Lead Systems Administrator (Networks)

Are you a highly experienced systems administrator with a solid background within technical engineering, systems and infrastructure? If so, we would love to hear from you. 

We are recruiting for a Lead Systems Administrator to join our technology division in Taunton, Somerset, we offer a hybrid working arrangements and flexible working is our default. 

This is an exciting career opportunity for you to join our growing Technical Systems team, where you will play a pivotal role in the delivery and support of business-critical IT services and will provide guidance to software engineering teams on infrastructure and security architecture. 

You will work as part of the Technical Systems Team and will have the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge both through formal training and other development opportunities. 

About us: 

In return, you will receive competitive salary, a superb benefits programme including; 26 days holiday, on-site gym, restaurant and nursery, modern state of the art offices, flexible working, free parking, a range of lifestyle benefits and superb contributary pension scheme. 

We empower our people to innovate and collaborate. We will value your contributions, encourage you to learn and grow your skills and provide you with regular development opportunities. 

We are a leading centre for hydrography, providing marine geospatial data to inform maritime and defence decisions. We work with a wide range of data suppliers and partners to support safe and secure navigation of the seas and marine development around the UK and worldwide.

• On a daily basis you will have the opportunity to provide support and system administration tasks for Technical Systems environments primarily Firewalls, Load balancers, VPNs, wireless networks and LAN infrastructure.
• You will lead design, configure, develop, test and deploy network and application security solutions to meet complex business and user needs.
• You will lead technical support and systems administration tasks for all Cloud platforms in use at the UKHO – including MS Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.
• Gather, review and analyse complex business and user requirements to enable effective solution designs
• Provide expertise and technical input into projects, to help design the most appropriate systems regarding security, resilience, functionality etc. and
• Conduct routine monitoring and analysis to include audit log reports evaluation, system and storage utilisation reports, site and system usage, growth reports, and manage site collection quota settings escalating potential concerns to Technology Senior Managers. 

Please note that this role operates a 1 week in every 3 on-call rota, where you may be expected to handle issues outside of regular office hours (if required)

Essential Technical Experience: 

• Significant, proven experience or working as a senior team member or leader within systems administration
• Solid technical engineering experience, working within Technical Systems environments, primarily with Firewalls, Load balancers, VPNs, wireless networks and LAN infrastructure
• Expertise in Infrastructure including cloud-based technologies (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
• Experience in Firewall administration
• Experience in Cloud Administration
• Experience of Fortinet products T

The suitable candidate will be team oriented, with excellent written and oral communication skills to produce reports and give presentations to whole team and large groups. You will be highly capable in reporting and documentation skills, to set out information in a concise and logical manner and be confident in planning and organisational skills to effectively deliver requirements. You should have the ability to work off your own initiative and with minimal instruction.

Alongside your salary of £47,243, UK Hydrographic Office contributes £13,686 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. At the UK Hydrographic Office, it's very important to us that our people feel valued. We offer a huge range of benefits such as training and development, well-being support, flexible/ homeworking, a fantastic state of the art building, high spec equipment, and so much more. See our attached Candidate Information Pack for more details.

Please submit your application through Civil Service Jobs. You will be short-listed against set criteria.

Please read all criteria in detail and tailor your application to these requirements.