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Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen for an Infrastructure Engineer to support and manage infrastructure services, systems, applications, and hardware in line with GKN standards and industry best practices. The role involves troubleshooting and resolving technical issues, assisting front-line IT staff with complex infrastructure challenges, and ensuring effective documentation and communication of problems and risks to maintain compliance and timely resolution.
Develops, maintains and administers infrastructure services, systems, applications and configurations and related hardware in accordance with GKN standards and industry best practices
Troubleshooting, diagnosing and resolving system, software and hardware problems
Support, Supports front line IT staff in complicated infrastructure related matters
Documents, tracks, monitors, and communicates problems and business risks to ensure timely resolution and compliance.
This role offers a hybrid working pattern.
How You’ll Contribute
1. Deliver infrastructure services to agreed SLA requirements
2. Troubleshoot/resolve problems associated with the infrastructure environment
3. Work with hardware/software vendors to resolve technical support issues
4. Coordinate and work with global architects and other regional Data Center teams to ensure infrastructure and systems meet GKN Aerospace standards in regards to functionality, security, and maintainability
5. Deploy industry best practice approaches and standards
6. Procure and replace hardware components when required
7. Actively monitor the system infrastructure to manage business systems and security risks
8. Actively works with automating the IT infrastructure delivery
9. Work with the following Key Processes:
o Event Management; monitoring, measuring against SLA, triggering and reporting
o Incident Management; log all incidents and resolve as quickly as possible
o Change Management; process approved changes from Build into Run
o Request Management; manage all requests to resolution or escalation
o Asset & Configuration Management; manage resources and configurations required to deliver services to agreed SLA
What You’ll Bring
To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and expertise/ talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
Essential
10. Relevant Degree or equivalent experience
11. IT infrastructure experience
12. An ability to follow processes
13. Self-driven with a motivation to succeed and provide world class services to the business
14. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
15. Experience working in a high availability, high demand environment
16. Able to work effectively in a virtual team environment
17. Strong documentation skills
18. Good communication skills in English and native language – both verbal and written
Desirable
19. Technical certifications in Operating Systems, Microsoft Azure or equivalent
20. echnical certifications in Powershell or other relevant script technologies
What We’ll Offer
Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:
21. Competitive salary dependent on experience
22. Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
23. Life Assurance 8 x salary
24. 25 days holiday + bank holidays
25. Flexible working hours including the ability to finish at 12noon on a Friday
26. Income protection
27. Shopping discounts
28. Cycle To Work Scheme
29. Employee Assistance Programme
30. Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
31. A collaborative, dynamic working environment
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
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