System Administrator

The Academy; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned educational institution in Stevenage is looking for a technical expert to maintain and evolve its bespoke infrastructure used by GNC and Software teams. Responsibilities include administering various hardware and VM environments, ensuring system replication, and contributing to the architectural design of IT systems for spacecraft and rover projects. This position is under a fixed-term contract, offering a dynamic work environment focused on innovation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, configure, and evolve bespoke infrastructure for GNC and Software teams.
• Administer a variety of hosts, including industrial PCs and VMs.
• Manage large VM-based telecoms environments with system replication.
• Install and configure physical machines and network requirements.
• Contribute to architecture and implementation of IT systems.

Job description

This role will work closely with GNC and Software teams, ensuring continuity, maintainability, and evolution of bespoke systems used across long‑lifecycle spacecraft programmes and rapidly developing rover projects. You will be responsible for sustaining, extending, and, in some cases, first understanding and reverse‑engineering older infrastructures before introducing changes or redeployments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, configure, and evolve the bespoke infrastructure supporting GNC and Software teams.
• Administer a wide range of hosts: industrial PCs, workstation PCs, VMs, and field‑deployed hardware with inconsistent network access.
• Manage large VM‑based telecoms environments requiring consistent, tightly controlled system replication.
• Install and configure physical machines, including racking, UPS/power management, acoustic racks, and network requirements.
• Contribute to the architecture, design, and implementation of the wider IT systems supporting spacecraft and rover programmes.

Location: Windmill Lane

Contract: Fixed term contract