SYP - IS Senior Engineer (Server)

Role: Senior Engineer (Server) – Sept 2020

Department: Information Systems

Location: Nunnery Square / Melton

Salary: £30,924 - £34,617

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Temporary – 12 months

Role Purpose:

The post holder will work as part of a Team to analyse, plan and manage the implementation of Information Technology aspects across South Yorkshire Police and Humberside Police in line with IS Strategies and business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support for the server estate across multiple geographic locations, through the use of appropriate support and maintenance, monitoring all related systems and applications for the provision of pro-active support, performance and the provision of KPI’s with respect to availability.
• As directed by the IS Team/Specialism Leader (Server), liaise with user departments with regard to future equipment and formulate proposals to meet their needs, monitor and control requests for new work ensuring that appropriate quality and standards are maintained and that work is completed in a timely fashion.
• Assist the IS Team Leader/Specialism Leader (Server) in the testing of business continuity systems, act as the key contract in the absence of the IS Team/Specialism Leader (Server) in the event of business continuity plans being activated.
• Contribute in the decision making process and make recommendations to the IS management team.
• Deputise for the Team Leader as and when necessary.
  
  

Skills and experience:

Essential criteria:

• Excellent knowledge of two or more, Group Policy, Microsoft Active Directory, UNIX based configuration or storage environments, backed up by MCSA Certification
• Strong understanding of Virtualisation technologies.
• Experience in taking a lead role in system Implementation
• Excellent understanding of storage environments and technologies.
• Excellent customer support and stakeholder communication.
• Experience in deputising for a team leader role.
• Strong understanding of Server security and hardening

Desirable criteria:

• ITIL Foundation.
• Knowledge of TOGAF/COBIT.
• Understanding of CESG/National Security Standards.
• Knowledge and experience of IS strategy and planning.
• Knowledge and experience of dealing with suppliers and contracts.
• Knowledge and experience of business models and continuous improvement models.

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and agile working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service ( accessible 24/7)

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 3 years / 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

All tattoos and piercings must be in line with South Yorkshire Police’s Appearance and Standards policy. Tattoos visible on your face, neck, hands or head are not permitted. Any tattoos which could be deemed inappropriate or cause offence will also not be accepted. If you have tattoos, you will need to make a declaration at the time of application.

Closing Date:

Thursday 17th September 2020 at 23:55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made with the Talent Acquisition Manager, Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact George Biggin on 07590537972. Please do not contact this number for an application form.

Further Information:

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Diversity & Inclusion:

South Yorkshire Police welcome applications from under-represented communities. For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page:

https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/sign-up/join-team-syp/diversity-in-the-force/

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Internal Secondments:

To apply for this post as a secondment, you must have the support of your current Line Manager. This should be sent via email to the Hiring Line Manager. Please ensure that the role title and the closing date are stated in the subject of your email.

Without support, your application will not be considered any further.