The Vacancy
Based primarily at our Dundee site and reporting to the Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will work with other talented team members to provide an efficiently run and highly available infrastructure to support business processes and research activities.
With many interesting projects taking place from our open science initiative to tackling global challenges such as the climate emergency and food security, it’s an exciting time to join our organisation.
The ideal candidate will have previous experience working in a multi-disciplinary infrastructure team and have the drive and enthusiasm to continually progress and see tasks through to completion.
You will have broad working knowledge and experience in the following areas.
* Virtualisation & Cloud Computing
* Microsoft Infrastructure technologies
* Storage Infrastructure
* Network Infrastructure
You will be involved in supporting all the above areas both in business as-usual capacity and project driven. You will be expected to develop and maintain a solid understanding of all relevant platforms and services to provide end-to-end support effectively.
Proven experience supporting a large virtual estate, enterprise storage solutions and Microsoft Server technologies are essential.
Any experience with Linux and networking technologies would be advantageous but not necessary.
Although based at the Dundee site there will be a need for occasional travel to other sites.
Some of the main duties of the Postholder include:
* Design, deploy, and maintain our virtual environments
* Monitor and optimize virtual infrastructure performance and capacity.
* Administer and troubleshoot Active Directory
* Administration of email services
* Administration and development of collaboration and file management services
* Perform regular system updates, patching, and security hardening
* Monitor and respond to security alerts across services
* Provide 3rd line support and act as an escalation point for complex infrastructure issues.
Further duties and required skills and experience can be found in the attached Job Description.
Our Commitment to Equality and Diversity
We will not consider the use of 3rd party recruitment agencies for the sourcing of candidates for this position.
The James Hutton Institute is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
The James Hutton Institute is a: Stonewall Diversity Champion; Athena SWAN Silver Status Holder; Disability Confident Committed Employer and a Living Wage Employer.
The James Hutton Institute is Happy to Talk Flexible Working.