Platform Engineer – Azure – EK

Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7QP, United Kingdom Work pattern 1 day a week in the office; Linby CP; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire County Council is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join its ICT Platform Team. You will be responsible for maintaining, supporting and improving the council’s IT infrastructure, ensuring systems remain secure, reliable and accessible to staff and service users.

You will work across a large and complex IT environment, supporting servers, operating systems and cloud services while helping resolve incidents, improve IT processes and provide technical guidance to

Qualifications

• Approximately five years’ relevant experience in IT infrastructure, systems support or platform administration.
• Strong experience supporting and administering Windows Server environments.
• Knowledge of Active Directory and Group Policy.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, VMware and Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain and support Windows Server, Linux, VMware and Microsoft Azure environments.
• Manage and support core IT systems, including Active Directory, Group Policy, SCCM, file shares, certificates and encrypted email.
• Investigate and resolve technical incidents, problems and infrastructure issues.
• Monitor system performance, availability and security, taking corrective action where required.
• Install, upgrade and maintain IT infrastructure to ensure reliable service delivery.
• Maintain technical documentation, support procedures and incident management processes.
• Support IT changes and ensure compliance with relevant policies, standards and procedures.
• Work collaboratively with internal IT teams, external suppliers and partner organisations.
• Help deliver services in line with agreed service level agreements (SLAs).
• Provide technical advice, mentor junior colleagues and support the development of the wider team.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

Group Policy

Microsoft Azure

VMware

Linux environments

SCCM

ITIL

Incident management

Communication skills

Mentoring

Education

Relevant degree or professional qualification

Tools

VMware

SCCM

Job description

Platform Engineer – Azure

About the Role

Nottinghamshire County Council is looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join its ICT Platform Team. You will be responsible for maintaining, supporting and improving the council’s IT infrastructure, ensuring systems remain secure, reliable and accessible to staff and service users.

You will work across a large and complex IT environment, supporting servers, operating systems, cloud services and core infrastructure. You will also help resolve technical incidents, improve IT processes and provide technical guidance to colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain and support Windows Server, Linux, VMware and Microsoft Azure environments.
• Manage and support core IT systems, including Active Directory, Group Policy, SCCM, file shares, certificates and encrypted email.
• Investigate and resolve technical incidents, problems and infrastructure issues.
• Monitor system performance, availability and security, taking corrective action where required.
• Install, upgrade and maintain IT infrastructure to ensure reliable service delivery.
• Maintain technical documentation, support procedures and incident management processes.
• Support IT changes and ensure compliance with relevant policies, standards and procedures.
• Work collaboratively with internal IT teams, external suppliers and partner organisations.
• Help deliver services in line with agreed service level agreements (SLAs).
• Provide technical advice, mentor junior colleagues and support the development of the wider team.

Essential Skills and Experience

The successful candidate will have:

• Approximately five years’ relevant experience in IT infrastructure, systems support or platform administration.
• Strong experience supporting and administering Windows Server environments.
• Good knowledge of Active Directory and Group Policy.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, VMware and Linux environments.
• Knowledge of SCCM and core IT infrastructure services.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues.
• An understanding of ITIL, incident management, change management and service level agreements.
• Strong communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to work independently, collaborate with technical teams and mentor less experienced colleagues.
• A relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent technical experience.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to work within a large local authority IT environment, supporting critical infrastructure and helping maintain reliable digital services for the council and its partners. You will have the opportunity to apply your technical expertise, contribute to infrastructure improvements and support the development of other team members.

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