft 365 / Azure and Microsoft on premise
• Load balancers
• Backup technology
• PowerShell
• Strong team working ability
• Able to communicate to all levels of staff, both verbally and in writing

Desirable Criteria:

• ITIL
• Certificate Services
• Familiar with Dell hardware
• ITIL Foundation
• Basic networking knowledge
• Creating and maintaining system documentation
• Information Security principles and practices.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise grade infrastructure both on premise and within cloud environments
• Specific Technical Experience
  • Nutanix virtualisation
  • VDI implementation
  • Veritas backup systems

Ideally this role would be located at the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire, but we would consider applications to be located at the Daresbury Lab in Cheshire for the right candidate.

STFC Benefits:

STFC values their employees by offering a benefits package designed to provide an excellent work/life balance including 30 days’ annual leave, 10.5 public and privilege holidays, flexible working hours, a workplace nursery, exceptional average salary pension scheme, social and sporting activities and societies and a subsidised restaurant.

Please note:The post you are applying for attracts a National Security Vetting clearance, there are further eligibility requirements, for further details at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/united-kingdom-security-vetting

To meet national security vetting requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3 years for CTC. You may still be considered if, for example:

• you’ve been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
• you were studying abroad
• you were living overseas with parent

We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Whatever our role, we have the freedom to explore, learn and connect, as part of a community that loves to share knowledge and support one another. As one of Europe’s largest research organisations, this is a place where there’s always something new to learn –about the world around us, about your career, but most of all, about yourself. Join us and discover what’s possible.