On-Site IT Support Engineer (Windows, VMware, Service Desk) for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG in the south-west of England is seeking a hands-on IT Technician to manage Windows Server environments, VMware hosts, and network devices while supporting users across the estate.

You will patch servers, maintain AD/DNS/DHCP, and assist with backups, virtual desktops, and Go-to-Meeting tools. A blended military/civilian setting experience is a plus; ITIL and PKI skills are desirable.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Windows Server administration

Network maintenance

Workstation administration

Service desk experience

Education

Vocational IT training or secondary IT system administration education

Tools

ITIL Foundation

VEEAM

Horizon View

Trellix ePO

PKI certificate renewal

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.