IT Infrastructure Technician (Servers, Networks, Backup) for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG in Yeovil is seeking a hands-on IT Technician to look after servers, networks and users across a small 5-person team within a defence environment.

You will manage VMware vCenter and ESXi hosts, Windows Server estates, AD/DNS/DHCP, and keep SharePoint and SQL Server running, while supporting the local service desk and maintaining documentation. Prior military/civilian setting a plus.

Qualifications

• Extensive Windows Server administration.
• Intermediate network maintenance and configuration.
• Advanced workstation administration and solid service desk experience.
• Ability to juggle multiple systems and respond quickly to users.
• Five years of IT system administration with vocational training.
• Nice to have ITIL Foundation, VEEAM, Horizon View, Trellix ePO, PKI renewal, and mixed military/civilian setting.

Responsibilities

• Running VMware vCenter and ESXi hosts and Windows servers behind AD, DNS and DHCP.
• Basic care of switches, firewalls, a cross-domain diode and GPS time server.
• Installing and patching server and client software including SharePoint and SQL Server.
• Looking after a bespoke server application and its database, and a messaging tool.
• Renewing certificates, managing encrypted drives and crypto keys.
• Helping with VEEAM backups, virtual desktops, thin clients and print servers.
• Supporting the local service desk, escorting visiting engineers and testing new systems.
• Keeping system documentation up to date.

Skills

Windows Server administration

Network maintenance

Workstation administration

Service desk experience

User support

Education

Vocational IT training or secondary IT system administration with 5 years' experience

Tools

VMware vCenter/ESXi

Active Directory

SharePoint

SQL Server

VEEAM

Job description

A small site, a five-person IT team, and a wide set of systems that all have to keep working.

A multinational defence organisation in the south-west of England needs a hands-on technician who is happy to look after servers, networks and users in the same week.

What You Would Be Doing

• Running several VMware vCenter and ESXi hosts, plus the Windows servers behind AD, DNS and DHCP
• Basic care of switches and firewalls, a cross-domain diode and a GPS time server
• Installing and patching server and client software, including SharePoint and SQL Server
• Looking after a bespoke server application and its database, and a messaging tool
• Renewing certificates, managing encrypted drives and loading keys onto crypto devices
• Helping with VEEAM backups, virtual desktops, thin clients and print servers
• Supporting the local service desk, escorting visiting engineers and testing new systems
• Keeping the documentation for your systems up to date

What you would bring

• Extensive Windows Server administration
• Intermediate network maintenance and configuration
• Advanced workstation administration and solid service desk experience
• Comfort juggling several systems at once and reacting quickly to users
• Vocational IT training, or secondary education in IT system administration with five years of experience
• Nice to have: ITIL Foundation, VEEAM, Horizon View, Trellix ePO, PKI certificate renewal, and time in a mixed military and civilian setting

Why this one is worth a look

No corner of the estate is someone else's problem here, and that is exactly what makes it interesting.