IT Systems Administrator & Developer

We are looking for an IT Systems Administrator & Developer to join our small busy IT team, reporting to the IT Manager.

You will have an interest or experience in both the software and hardware sides of computing as you will be required to help the team as and when required. Your role will be to help develop and maintain in-house and company systems to support the running of the business. You will also help look at ways to automate business functions to drive efficiencies and savings.

The role will require you to have good and effective communication skills as well as the ability to prioritise your workload are essential as well as good attention to detail.

You’ll also contribute to day-to-day IT operations, including user support, maintaining networks and infrastructure, and assisting with hardware across all our sites-including head office, retail, and hospitality branches. From time to time, you’ll be required to provide out-of-hours support on a shared rota with the rest of the IT team.

This position would suit a recent college or university graduate looking to start their career in IT or someone with experience within another IT environment.

The reponsibilities

• Help maintain company websites, hosting and provide testing for new site updates.
• Creating ad-hoc reports as required for the business.
• Developing & test in-house developments and systems.
• Creating and updating documentation of company systems and procedures.
• Identify opportunities to automate routine tasks.
• Pro-actively monitor IT Systems and resolve any potential issues to help ensure minimum downtime.
• Provide support to the other members of the team as required.
• Install, configure, maintain and Update company Wi-Fi, laptops, servers, desktops, mobiles and printers.
• Aid in company backup procedures and storage.
• Ensure company systems and software are up to date and vulnerabilities highlighted and resolved in a timely manner.
• Liaise with our external support companies and the IT Manager when necessary to resolve issues.
• Provide 1st and 2nd line support to service users and all company depots to ensure they are resolved in a timely manner (some travel to depots will be required).
• On-boarding and off-boarding employees and performing office moves as required
• Ensure asset logs and support cases are kept up to date.
• Raise any relevant any issues to the IT Manager.
• Provide support to other members of the IT team on projects.
• Provide Out of Hours support on a rota with other members of the IT team and occasionally working out of hours to install/update systems., Progression & Performance will be monitored through regular one to one meeting’s with the IT Manager. Training will be provided in-house where required.

Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week.

Do you have a valid Driving License license?, Do you have experience in WordPress?, * Pro-active and organised.

• Responsible.
• Attention to detail and take pride in your work.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with users at all levels
• Ability to multi-task and be flexible.
• Ability to work on own initiative with good problem-solving skills.
• An interest in both IT support and software development
• Programming & PowerShell Scripting knowledge
• Knowledge of Websites (WordPress, Magento)
• Knowledge of Windows Server (2025) and Windows OS (Windows 10/11)
• Knowledge of Linux Environments
• Knowledge of Virtual Technologies (VMware & Hyper-V)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office & O365
• Knowledge Firewalls & Anti-Virus
• Knowledge of LAN & WAN’s
• Knowledge of Active Directory, GPO, DNS and RDS
• Knowledge of Restful API’s
• Experience/knowledge of databases structures and querying (SQL)
• Experience/knowledge of programming languages (C#, .Net, Web technologies, Python)
• IT related degree or qualification
• Previous experience within IT Sector (Desirable)
• IT related degree or qualification
• Driving licence (Essential)

Pulled from the full job description

• Annual leave
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Store discount
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Cycle to work scheme, * £salary negotiable, dependent upon skills, knowledge and experience
• 30 days annual leave including bank holidays
• 20% off in our Foodstore, 10% off Grab and Go and our Cafe (after 12 weeks service)
• Health & Wellbeing Support
• Bike to work scheme
• Pension
• PPE
• Free refreshments and on-site parking

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• On-site parking
• Store discount

Application question(s):

• Do you have the right to work in the UK?
• Do you have a current driving licence
• Do you have any unspent criminal convictions? If so, please explain what type of conviction you have
• Are you willing to relocate, if you are not already based locally? The job requires on-call cover so need to be close to Site.