Server Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Southampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate individual to join their Infrastructure Server team. This role involves ensuring the operational efficiency and security of server and virtualization systems. The successful candidate will leverage their expertise in monitoring, particularly with Azure Monitor and SCOM, to drive continuous improvement and automation within a hybrid environment. As the company embraces a cloud-first strategy, this position offers a unique opportunity to implement innovative monitoring solutions. If you are a self-motivated team player eager to make a significant impact, this role is an exciting opportunity for you.

Benefits

26 days holiday

Incentive scheme

10% non-contributory pension scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Qualifications

• Proven track record in monitoring and problem-solving within a server support team.
• Extensive experience with modern Windows Server operating systems and hypervisors.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Quilter’s server and virtualization estate is operational and performant.
• Design and implement a modern monitoring approach for hybrid environments.

Skills

Monitoring

Problem Solving

Communication

Automation

Teamwork

Tools

Azure Monitor

SCOM

PowerShell

VMware

Hyper-V

Active Directory

Job description

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What the Hiring Manager Says

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve.

Our business is transforming, continually modernising and becoming even more customer centric. So if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!

This essential role forms part of the Infrastructure Server team reporting to the Server Domain Manager. Sitting within the Technology department and working collaboratively with business stakeholders and other Infrastructure teams, this role will use Infrastructure expertise to shape and produce valuable support for the successful delivery of the Technology strategy.

We are looking for someone with a strong background in monitoring who is passionate about technology, bringing fresh ideas and driving the continuous improvement culture within the infrastructure server team.

About the Role

Level: 4

Department: Technology

Location: Southampton or London

Contract type: Permanent

An opportunity to join a highly technical team tasked with ensuring that Quilter’s server and virtualisation estate is operational, performant, secure and supportable.

The role entails working closely with other support teams, service providers and management functions alike.

Whilst being able to support all areas covered by the team, the key focus to the role will be around effective monitoring of the environment through the use of Azure Monitor and SCOM.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of problem solving and using technology to automate and improve monitoring capabilities within a hybrid environment.

As Quilter embarks on a cloud first strategy, this will provide an opportunity to design and implement a modern monitoring approach from the ground up, demonstrating your in-depth knowledge and skills to deploy a best of breed solution.

About You

Applications from people with diverse backgrounds enables our inclusive organisation to thrive. If you feel you don't match our job description exactly, why not take a chance on yourself and apply? You could be exactly what this role needs.

The successful candidate will be a person who takes ownership and feels accountable for results. Enjoys working as part of a team and can communicate clearly to both technical and senior audiences.

The individual will default to sharing knowledge, be self-motivated, organised and have energy and drive to succeed.

Your extensive experience as part of a server support team will enable you to demonstrate your skills of all modern Windows Server operating systems, hypervisors including VMware and Hyper-V, and Active Directory.

With a focus on monitoring of both cloud and on-premise infrastructure, you will have significant experience with Azure Monitor and at least a working knowledge of supporting a SCOM environment.

You will be able to articulate how you have used your skills in monitoring to overcome challenges in previous roles and will be proficient with PowerShell and automation.

Core Benefits

Holiday: 26 days

Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in our incentive scheme, based on the company's performance and their contribution to it.

Pension Scheme: 10% non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.

Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard, cover can be increased at your own cost.

Life Assurance: 4x your salary, cover can be increased at your own cost.

Income Protection: 75% of salary payable after 26 weeks of absence.

In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.