My client is a leading global Digital Consultancy and are seeking a Storage Engineer - Senior IT Specialist to join their team at client facility in Cumbria, UK. Note: Must hold active SC Clearance and be eligible for DV Clearance The role will involve working across multiple IT disciplines (such as Servers, storage, databases, security tools, audio visual equipment), but the primary requirement is for a storage and database engineer. As such, experience with Dell. Role Responsibilities: Incident management to resolution Carrying out regular maintenance tasks to ensure the systems under support are able to continue to meet availability and performance requirements. Carrying out storage monitoring Upgrade hardware, firmware, software under Change control Racking and cabling hardware Patching network connections What are the working conditions? Located at customer site - Cumbria Shift work, following a 2 x 12.5-hour day shifts, 2 x 12.5-night shifts, and 6 rest days pattern Member of a shift team containing one Network specialist, one Infrastructure specialist, and one Storage, Database, and Security Tooling specialist There are five shift teams in total. Role Requirements: An experienced Storage Engineer with excellent knowledge of Dell EMC products (preferably 4 years minimum experience) Hands-on experience of other areas of IT, such as Servers, networks, security tools, audio visual equipment ITIL 4 qualified, with experience of implementing system modifications via Change control. Ability and motivation to learn new IT skills. Good stakeholder management Excellent written and verbal communication skills. A strong analytical troubleshooting approach Rewards and benefits: Shift allowance 25 days annual paid leave; Wellbeing programs & work-life balance - integration and passion sharing events; Private medical and dental care; Pension contributions up to 10%; Flex benefits program; Courses and certifications opportunities; Conferences and Expert Communities; Charity and eco initiatives.
12/09/2024
Full time
My client is a leading global Digital Consultancy and are seeking a Storage Engineer - Senior IT Specialist to join their team at client facility in Cumbria, UK. Note: Must hold active SC Clearance and be eligible for DV Clearance The role will involve working across multiple IT disciplines (such as Servers, storage, databases, security tools, audio visual equipment), but the primary requirement is for a storage and database engineer. As such, experience with Dell. Role Responsibilities: Incident management to resolution Carrying out regular maintenance tasks to ensure the systems under support are able to continue to meet availability and performance requirements. Carrying out storage monitoring Upgrade hardware, firmware, software under Change control Racking and cabling hardware Patching network connections What are the working conditions? Located at customer site - Cumbria Shift work, following a 2 x 12.5-hour day shifts, 2 x 12.5-night shifts, and 6 rest days pattern Member of a shift team containing one Network specialist, one Infrastructure specialist, and one Storage, Database, and Security Tooling specialist There are five shift teams in total. Role Requirements: An experienced Storage Engineer with excellent knowledge of Dell EMC products (preferably 4 years minimum experience) Hands-on experience of other areas of IT, such as Servers, networks, security tools, audio visual equipment ITIL 4 qualified, with experience of implementing system modifications via Change control. Ability and motivation to learn new IT skills. Good stakeholder management Excellent written and verbal communication skills. A strong analytical troubleshooting approach Rewards and benefits: Shift allowance 25 days annual paid leave; Wellbeing programs & work-life balance - integration and passion sharing events; Private medical and dental care; Pension contributions up to 10%; Flex benefits program; Courses and certifications opportunities; Conferences and Expert Communities; Charity and eco initiatives.
Interquest have a great opportunity for an experienced engineer that ideally holds current "DV clearance". The role will be long term and offer great opportunity for the right candidate. Provides technical expertise for appropriate level distributed systems environments on issues related to Servers, local services, data centers, server configuration, and to ensure that client needs are met. Participates in requirements definition, specification, design, development, and integration of Microsoft Windows systems and on projects to ensure services adhere to client specifications. Tests, integrates, maintains, and addresses escalated problems related to Wintel systems for smaller sized projects, including testing and integrating hardware and software, using appropriate resources. Provide configuration management, inventory management, fault management, and trouble management support on already established Servers and end user devices. Supports maintenance, patching and upgrades of Wintel computer environments. Performs risk and consequence assessment for projects; assists in identifying cost reduction opportunities to safeguard company and client interests. Key Responsibilities - Provide configuration management, inventory management, fault management, and trouble management support on already established Wintel Servers and desktop devices. Supports periodic patching, maintenance and upgrades of Wintel computer environments. Essential Skills - Windows Server 2016/2019, Windows 10 and Active Directory DV clearance as a minimum Organisation skills to balance and prioritise work Communication skills to interact with Management, team members and support staff Skilled in integrating distributed computing hardware and software systems Interpersonal skills to interact with customers, team members, and senior level personnel Ability to work in a team environment that will include providing on call support Willingness to travel - must have full driving licence InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
11/09/2024
Project-based
