Job Description
The Role
Information Technology Services (ITS) is a customer-focused department servicing the IT needs of the Aberystwyth University. Further details of the services and facilities provided by Information Services are available on the University website at.
The successful candidate will work within the IT Infrastructure Group, where the successful candidate will be involved in the continual development and support of the University’s mixed server infrastructure with both Linux and Windows deployed within a largely virtualised environment. The appointed candidate will join this small, dedicated team of experts, making a difference to all students and staff of the University.
This mixed server infrastructure provides many services to the University, including file, print, authentication services, MySQL and MSSQL database services, virtualisation services, Microsoft 365, and administration of other cloud-based services. These systems and services are currently based upon a mix of Linux, Microsoft Windows systems and cloud services. An understanding of such an approach is essential.
The successful candidate will have first-hand experience of contributing to a sector leading IT department and helping to keep it at the forefront of current technology. As it is a small team, you will learn from, and teach your colleagues, providing resilience and improving the groups shared knowledge.
This post will be predominantly working on site in Aberystwyth, due to the hands-on approach of the Infrastructure Group. There will be some amount of flexibility to work from home on occasion.