IT Systems Administrator Team Leadership Role

5 days ago


Midlothian, United Kingdom The University of Edinburgh Full time

Role Overview

The University of Edinburgh is seeking a skilled IT Systems Administrator to lead its core infrastructure team. As a key member of the Enterprise Services section, you will be responsible for managing a team of IT infrastructure engineers and ensuring the maintenance and security of all IT services.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of 7 IT infrastructure engineers in delivering services from on-premise infrastructure and hybrid multi-cloud hosted platforms.
  • Ensure the maintenance of legacy applications while transforming services for modernisation.
  • Integrate services such as Active Directory with EntraID and Azure.
  • Maintain and secure all IT services within the team and the wider section's technical service portfolio.
  • Collaborate with team members on maintaining services like email infrastructure, directory services, data backups, and authentication services.
  • Ensure day-to-day triaging and resolution of support calls and service requests meet agreed service levels.
  • Work in partnership with the Section Manager to ensure high service availability.
  • Contribute to projects developing and improving the University's IT services.

Requirements

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent staff management skills and experience managing IT technical teams.
  • Awareness and commitment to security issues.
  • Ability to keep up-to-date with the latest hardware and operating system releases and emerging technologies.
  • Commitment to maintain a thorough knowledge of University IT policy, facilities, and services.
  • Demonstrable experience or knowledge of system administration of networked Windows/Unix/Linux servers.
  • Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical people.

Desirable

  • Previous experience working with large-scale physical and virtualised infrastructure and application networking technologies.
  • Previous experience managing Azure hosted services and EntraID.
  • Knowledge of shell scripting and Python.

We are an equal opportunities employer

The University of Edinburgh is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or race.



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