Systems Support Engineer - Night Shift

Berkeley Square IT; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consultancy is seeking an experienced systems support engineer for night shift work in Leeds. The role involves monitoring data center operations, handling backups, and responding to alerts. Candidates should have excellent communication skills and the ability to handle sensitive information. The position requires working flexible night hours from Sunday to Friday.

Responsibilities

• Perform night shift duties in a data center environment.
• Conduct backups and batch processing tasks.
• Monitor incoming emails and alerts.
• Raise incidents out of hours to the support group.

Skills

Effective communication

Flexibility and teamwork

Ability to prioritize

Numeracy and literacy skills

Respect for confidentiality

Adherence to procedures

Health and Safety awareness

Office procedures knowledge

Relationship building

Equal Opportunities understanding

Willingness for training

Job description

My client is seeking an experienced sysstems support engineer to perform various night shift duties, includingbackups and batch processing, file transfers, pro-active monitoring of both the network and physical components within their Data Centres, and the monitoring of incoming e-mails or alerts, with a view to raising out-of-hour incidents to the respective support group.

Candidates must have the following skills / experience:

• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, both written and verbally
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team & show initiative
• Ability to balance competing priorities to meet conflicting deadlines
• Ability to demonstrate good numeracy & literacy skills
• Ability to respect sensitive and confidential data
• Ability to follow written operational procedures
• Responsibility to perform duties under the Councils H&S Policy
• Knowledge of general office procedures and practice
• Experience of developing and sustaining constructive working relationships
• Understanding of and observation to the Councils Equal Opportunities Policy
• Willingness to participate in training & development to ensure continuous development

Shifts currently cover 6 nights Sunday Friday from 18:00 07:00 (37 hours over 3 nights)