Job Description

The school has a huge infrastructure and are very forward thinking and positive about digital technology, available to both staff and students.  The post of Assistant Systems Administrator has particular responsibility for IT infrastructure provision, management and monitoring whilst delivering excellent customer service.

Duties:

Infrastructure incident and problem management

Day to day management of backups

Mobile device management

Troubleshooting of ipads and associated apps

Administration of our safeguarding internet filter

Deployment, maintenance and ongoing support for all core infrastructure and systems including:

                Servers, storage and visualised environment

                Wired and wireless network infrastructure including associated services

                Network and endpoint security

                Internet connectivity and telephony

                Patch management

                Applications

Robust documentation of all systems and processes

Monitoring or system performance and capacity

Work closely with the IT Systems Manager to design and implement efficient and effective working systems, reviewing and improving such systems over time, as required

Remain up to date with all appropriate practices and regulatory requirements within allocated areas of responsibility and to undertake duties in line with established company/school policies and protocols

Keep the Director of IT fully up to date and informed about all allocated areas of responsibility and to report any significant problems as appropriate and within a reasonable timeframe

Comply with responsibilities at the company/school in respect of Data Protection, taking responsibility for ensuring that any personal data held by them is kept securely

Maintain professional confidentiality at all times

Assist in other areas of the school which are within your skills and capabilities, ass reasonably required

Complete all duties effectively, efficiently, accurately within allocated deadlines and budgets and with due regard to achieving the best value for money.

We are looking for:

A pleasant and polite manner

Someone who is able to be calm and collected under pressure

Someone reliable, resourceful and flexible

Logical thought process with a methodical approach

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to maintain confidentially and discretion in all situations

Professional appearance and attitude

Qualifications:

Educated to degree level or equivalent work based training

IT qualification or certificate in one or more of server management, networking or security

What happens next:

In the first instance, please apply through this advertisement to Mission 4 Recruitment. We are working with our client to find the best candidates on the market. Successful applicants will be called by the Consultant working on the position within the next few days.

First interviews with the Hiring Manager will be held as quickly as possible as this position is available now.  We understand that you may have notice to give so we want to get the ball rolling as quickly as we can.  There will be a second interview.

Please note that wherever possible we will use telephone and video calls during this time, and will only arrange face to face meetings with us or our clients when it is necessary to do so.  If you have any concerns, or have any questions, please do get in touch and we will be happy to discuss those with you.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Despite our best efforts it is not always possible to respond to every application individually due to the high volume of responses we receive on each vacancy

Only candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted for this particular role and if you have not heard from us within 7 days please assume that you have not be successful.

However, we will keep your details on our database, and will contact you when other suitable positions come in.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Proven experience of working in a technical IT role Experience of working to ITIL or another ITSM framework Planning of upgrades and implementation of configuration changes Comprehensive understanding of wired and wireless networking, troubleshooting thereof Management of visualised infrastructure and backups Hood working knowledge of Active Directory and Group Policies Experience of mobile device management systems and management of ipads