IT Infrastructure Engineer - Staffordshire - £35k-£43K

Job description

·  Location
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
·  Salary
£ 35000 - £ 43000 / Year
·  Job type
Permanent
·  Industry
IT
·  External Reference
JN-092023-343204
·  Category
IT - IT

Are you an IT Infrastructure Engineer who is looking for a new challenge in a forward thinking and innovative organisation?

Are you looking for a position in a secure and robust sector, given the economic challenges we are currently facing?

Do you want a job with excellent benefits, that offers an excellent work-life balance, whilst truly making a positive difference to people?

Then please read on as this role is perfect for you………………

Adecco Public Sector's client in Staffordshire is looking to grow their team by hiring a new IT Infrastructure Engineer to join their 3 rd line support team. You will supporting several thousand users by both resolving 3 rd line BAU support tickets passed on by the 1 st or 2 nd line support teams, whilst also having the opportunity to be involved in some exciting infrastructure improvement projects on the horizon, as the organisation looks to innovate with modern technologies and solutions.

So what's in it for you? The successful candidate will be able to benefit from the below offering:

·  A basic salary package between £35k - £43k, dependent on experience.

·  The progression opportunity to move up to a Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer position, which goes up to £50k.

·  Additional on-call pay uplifts and call out payments.

·  Starting on a minimum of 27 days annual holiday allowance plus 8 additional Bank Holiday days, with this further increasing with length of service.

·  An industry-leading pension scheme and other excellent benefits such as healthcare, parental leave policies and salary sacrifice schemes.

·  Excellent development opportunities and external training opportunities based on development needs identified in performance and progression reviews.

·  Hybrid working between home and office, with flexibility given dependent on personal preference and needs.

·  Heavily discounted staff parking rates.

The Role:

You will be part of a team who has responsibility for the organisation's critical servers, storage area network infrastructure and Cloud technologies. You will be resolving escalated issues and tickets by the first and second line IT support teams and be responsible for using your technical specialism to resolve these tickets, dependent on their severity and priority.

You will support the design, specification, installation & configuration of new server, storage, network security and Cloud technologies, whilst also being responsible for the security, optimisation, availability, storage, backup & retrieval & general safe keeping of all the organisation's electronic data in line with the IT security policy

You will also be asked to support infrastructure upgrade projects and be given the opportunity to receive training in new technologies where required. There is also the responsibility to perform research into new and upcoming technologies, in order to determine their impact or possible enhancement of planned or existing IT services

You will manage the design, specification, installation & configuration of new server, storage, network security and Cloud technologies, whilst also being responsible for the security, optimisation, availability, storage, backup and retrieval and general safe keeping of the organisation's electronic data, in line with the IT security policy.

Technical Requirements:

·  Windows Server (2012, 2016, 2019) - Ability to support to 3 rd line level.

·  Virtualisation knowledge (eg VMware, Hyper-V)

·  An understanding of the concepts of Storage.

·  A knowledge of Cisco firewalls.

·  An understanding of Cloud technologies, such as Microsoft Azure, would be beneficial, but definitely not essential as training can be provided.

·  A knowledge of Microsoft 365 would be beneficial, but definitely not essential as training can be provided.

This is a truly excellent opportunity to join an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, with excellent job security and progression opportunities, who prioritise the investment in new technology to support their users and make a genuinely positive different.

PLEASE APPLY NOW AND DON'T MISS OUT!

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