Cloud-Ready Senior Server & Storage Engineer

Kingston University; Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingston University in Kingston upon Thames is seeking a skilled technician to join our Information Technology Services team. The role focuses on maintaining university data centres and our evolving AWS/cloud environment, with an emphasis on operating independently on projects and communicating with service owners across the university.

The successful candidate will have sysadmin experience, work with Windows, VMware, and datacentre hardware, and be keen to develop cloud skills through training.

Qualifications

• Proven sysadmin experience with large server fleets.
• Experience with Windows servers and VMware.
• Familiar with datacentres and hardware.
• Able to work independently and communicate with service owners across the university.
• AWS knowledge beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain university data centres and cloud environments.
• Coordinate with service owners and project teams.
• Assist with backups, Linux, automation where relevant.
• Support modernization and training initiatives.

Skills

Sysadmin

Windows

VMware

Datacentres

AWS Cloud

Linux

Automation

Job description

Kingston University in Kingston upon Thames is seeking a skilled technician to join our Information Technology Services team. The role focuses on maintaining university data centres and our evolving AWS/cloud environment, with an emphasis on operating independently on projects and communicating with service owners across the university.

The successful candidate will have sysadmin experience, work with Windows, VMware, and datacentre hardware, and be keen to develop cloud skills through training.