Looking for a Senior Systems Engineer, to act as a leader, accountable for specific areas of tech, paying £45k

Duties

* To be accountable and lead on the support, maintenance and development of one or more areas of technology or IT service, including: Information Security Management, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Problem Management
* To provide fault troubleshooting and resolution for assigned incidents within a timely manner, ensuring incidents are updated in the current IT service management tool.
* To ensure all aspects of the organisation's IT services are monitored and appropriate alerting mechanisms have been setup, and to be responsible for the monitoring and coordination of the response to alerts.
* To effectively project manage all aspects of assigned technology projects, providing design authority expertise to ensure that solutions are fit for purpose and delivered to an agreed standard.
* To investigate and recommend changes to the organisation's IT policies and processes in order to maximise their effectiveness.
* To create and maintain IT system and policy documentation.
* To create training programmes for assigned areas of technology, and to deliver these to the department.
* To use your technical experience and knowledge to make suggestions for any projects that would enhance or ensure the continued delivery of IT services and to submit the appropriate project proposals.
* Provide assistance to more junior members of staff, taking an active role in the development of the IT Apprentice.
* Liaising and working with third party support companies to ensure that work is delivered or faults are rectified in a timely manner, including management and renewal of support contracts and on-site contractor management.
* To be responsible for maintaining the asset records of equipment that is purchased, moved or disposed of.
* To work closely with the wider department on projects/task groups, providing timely assistance and support as required by the Project Manager.
* To take responsibility for self-development, identify opportunities for training to keep technical skill set current and to advance knowledge in other areas of technology. To undertake technical and non-technical training as required.

Specialist Skills and Knowledge

* Good user skills in the Microsoft Office suite of products
* Demonstrable knowledge and experience of more than one of the following areas:
* Microsoft Windows Server - installation, configuration and troubleshooting
* TCP/IP, DNS, routing and firewalling
* Microsoft Active Directory
* Administering and maintaining virtualization technologies - VMware vSphere (version 5+)
* Administering and maintaining Storage Area Networks
* Administering and maintaining Citrix XenApp and/or XenDesktop
* Administering and maintaining Switches and Routers

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