Wintel Engineer
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Job Title: Wintel Engineer
Salary: £41,470 to £45,477 plus £2,623 location allowance.
Location: Lambeth
This Metropolitan Police Service role is open to Returners and offers the advantages of Flexible Working conditions
With effective, reliable systems, we can do our best for London.
Today, technology plays an enormous role in almost everything we do. Our highly skilled IT professionals therefore have a critical part to play in protecting our vast and vibrant city. As a Wintel Engineer, your expertise will help us do our best for over eight million Londoners. So, it’s not just a challenging role – it’s a critical one too.
As part of the Service Delivery team within Digital Policing, you’ll use your Windows / VMware knowledge to deal with service-related incidents and requests. Every day, you’ll be solving problems and supporting the introduction of new technologies. Aware of how standards are developing, you’ll make sure your solutions conform to current benchmarks.
With thousands of staff and officers depending on our systems, it’s vital that you do all you can to provide a high quality service. That means supporting capacity planning and monitoring operational jobs; spotting any issues and making sure they’re addressed.
Among other tasks, you'll be installing and maintaining physical and virtual servers; performing in-depth root-cause analysis; and configuring systems, hardware and software. We’re therefore looking for the following knowledge:
- Windows Operating System 2012 and 2016.
- VMware VSphere (VCentre, ESXi, SRM)
- Authentication Methods (Microsoft DNS, AD, LDAP)
- Cisco UCS blade systems
- NAS/SAN storage technologies (FC, FCoE, NFS, CIFS)
- Network environments (VLAN tagging, trunking, Firewalls, Switching, Routing, Load Balancing, IDS/IPS, etc.)
- PowerShell, Perl
- Industry best practice for patching and updating servers in multiple Data Centre environment
- High availability solutions and options.
- Understanding of Network technologies, Cisco hardware, firewalls
- Red Hat Linux
- Enterprise storage systems and related technology – Pure, VNX
- Enterprise backup solutions (Symantec Netbackup)
- Monitoring tools and their implementation, Solarwinds, ATA, SCCM, SCOM
- Documenting environments and processes (example: local work instructions).
In addition to this expertise, you’ll bring a positive, proactive approach and the drive to get jobs done with a good result. Analytical and good in a team.
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Developed Vetting (DV) level before taking up the post.
Additionally, this material is of particular sensitivity to the UK and its distribution must be restricted to UK nationals. In approved circumstances dual nationals (of which one element is British) may also be granted access. However, in the event that potential conflicts of interest cannot be managed the post holder will not be able to see the intelligence material and will not be able to perform their duties. For the purpose of safeguarding national security and in line with Cabinet Office Policy, supported by Section 82(2) to (4) of the Police Reform Act (2002), applicants who do not hold or acquire Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) OR Developed Vetting (DV) clearance and meet the nationality requirements cannot be offered the post.
SPOC: For more information about the role please contact Joy Nair via email: Joy.Nair@met.police.uk
To apply, please visit our website to download a role specific information pack. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement and online application form.
Completed applications must be returned by 31st January 2020.
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
Experience
- Experience of working in a busy service delivery environment
- Experience of working with ITIL processes
- Demonstrated experience in documenting environments and processes (example: local work instructions)
Experience (Desirable)
- Database Management
- Mentoring
- Automation through implementation of scripts, particularly PowerShell.
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
This opportunity is closed to applications.