Infrastructure Analyst
Maidstone
Circa £41,000 per annum dependent upon your knowledge and skills
Full Time
Fixed Term Contract (6 months minimum, 15 months maximum)
Our client is excited to be setting out their next chapter. With an established track record for building quality homes and investing in their local communities, this provides them with an excellent platform to launch their ambitious new vision, focusing their efforts to become a modern housing provider, delivering outstanding service.
What you'll be doing
The successful candidate will join their IT Infrastructure team at an exciting time, as they look to adopt a proactive service partnering approach to engage with their customers, colleagues, and stakeholders.
You will be working with the IT Infrastructure Manager to provide outstanding focused IT solutions to their work colleagues and customers. You will provide 3rd line support for their IT Service Desk team, whilst working with a multi-functional IT & Systems Transformation department to deliver projects, business improvements and support to their colleagues.
Some of the core responsibilities of the role includes
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Administration of our cloud and on-premise server & network infrastructure
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Contributing to daily stand-ups to identify key priorities
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Evaluating new technology solutions and supporting R&D efforts
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Manage changes to production systems following their change control processes
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Providing advanced 3rd line support for core MS solutions & business systems including Office 365/Teams/Exchange Online, Active Directory/Azure AD, SQL Servers, MRI, Virtual Desktop technologies and telephony
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Documenting & sharing knowledge within our department
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Supporting Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity efforts and Backup Systems
More about you. What can you bring?
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You will be experienced in supporting IT infrastructure in a similar size organisation, with a track record in continually exceeding IT delivery tasks & projects to a high standard.
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You will have a strong technical background to support a wide variety of Microsoft based technologies and business systems in a fast-paced environment. You will be solution focused with a can-do approach to proactively deliver IT solutions.
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You will have the ability to troubleshoot issues and provide fixes/solutions to ensure the business can serve the needs of its customers.
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You will have an analytical mindset to be able to plan & communicate effectively across the business to ensure work gets completed to a high standard.
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The right candidate will have the skills and passion to live their values.
When and where you'll be doing it
This role is to cover maternity leave and would be at least 6 months but no more than 15 months.
You will join the team to cover maternity and enjoy a 37-hour working week, earning an annual salary of circa £41,000 per annum dependent upon your knowledge, skills and experience.
Their head office is in central Maidstone and is a new, modern and bright space which inspires creativity and innovation, this will be main place of work for the role.
This role is mainly based in the office but after the probation period you will have the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week.
What will you get in return?
Creating an environment which enables their people to thrive is crucial for them and their Total Reward package goes beyond your salary, designed to support you throughout your working life here.
You'll get:
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28 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
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Company Pension contribution and life assurance
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Flexible Benefits including health cash plan, additional holiday purchase, cycle to work scheme, onsite gym, retail discounts and more.
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An annual Wellbeing Fund