Junior Data Center IT & Security Engineer

Partner One Capital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Partner One invites a Junior IT Support professional to join our multidisciplinary IT team on-site at our data center. You will support, maintain, and enhance our IT infrastructure, security posture, and operational resilience alongside the Head of IT & Security and the Cyber Security Lead.

Key duties include troubleshooting, installing and maintaining IT and security systems, supporting cloud platforms, incident response, vulnerability remediation, and on-site data center support.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a varied IT System Management role.
• Experience following change management and ITIL best practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; other languages are a plus.
• Experience managing and configuring Hyper-V, OpenStack and vSphere.
• Experience managing and supporting users on Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, and IBM Cloud.
• Strong knowledge of security technologies, including NGFW, WAF, IPS, EDR, NDR, AV, MDM, MFA, SIEM, email security, patch management, vulnerability management and vulnerability scanning.
• Demonstrable passion and enthusiasm for security, including the ability to keep current with the latest threats, technologies and trends.
• Must be a proactive, self-starter eager to learn and show initiative.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting network and software issues.
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining software and hardware-based IT and Security systems.
• Supporting all cloud-based SAAS and PAAS solutions.
• Understanding IT and Security challenges, strategy, and testing proper secure functionality of IT Systems.
• Investigation of security events and incidents.
• Resolution of service requests, incidents, and problems.
• Identification and remediation of vulnerabilities.
• Coaching staff on newly developed hardware and software systems.
• Testing, troubleshooting, and configuring software, hardware, and network systems both on-prem and in cloud environments.
• Scripting with PowerShell, Bash, Python, etc.
• Work in the data center to bring servers and switches online.
• Perform regular inspections and reporting of all critical infrastructure systems (HVAC, Electrical, Fire).
• Support the Systems & Infrastructure Lead with data center rack and server layout and capacity & growth planning.
• Provide on-site support in the Data Center during incidents, RMA, project, and maintenance activities
• Provide tier I/II support for data and network systems infrastructure
• Provide planning and vendor oversight for network change activity
• Deploy and maintain hardware onsite including: physical servers and storage appliances, network hardware, and power equipment i.e, UPS
• Maintain inventory of all hardware
• Deploy and maintain new data center infrastructure
• Diagnose the root cause of technical issues in the data center

Skills

IT systems management

Change management

Security technologies

Network troubleshooting

Scripting

Data center operations

English communication

Tools

Hyper-V

OpenStack

vSphere

Microsoft Azure

Amazon AWS

IBM Cloud

NGFW/WAF/IPS security tools

Job description

Partner One invites a Junior IT Support professional to join our multidisciplinary IT team on-site at our data center. You will support, maintain, and enhance our IT infrastructure, security posture, and operational resilience alongside the Head of IT & Security and the Cyber Security Lead.

Key duties include troubleshooting, installing and maintaining IT and security systems, supporting cloud platforms, incident response, vulnerability remediation, and on-site data center support.