Defence & Engineering Jobs

Systems Support Engineer

• Cornwall
• Contract
• £41.90 - £46.90 per hour

Systems Support Engineer

Role Summary

We have an exciting new contract opportunity based in Bristol as a Systems Support Engineer.

The role will be an initial 12-month contract and will provide you with the opportunity to assist in maintaining service levels across a number of operational systems for our major defence client.

Key Responsibilities

• Helping to administer service helpdesk, managing service requests, incidents and problems;
• Support patch events, in and out of hours, on an ongoing monthly basis;
• Performing system diagnostics, proactive maintenance and fault resolution;
• Help manage and maintain operational systems to a known state.

Key skills & qualifications

• ITIL – service principles;
• Knowledge of 2008/2012 Server;
• Knowledge of Linux servers (Operating Systems);
• Linux installation, configuration and administration;
• Undertaking changes in controlled environment;
• Knowledge of Networking & Firewalls;
• Active Directory;
• MS hotfixes & patching of COTS, in an operational environment;
• Awareness of rollout & rollback processes;
• Virtualisation using Citrix XenServer, VMware;
• Scripting and powershell.
• Technical documentation maintenance.

What we’re looking for in you

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Well-developed analytical/ problem solving/ decision making skills.
• Strong organisational skills who is adaptable in a fast-paced environment.
• Stakeholder management skills.

Location: Bristol

Rate: £46.90 per hour (inside IR35)

AAP3 is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.