Interquest have a great opportunity for an experienced engineer that ideally holds current "DV clearance". The role will be long term and offer great opportunity for the right candidate. Provides technical expertise for appropriate level distributed systems environments on issues related to Servers, local services, data centers, server configuration, and to ensure that client needs are met. Participates in requirements definition, specification, design, development, and integration of Microsoft Windows systems and on projects to ensure services adhere to client specifications. Tests, integrates, maintains, and addresses escalated problems related to Wintel systems for smaller sized projects, including testing and integrating hardware and software, using appropriate resources. Provide configuration management, inventory management, fault management, and trouble management support on already established Servers and end user devices. Supports maintenance, patching and upgrades of Wintel computer environments. Performs risk and consequence assessment for projects; assists in identifying cost reduction opportunities to safeguard company and client interests. Key Responsibilities - Provide configuration management, inventory management, fault management, and trouble management support on already established Wintel Servers and desktop devices. Supports periodic patching, maintenance and upgrades of Wintel computer environments. Essential Skills - Windows Server 2016/2019, Windows 10 and Active Directory DV clearance as a minimum Organisation skills to balance and prioritise work Communication skills to interact with Management, team members and support staff Skilled in integrating distributed computing hardware and software systems Interpersonal skills to interact with customers, team members, and senior level personnel Ability to work in a team environment that will include providing on call support Willingness to travel - must have full driving licence InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Windows Infrastructure Design Engineer (two roles) Basingstoke - full time on site Salary to £60,000/annum + benefits SC/DV Cleared Sanderson Government and Defence is once again working with a large UK Government consultancy who are looking for two cleared Windows 2019/2022 SMEs to come in and take responsibility for the Windows 2019/2022 implementation an area of a project within a wider UK Govt programme. You will have a design lead who is responsible for the overall programme to support you and set the overall strategy while you and your colleagues at this level deal with the low level design elements and work with other lower level engineers for the implementation. This role would suit either a fully fledged design engineer/more junior architect, or a senior engineer looking to take your career in that direction. Key requirements are as follows: SME level knowledge and experience with at least Windows Server 2019, ideally 2022 Reasonable exposure to design work (at least LLD) Active SC or DV clearance An interest in or exposure to the UK Defence Sector
11/09/2024
Full time
Windows Infrastructure Design Engineer (two roles) Basingstoke - full time on site Salary to £60,000/annum + benefits SC/DV Cleared Sanderson Government and Defence is once again working with a large UK Government consultancy who are looking for two cleared Windows 2019/2022 SMEs to come in and take responsibility for the Windows 2019/2022 implementation an area of a project within a wider UK Govt programme. You will have a design lead who is responsible for the overall programme to support you and set the overall strategy while you and your colleagues at this level deal with the low level design elements and work with other lower level engineers for the implementation. This role would suit either a fully fledged design engineer/more junior architect, or a senior engineer looking to take your career in that direction. Key requirements are as follows: SME level knowledge and experience with at least Windows Server 2019, ideally 2022 Reasonable exposure to design work (at least LLD) Active SC or DV clearance An interest in or exposure to the UK Defence Sector
Key Accountabilities: Support the Technical Service Manager(s) and Team Leader in maintaining the operational status, and maximising availability of assets to programme demanders. Resolution of significant issues. Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player. Additional accountabilities for this job profile may be defined and appointed through the Chief Engineer Management Arrangements, with appointees listed within the Company Design Authorities and Technical Authorities, as held in the company management system. Key Responsibilities: Deliver Technical Excellence Provide a resilient cost effective highly available infrastructure to the business on top of which hosted services can be deployed, managed, and maintained. To manage the day-to-day sustainment of Infrastructure Systems, ensuring that planning, end-user impact, change management and problem management are properly addressed and monitored to ensure that deadlines, budgets, and service levels are met, and results delivered. Be responsible for diagnosing and following through to resolution any problems, escalating to team members or other teams and vendors when required. Build relationships with other teams within IT Operations to enable better support and communications. To maintain technical skills to allow us to benefit from new and emerging technologies to make supportive decisions. Attend technical briefing/support groups. Understand and develop support system road maps. Experience around packaging applications Moving from windows 10 to windows 11 Skills/Experience: Microsoft Configuration Manager Microsoft AppV PowerShell Scripting Skills Ivanti Workspace control - desirable Ivanti Device and Application Control - desirable Advanced Installer and InstallShield. Sometime MSI studio - desirable Group Policy - desirable If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.
10/09/2024
Project-based
Key Accountabilities: Support the Technical Service Manager(s) and Team Leader in maintaining the operational status, and maximising availability of assets to programme demanders. Resolution of significant issues. Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player. Additional accountabilities for this job profile may be defined and appointed through the Chief Engineer Management Arrangements, with appointees listed within the Company Design Authorities and Technical Authorities, as held in the company management system. Key Responsibilities: Deliver Technical Excellence Provide a resilient cost effective highly available infrastructure to the business on top of which hosted services can be deployed, managed, and maintained. To manage the day-to-day sustainment of Infrastructure Systems, ensuring that planning, end-user impact, change management and problem management are properly addressed and monitored to ensure that deadlines, budgets, and service levels are met, and results delivered. Be responsible for diagnosing and following through to resolution any problems, escalating to team members or other teams and vendors when required. Build relationships with other teams within IT Operations to enable better support and communications. To maintain technical skills to allow us to benefit from new and emerging technologies to make supportive decisions. Attend technical briefing/support groups. Understand and develop support system road maps. Experience around packaging applications Moving from windows 10 to windows 11 Skills/Experience: Microsoft Configuration Manager Microsoft AppV PowerShell Scripting Skills Ivanti Workspace control - desirable Ivanti Device and Application Control - desirable Advanced Installer and InstallShield. Sometime MSI studio - desirable Group Policy - desirable If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.