Server Specialist

British Library; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The British Library is seeking two Server Specialists to join the Infrastructure team in the Technology Department at St Pancras. This permanent, full-time role (36 hours) focuses on maintaining on‑premise Windows servers, storage, and recovery projects, with growing Azure/AWS services.

Starting salary is £35,993 per year, with potential review for higher previous earnings. Join a national library that preserves and provides access to over 170 million items, supporting ongoing digital and

Job description

Location: St Pancras

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (36 hours)

Grade: B

Salary: £35,993 - £44,674 per annum

The starting salary for this role is £35,993 unless the successful candidate is able to evidence being in receipt of a higher salary in which case this may be reviewed.

About the role

The British Library is looking to recruit two Server Specialists to work out of our St Pancras office, to work within the Infrastructure team in the Technology Department.

The work covers both 'business as usual' calls, support and maintenance of servers and storage but also supporting the many recovery projects that are planned and in flight.

The servers are predominantly on-premise virtual Windows but a growing number of RHEL and also services in Azure/AWS.

About us

We are the national library of the UK and we are here for everyone. Our shelves hold over 170 million items – a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow and far into the future. Our trusted experts care for this collection and open it up for everyone to spark new discoveries, ideas and to help people do incredible things.

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