Systems Administrator
This is an exciting opportunity to work within the company’s IT team. You will be responsible for maintaining and upgrading a range of technologies utilised by the company itself. This will include maintaining services and responding to support requests from the wider business, as well as the development of new systems and services.
Roles and Responsibilities
- As part of the Actica IT team you will be responsible for:
- Maintenance of company information systems;
- Acting as 1st and 2nd Line Support and escalate support requests as required.
- Liaising with IT suppliers.
- Attending relevant IT meetings and providing updates;
- Carrying out monitoring of systems to ensure system health and security;
- Maintenance of Firewall and gateway security policies;
- Responding to security alerts and liaising with System Security Officer on any incidents;
- Carrying out development work of new Information Services: build, test and roll-out to live.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
You will ideally have Computer Science or IT based academics and experience of system administration within a Microsoft environment. You will be proactive, self-motivated, and be able to keep up with the rapid pace of ICT. You will be a great problem solver that can think outside the box.
Required skills:
- Proficient in Active Directory;
- Managing Virtualised Infrastructure;
- Securing Information Systems;
- Experience of following IT Security Policy;
- Principles of Networking (DNS/DHCP/Layer 3 Firewalls/Routing);
- Ability to learn and test new technologies and integrate with existing systems.
- Proficient in the M365 Platform including Azure
- MDM Experience
- Ticket Management
- Produce clear Documentation
Desired skills:
- Windows Server 2016/2019/2022;
- Active directory Certificate services
- Microsoft Exchange 2019;
- Linux management (Ubuntu)
- Scripting of tasks through Windows PowerShell;
- Cisco firewall management (FMC or CLI);
- VPN configuration and management;
- Microsoft Group Policy;
- Endpoint Management Technologies;
- Security Incident handling.
- API Integration experience
You may not feel that your skills precisely match the requirements of this job specification; however, we encourage you to apply if this is a role that appeals to you. We require individuals with a broad skillset, so there may be other aspects of your experience which are equally important to us, but that are perhaps not listed in the role specification above.
Additional Requirements:
- Must be eligible and willing to obtain UK Government Security Clearance.
Key Attributes for Success:
- Ability to engage effectively with stakeholders, including resolving issues and identifying new opportunities.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Adaptability to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
Working Arrangements:
- Hybrid working model, with an office base in Guildford, Surrey and access to our other offices in London, Swindon and Cheltenham.
- The practicalities of some project work means that individuals may need to stay away from home during the working week
- Team-based project environment with opportunities to participate in internal initiatives.
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