Systems Engineer (Full-Time or Part-Time)

Systems Engineer

£Leeds / Hybrid

Full time / Permanent – 37 hours per week

Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share.

We’re looking for a new Systems Engineer to join our growing Digital & Technology Services team.

As Systems Engineer, you will help manage the organisation’s Azure and Microsoft 365 environments, as well as our network infrastructure – including LAN, WAN, cloud services, and on-premises ICT systems. You will join a team of five Systems Engineers reporting to the Live Services Manager, and work closely with both the Service Desk and Cyber Security teams to deliver senior technical support and collaborate on resolving complex issues.

Work your way – From flexible and agile working options, including a generous flexi-time scheme to help you balance your personal life and career.
• Time to recharge – Enjoy 28 days of annual leave (with increases based on length of service), plus all Bank Holidays.
• Free greener travel across West Yorkshire – Cover your commute sustainably with unlimited free bus and rail travel using the MCard (Zones 1-5).
• Secure your future – Benefit from a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Investing in you – Take advantage of fully funded professional development, regular training, and up to 3 paid volunteering days per year.
• Family first – We offer enhanced parental and bereavement leave, plus other family-friendly policies to support you when it matters most.
• Provide expertise for the systems maintenance and support of the live technology infrastructure, including patching/upgrades for network and hardware, telephony, databases, middleware, and security monitoring.
• Expertly configure network infrastructure, firewalls, switches and Azure environment.

Please review the Role Profile on our website for more information about the responsibilities.

Extensive experience of working in a senior technical team in a complex organisation with an IT estate comprising of a significant number on premise and cloud servers. Knowledge and experience of installing and supporting server operating systems and hardware including VMWare ESXi in multi-site enterprise live environments.
• Comprehensive experience of managing live Microsoft Azure, networks, storage, security, backups, system troubleshooting and their lifecycle management.
• Ability to take initiative to own incidents from escalation to resolution seeking assistance from colleagues and suppliers to form effective matrix teams which the Systems Engineer leads.
• Skills in many of the following: working at an admin level with Microsoft 365 Admin Centre, Security, Compliance, Endpoint Manager, Azure AD, Exchange, SharePoint & Teams.
• Excellent cyber skills, always viewing infrastructure, incidents and projects from a security perspective, proactively minimising risks.

The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met. Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis