Systems Administrator (Windows Server, VMware, Active Directory) for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG, a multinational defence organization in the south-west of England, seeks a hands-on technician to look after servers, networks and users in the same week. You will join a five-person IT team to keep critical systems running and respond quickly to user needs.

The role covers managing VMware vCenter and ESXi hosts, Windows AD/DNS/DHCP, patching, certificates, backups with VEEAM, and service desk support, while maintaining up-to-date documentation.

Qualifications

• Extensive Windows Server administration.
• Intermediate network maintenance and configuration.
• Advanced workstation administration and solid service desk experience.
• Five years of IT system administration experience.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain VMware vCenter and ESXi hosts along with AD, DNS and DHCP.
• Perform basic switch/firewall maintenance and manage time-sensitive changes.
• Install and patch server and client software including SharePoint and SQL Server.
• Maintain a bespoke server application, its database and a messaging tool.

Skills

Windows Server

Network maintenance

Service desk experience

Education

IT system administration

Tools

ITIL Foundation

VEEAM

Horizon View

Trellix ePO

PKI 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.