Contract Duration: 3 months

2nd Line Engineer required to join a world leading, multi-disciplinary, building science centre with a mission to improve buildings and infrastructure, through research and knowledge generation.

Skill Set:

• Specialist Skill set: AD & SCCM (preferably SCCM 2016 CB)
• Administration Software: Microsoft Office365, Active Directory, SCCM
• Diagnosis of local and virtual systems, applications, networking and infrastructure issues 
• Able to communicate complex IT issues to non-technical staff 
• Windows Server 2012R2, Windows XP Professional, Windows 7, Windows 10,
• Microsoft Office: 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016.
• Remote Software: Terminal Services, VNC
• Nice to have Skill set: Flexera CSI (IT Asset Management / Software Asset Management)

Contract Duration: Until 31/12/2019

Shift Pattern: Two 12hr days (7:30 - 19:30), two 12hr nights (19:30 - 7:30) and then 4 days off

Monitoring Operator required to join one of the world’s largest banks working within a shift based 24 x 7 x 365 environment. The role will support and monitor the systems and performance associated with the bank’s mainframe, open systems and cloud computer platforms (across multiple entities) to ensure SLAs are met and critical events are managed appropriately and efficiently in line with the Service framework.

This role will require you to:

• Support of team and Shift Leaders objectives in the monitoring of the bank’s systems for all UK instances
• Take a proactive role in identifying and driving improvements to ensure operational efficiency
• Take ownership of events and delays ensuring timely escalation to management
• Input to Shift Management in relation to resolution of major incidents and problems

Ideally, your skills would include:

• Remedy
• Microsoft SharePoint
• MS Office 2016
• CA Suite
• Confluence
• Linux
• VMWare
• Windows Server
• The environment is fast moving and often pressured the ability to think clearly in this area and act efficiently is key
• An ability to think proactively, communicate clearly and work well in a team

It would also be a bonus if you had experience with:

• ALM
• AWS
• Openstack
• Redhat Openshift (PAAS)
• ELK

Role: Linux Systems Administrator

Location: Cardiff, Wales

Salary: Up to £45,000 (Dependant on Experience)

A Linux Systems Administrator needed for a recognized leader in public cloud infrastructure managed service provider worldwide. As the Linux systems administrator you are a key element in providing fanatical support to our customers and you’ll be expected to provide a high level of professional care and technical support over the phone and in support tickets.

What you will be doing

• To provide the highest level of Technical support
• Work with leading-edge technology in the cloud computing space
• Install, configure, update and troubleshoot services for customers such as OS level concerns, web server, database server, applications server and mail; includes Apache, MySQL, PHP, FTP, SSH and DNS
• Create and maintain customer loyalty by serving customers above and beyond their expectations
• Support customers over the phone, email and via tickets
• Collaborate with fellow system administrators and support team members

Ideally, your skills will include:

• General knowledge (Networking, hardware, software, DNS)
• RedHat Linux (RHCE level)
• Strong Apache and MySQL experience
• System services (i.e Apache, mail transfer agents (sendmail, postfix, qmail) FTP, SSH and PHP
• Clustering Experience
• Understand purpose of firewalls and load balancers, VPN and SSL technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate technical issues to nontechnical and technical audiences
• Creative and collaborative team player
• Ownership and follow-up skills
• The ability to respond effectively under pressure