IT systems Engineer
Posted 8 hours 23 minutes ago by Mary Lyon Centre
Job title: IT systems Engineer
Location: Harwell
Salary: £40,832 - £43,391
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract - Until March 2027
Hours: Full Time
About Us
The Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell (MLC) is located in an expanding science and innovation park in Oxfordshire and is an internationally renowned centre at the forefront of genetics research. As the hub of the new National Mouse Genetics Network, the specialist facilities and capabilities of the MLC support a number of research groups across the UK to accelerate our understanding of human disease.
About the Role:
Are you an excellent team player with a proactive attitude? This could be the perfect opportunity for you.
We are seeking an IT Systems Engineer to join our IT Services team at the Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell (MLC).
This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your technical skills within a supportive and collaborative Informatics department.
The successful candidate will assist with the management and maintenance of a modern and robust IT infrastructure across a wide range of platforms. You will work closely with the service desk team and other informaticians, within a networked environment comprising over 150 physical and virtual Servers (VMware, Windows, Linux) and over 400 Windows end-user devices. We have an on-premises, purpose-built primary data centre with over 2 Petabytes of enterprise disk storage, replicated to a secondary data centre in a separate building.
Platforms include MS365, Defender, Intune, VMware, vCenter, Patch Manager Plus (PMP), Microsoft Configuration Manager, Tenable and ClearPass.
If you are an excellent team player with a proactive attitude, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
About You
- You will need to have:
- A strong technical IT/computing educational history, ideally to BSc level, or equivalent relevant professional experience
- MS365 and Microsoft Exchange Server administration
- Windows Active Directory Domain and Group Policies management
- Experience of maintaining and supporting IT systems within a similar technology environment
- Strong working knowledge of IT Security and cyber resilience principles
- An excellent team player with effective communication skills
Key Responsibilities
- Server administration and scheduled patching
- Monitoring of systems and assessment of vulnerability scans, actioning mitigations as required
- Maintenance and management of enterprise data storage and replication
- Network and Firewall management and troubleshooting
- Cyber Security assessments, ensuring standards are met and maintained
- MS365 administration and management
- Management and maintenance of Microsoft Active Directory Domain and Group Policies
- Ensure adherence to MRC and UKRI IT policies
- Production and maintenance of technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and processes
Benefits:
Choosing to come to work at the MRC (part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits, from a defined-benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement, to access to employee shopping/travel discounts and a salary sacrifice cycle-to-work scheme. In addition, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the work of a world-class medical research organisation.
How to Apply
If you are ready to take on this exciting role and be part of a team dedicated to ground-breaking research, we would love to hear from you. For full details and to apply please visit our careers site.