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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff IT Systems Engineer - **Company:** Imagination Technologies - **Location:** Kings Langley, UK - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Active Directory, User Authentication, Microsoft Azure, Backup Devices, Software as a Service, Cyber Security, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Domain Name System (DNS), Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Servers, Routing, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), SQL Databases, VMware VSphere, Office365, Firewalls (Computer Science), Pure Storage, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Commvault, Cisco, Vmware - **Published:** May 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=bc4fbca1925f8de5 ## About the Role Do you have experience in vSphere?, Committed to making your customers, stakeholders and colleagues successful, you're an excellent communicator, listener and collaborator who builds trusted partnerships by delivering what you say, when you say. You're curious, solutions orientated and a world-class problem solver who constantly seeks opportunities to innovate and achieve the best possible outcome to the highest imaginable standard., * Experience with Microsoft Windows Server - build, deploy, administer, support and patch. * Experience with Microsoft Active Directory - account management, authentication, group policy and hardening. * Expeirence of providing Infrastructure support - including DHCP, DNS, routing etc * Familiar with Office365 - feature/policy management, Exchange configuration & administration * Experience with VMware vCenter/vSphere - Host and VM deployments * Experience with SQL - support and administration You might also have: * Backups / DR - previous experience with a CommVault-based solution * Experience with Cisco UCS - support and administration * An appreciation of current Cyber Security methodologies, Networking and Firewall basics * Experience with PURE Storage FlashArray and FlashBlade ## Description As a member of the infrastructure support team, a branch of Imagination's dedicated IT team, you will be responsible for maintaining the core IT services upon which our engineers rely. In addition to "business as usual" administrative tasks, you will also be tasked with delivering improvements to ensure that our global workforce benefit from the best technologies available. You will be responsible for: * Management of company-wide user/computer policies * Maintaining Windows Server 2019/2022/2025 and End-point patching polices * Server and storage hardware commissioning * Overseeing and troubleshooting DNS/DHCP operations * Authentication - local policies, SAML configurations, hand-off to external SaaS solutions * Assisting with administration of corporate backups (Commvault managed service) * VMware estate administration, including managing our Horizon service * SQL Server - day-to-day administration * Security operations - server and client-side policies, hardening our Active Directory / Azure environments, incident response * Maintain and develop our O365 tenant to increase user engagement and feature usage * 3rd party application integrations ## Related Videos - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [Unlocking the potential of Digital & IT at Vodafone](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/602-unlocking-the-potential-of-digital-it-at-vodafone) - [WebAssembly: The Next Frontier of Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/972-webassembly-the-next-frontier-of-cloud-computing) - [Creating a routing app with Google Maps API from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/831-creating-a-routing-app-with-google-maps-api-from-scratch) - [Computer Vision from the Edge to the Cloud done easy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/263-computer-vision-from-the-edge-to-the-cloud-done-easy) - [Generating code with Angular schematics](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/129-generating-code-with-angular-schematics) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [IT Salaries in UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/288-it-salaries-in-uk) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [UK Business Culture and Etiquette](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/326-uk-business-culture-and-etiquette) - [6 Emerging Technologies We’ll Learn About in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/381-6-emerging-technologies-we-ll-learn-about-in-2025)