Contact type: Contract/Interim
Job title: Infrastructure Engineer
Reports to: Deputy Infrastructure Manager
Length: 12 Months (Possibility of extension)
Start date: ASAP
Pay rate: £160 to £180
Job overview:
To provide support and project services within the Central Systems team to the Trust and other client organisations in terms of the clinical and business systems and supporting infrastructure systems.
This post is based at the Wonford site, although a small proportion of this work is field-based and may at times require travelling to client sites.
The post takes part in an on-call rota providing out-of-hours cover for specific systems.
The post-holder is expected to suggest improvements to the service and infrastructure systems, to monitor and maintain those systems, and to provide leadership to junior members of the team.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide technical support and advice on the whole range of systems in use by the client's and their organisations.
- Support the team and Deputy Infrastructure Manager in developing a strategy of systems management.
- Provide project implementation services for new systems and infrastructure.
- Manage and maintain existing systems and infrastructure.
- Maintain system documentation to a high standard.
- To provide technical lead services on a range of assigned projects.
- Contribute to the development of the data centres.
- Take part in the on-call rota for provision of out-of-hours support for specified systems.
- To provide leadership to other members of the Central Systems team, as well as other teams within IT Infrastructure Delivery.
- Any other duties commensurate with the band as directed by the Deputy Infrastructure Manager.
Essential skills:
- Minimum of two years of experience in IT support in medium to large organisations, preferable with a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent technical knowledge and practical experience of server virtualisation technologies.
- Excellent technical knowledge and practical experience of server and storage hardware and management.
- Excellent technical knowledge of Microsoft technologies.
- Experience in supporting business systems to a high standard.
Desirable skills:
- Excellent technical knowledge and practical experience of SAN technologies.
- SQL Server skills.
- Experience in scripting languages such as PowerShell
- Experienced in automating complex tasks
- Experience in development techniques, such as version control, and proven skills in programming languages such as HTML, JavaScript, PHP and Go.
- Understanding of ITIL processes.
- Knowledge and practical experience of supporting networks.