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Lead Systems Administrator (infrastructure)
Are you a highly experienced systems administrator with a solid background within technical engineering systems? 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.
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.
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.
Job description
On a daily basis you will;
- Lead and coordinate with other support teams and external third parties with the troubleshooting and resolution of complex problems related to issues on the technical systems platforms.
- You will use system administration tools to investigate, diagnose and resolve complex and/or high-risk problems to maintain service level agreement levels, referring to users, other staff, the Service Desk and external suppliers as necessary to ensure availability of critical internal and customer safety systems.
- Solve and analyse consistent problems, evaluating options, prioritise and providing long term pro-active fixes
- Ensure the operational health of the technical systems environment, including security, availability, maintenance, performance, interoperability and reliability
- Engage with key business stakeholders to gather, review and understand business needs and propose a technology solution that addresses the associated requirements
- Lead support and system administration tasks for Technical Systems environments including MS Hyper-V, MS Windows Server 2016/2019 and above, NetApp storage, MS Exchange/Office 365 hybrid mail, MS Enterprise server components such as File services, Active Directory, SCCM, DHCP, Fail over cluster manager etc
- Create and maintain detailed documentation of technical systems processes and procedures
- Develop and maintain technology roadmaps to ensure solutions remain leading edge in terms of functionality, security, performance and availability.
Person specification
The suitable candidate will have the following skills and experience:
- Experience using system administration tools to investigate, diagnose and resolve complex problems.
- Experience managing container environments such as Kubernetes in a cloud or on prem environment.
- Experience configuring and maintaining MS Hyper-V, MS Windows Server 2016/2019 and above,
- Experience maintaining enterprise storage platforms.
- Experience with could administration including 365 admin centre, MS Exchange/Office 365 hybrid mail.
- Experience maintaining physical Data centre environments
- Team oriented
- Ability to analyse technical problems and provide appropriate solutions
- Have excellent written and oral communication skills to produce reports and give presentations to senior leadership and large groups
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to work under minimal direction
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
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.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
How to Apply:
When you click 'Apply now' you will be asked to anonymise and upload your CV, highlighting your key skills and experience that make you suitable for the role, based on the person specification above.
You will also be asked to write 250 word statement against the Civil Service Behaviour as indicated below. You will need to provide and example of how you have demonstrated strong levels of communication and influencing in your career - using the STAR Method.
Timeline:
- Advert Closes for applications: 3rd July 2025
- Shortlisting: w/c 7th July 2025
- Interviews: w/c 21st July 2025
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
Pre-sift criteria:
- Evidence within your CV that you are an experienced engineer with solid technical expertise within the virtualisation platforms (VMWare or HyperV)
Please note if you do not meet this pre-sift criteria, your application will not be taken through to the next stage of the shortlisting against the criteria below.
Sift/shortlist criteria:
All applications are processed anonymously. You will be short-listed against the following criteria:
Technical experience:
- Evidence that you are an experienced engineer with solid technical expertise within the virtualisation platforms - configuring and maintaining MS Hyper-V, MS Windows Server 2016/2019 and above
- Experience managing container environments such as Kubernetes in a cloud or on prem environment.
- Experience using system administration tools to investigate, diagnose and resolve complex problems.
- Experience maintaining enterprise storage platforms.
- Experience with could administration including 365 admin centre, MS Exchange/Office 365 hybrid mail.
- Experience maintaining physical Data centre environments.
All the above criteria will be assessed from your anonymised CV.
Civil Service Behaviours (SEO level)
- Communicating and Influencing
Interview criteria:
You will be interviewed against the following criteria:
Technical experience:
- 4/5 years specialising in discipline
- Time spent working with applications / cloud services.
- Using system administration tools
- Using Virtualization Management tools
- Cloud Administration
- Microsoft AD/ Entra ID
Civil Service Behaviours (SEO Level)
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
See here for further information: Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours - GOV.UK
Recruitment process:
- Single Stage Interview via TEAMS. You will be contacted to book a suitable slot if you are shortlisted (see our Candidate Pack for further information)
- Interview will be with a panel of no more than 3 people and is expected to last approximately 45 minutes.
Onboarding Checks:
In the event you are offered a role with us, you will be required to go through Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which will include Employment and Right to Work Checks. You will also need to apply for DV (Developed Vetting) which will be undertaken once you join us. Please see our attached Candidate Pack for further details and terms.
Please note, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.
Nationality requirements:
DV - reserved
This is a Ministry of Defence reserved post and open to sole UK nationals only. Successful applicants will require Developed Vetting (DV) and therefore need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 24 consecutive months within the last 10 years.
Eligibility
Due to the secure nature of our work, there may be eligibility restrictions if you hold dual nationality or are not a British Citizen. We will consider each application on a case-by-case basis. We will ask you in our application form to confirm your place of birth and details of any dual or previous nationalities.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
See our vetting charter .
Nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : [email protected]
- Email : [email protected]
Recruitment team
- Email : [email protected]
Further information
The Department’s recruitment processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment based on merit, open and fair competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, details of which can be found at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact [email protected] If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can further contact the Civil Service Commission at: civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk or view more details at http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk
