System Administrator

System Administrator

Application Deadline: 19 March 2025

Department: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: London

Compensation: £46,250 - £57,000 / year

Description

IT System Administrator

Location: London

Contract: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week - hybrid working with 2 days per week in the office

Salary: Band H / £46,250 to £57,000 Depending on experience

Please note that internal same band moves will not present any pay increase.

BBB introduced hybrid-working in 2020, and our colleagues work in our offices 2 days a week, combining the benefits of flexibility with time together with colleagues. The successful post-holder will need to be able to commute to either our London or Sheffield offices.

Key Benefits

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday
• 15% employer pension contribution
• Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme, healthcare cash plan, Group Income Protection and life assurance
• Paid voluntary days, maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and dining to health and wellbeing, travel, and technology

The Role

The IT System Administrator will be responsible for managing and maintaining the Bank's IT infrastructure, ensuring smooth and secure operation of servers, networks, and systems both in the cloud and on-premises. Duties include providing 2nd & 3rd line support for troubleshooting, testing, and maintaining high-availability systems, supporting the implementation of disaster recovery solutions such as backups and restoration, and overseeing project-based tasks and continuous improvements. Tasks are performed to defined quality, budget, and time constraints to ensure reliable, scalable, and efficient IT services.

Working alongside our managed services providers, this role is responsible for the following areas. Demonstrable, hands-on experience in at least five of them is expected:

• Server and Infrastructure Management
• Network Administration
• Monitoring and Performance Tuning
• Backup and Disaster Recovery
• Security Management
• User and Access Management
• Automation and Scripting
• Cloud Services Management (SaaS, PaaS)
• Patch Management and Software Updates
• Troubleshooting and Technical Support
• Documentation and Compliance
• Collaboration with Development and IT Teams

To be considered for this role you must have demonstrable experience or qualifications in the following:

• Endpoint Administrator Associate
• CompTIA Network + or CCNA
• Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
• Windows Server Fundamentals
• AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate)

Experience of Terraform Associate/AZ-400 (Azure DevOps Engineer Expert) or AZ-500 (Azure Security Engineer Associate) and/or experience in public sector or financial services would be highly desirable.

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