Engineering

IT Senior Platform Engineer (SC Clearable)

  • Location

    Farnborough

  • Sector:

    Defence

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £60000 - £61000 per annum

  • Contact:

    George Simms

  • Contact email:

    g.simms@ioassociates.co.uk

  • Job ref:

    BBBH79729_1655738893

Senior IT Platform Engineer (SC clearable)

Farnborough, Hybrid 1 day a week

£60k

SC Clearance Needed

Do you want to be a key part in a well-established Defence and Technical Innovation business who is currently experiencing tremendous growth?

As the Senior IT Platform Engineer you will monitor, manage and develop the company's IT solutions throughout the IT Estate to ensure customer satisfaction of all services. While also acting as a day-to-day escalation point. You will also own and develop project deliverables, working together with the architecture teams, Technology Managers & Platform Services Manager to develop both technical & service road maps.

You will be:

  • Act as a Subject Matter Expertise against core platforms & for projects coming through from IT Project Teams
  • Support Head of IT Operations in the delivery of IT Services
  • Oversee and lead system management and administration for all operational toolset deployments
  • Reviewing and acting on service desk calls and completing work assigned by the Platform Services Manager, occasionally leading less experienced engineers and delegating tasks to them
  • Maintain a level of knowledge on new technologies sufficient to understand their applicability to our customer base and to implement and support them, if appropriate
  • Ensure relevant team documentation is full and complete and communicate any shortfalls to colleagues and line management

You will have:

  • Strong experience with AD Directory, DNS & MS Exchange
  • Extensive knowledge in Windows
  • Knowledge of Linux in a working environment
  • Experience with VMware, including firewalls & automation
  • Hardware experience with Dell, Cisco & Hyper-converged technologies
  • Experience in leading a team to deliver an IT solution
  • The ability to produce technical documents & procedures
  • Customer facing skills
  • Knowledge of ISO 27001
  • ITIL V3

Benefits include flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more. NO PROBATION PERIOD - ALL BENEFITS ARE IMMEDIATE

Interview slots available for the coming weeks, get in touch now to secure yours before they are taken -