Senior Systems Administrator

This role is Inside IR35

Location: Aldermaston

Clearance: DV

Contract Length: 12 months

What You'll Be Accountable For:

• Support Team Leader in maintaining operational status and availability of application software and environments.
• Ensure changes align with operational and strategic plans.
• Escalate significant issues to Team Lead.
• Provide cover for Team Lead in case of absence.

What You'll Need:

• Customer-focused with a proactive approach.
• Leadership skills.
• Substantial experience in call and change management systems, troubleshooting tools, and root cause analysis.
• Excellent communication skills – ability to translate technical details for non-technical stakeholders and vice versa.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server 2016/2019/2022.
• Substantial experience in a proactive IT environment with a strong understanding of Virtualization, Application Servers, Cloud Technologies, Network Principles, and monitoring tools.
• Ability to operate under pressure and influence decisions.

Minimum Requirements:

• Assist in configuring and developing applications – not a pure developer role.
• Problem-solving – 3rd line support.
• API understanding.
• C or C++.
• Team Centre ITK – Open Knowledge.
• Microsoft Azure knowledge.
• DevOps Knowledge.
• Product Lifecycle Management.