IT Engineer (Servers and Storage)

The IT Engineer will join a team of customer-focused systems administrators, working to support Windows servers and services running on them, with a focus on VMware, Storage, Automation and Backup.

What you will do

As an IT Engineer responsible for Servers & Virtualisation, you will:

• Work within a team to support and enhance and transform our core IT server infrastructure
• Implement and support key technologies in VMware environments - utilising automation and scripting where possible
• Ensure that business continuity measures are implemented and maintained to minimize the impact of systems failure
• Monitor, diagnose and proactively fix issues
• Own in-team technical projects associated with the improvement of infrastructure
• Implement and maintain automated systems to administer systems and services at scale.
• Ensure that systems and procedural documentation is maintained and accurate
• Work closely with people across UIS and wider University, including software engineers, networks engineers, security staff, database administrators, project managers and service teams.
• Design systems / choose appropriate technologies ensure your technical skills are kept up to date

• VMware systems administration.
• Scripting and automation skills Python and Powershell experience would be particularly valuable
• Enterprise NAS & SAN systems
• Backup system administration
• Running third party server applications on Window Server
• Full stack understanding of how different layers of IT interoperate, from networking up to the application / service level. VMware hypervisor, networking and automation are useful skills to have.
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Good communication, organisational and problem-solving skills

University Information Services (UIS) provides the digital infrastructure, business information and computing services at the heart of one of the world’s top universities. The University of Cambridge has a bold ambition to use digitalisation to transform education and research, and UIS’ team of developers, designers, testers, analysts and support staff is leading this exciting work.