Job Description

Are you an experienced Senior IT Systems Administrator looking for a new opportunity ? As we have a great opportunity that could be of interest to you.
Role: Senior IT Systems Administrator
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Campus, Abingdon, UK
Salary: Competitive salary plus excellent company benefits
Hours: 40 hours per week Monday to Friday
Aptuit is a member company of Evotec, a global Pharmaceutical business. Evotec covers all activities from target-to-clinic to meet the industry's need for innovation and efficiency in drug discovery and development. The Company has established a unique position by assembling top-class scientific experts and integrating state-of-the-art technologies as well as substantial experience and expertise in key therapeutic areas including neuronal diseases, diabetes and complications of diabetes, pain and inflammation, oncology, infectious diseases, respiratory diseases and fibrosis.
Main Scope of Role
The Senior IT Systems Administrator is responsible for managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting our expanding windows server infrastructure and application platforms. They ensure the smooth deployment and operation of applications including the life cycle of the operating system and core IT software such as Antimalware, backup clients deployed Evotec's infrastructure. This includes the delivery of, administration, running, diagnosing, log checking and troubleshooting of these environments and application platforms
Principal Responsibilities

• Maintain and implement Microsoft Windows Server Environment components to ensure optimal performance.
• Provide IT systems support and operational services ensuring the company's systems are performing correctly.
• To be part of a project team and take an integral part in driving core components to implement new IT systems and services
• To provide in-depth troubleshooting of the Companies IT services.
• Help develop and improve detailed process and procedure documentation to support IT operations proactively making recommendations to improve processes
• Prepare and maintain written technical documentation including system builds and configuration, and startup/shutdown procedures for all servers and system/network applications and Technical How To's (THT's).
• Respond to tickets and automated system alerts and logs. Working within an ITSM tool and ensure change management is followed as needed
• Proactively ensure a high level of Windows server platform availability by applying patches and monitoring server/application performance for potential issues, identifying possible solutions, and working to implement both temporary and long-term fixes.
• where required take ownership of ITSD Implementation tasks monitoring work in progress, acting as the key point of contact for Application owners regarding all application platform component requests. Defining and coordinating tasks and working with other ITSD teams to ensure ITSD tasks are completed according to the deadlines.

Technical Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications

• A comprehensive working knowledge of providing IT services within a Directory services enabled environment
• High working knowledge of Microsoft server platforms including installation configuration and trouble shooting (2019, 2022)
• A working knowledge of IPv4 networking, subnets, routing, VPN and VLANs
• Experience / high working knowledge of corporate technology solutions, to include:

• Virtualization environments (VMware)
• Storage NAS and SAN environments
• Backup technology
• Adhering to company global process such as change management
• Working Knowledge of core IT software such as Anti malware deployed at a corporate level
• Able to support the creation, maintenance and following of Global policies and procedures.
• Experience in maintaining asset inventories.
• The discipline to produce and follow detailed technical documentation for tasks and projects.
• Experience within Regulated environments such as ISO27001 or GxP is Beneficial
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to plan and estimate tasks.
• Knowledge of IT frameworks, such as ITIL, Kanban Lean IT or Agile project management approaches
• Knowledge of Linux is beneficial

Soft skills and Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and work as a member of a collaborative team. Supporting junior members of the team,
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate in both the local language and English
• Enthusiasm, self-motivation, flexibility, and readiness to quickly grasp new technical concepts and acquire new technical skills.
• Interpersonal skill to influence and motivate others to get tasks delivered
• Minimum BSc in a relevant degree (or equivalent) preferred with 5 years' plus experience in an IT corporate environment,
• Agile mindset: capable of working with conflicting priorities and responding positively to changing demands.

Company Benefits Include

• Company Pension Scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays & an additional 1 day for each year completed up to a maximum of 30 days
• Private Health Insurance for you, your partner/family under the company scheme
• Private Dental Care Scheme
• Health Insurance providing 75% of base salary after a qualifying period
• Well being
• support 24/7 and counselling services
• Excellent career progression opportunities within the company; we have an excellent training and support and continuing professional development opportunities
• Eligibility to participate in the Company Bonus Scheme (This is a discretionary benefit)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a friend scheme, team and annual company events, recognition awards and many more!

As well as

• Free onsite parking
• Restaurant which is highly subsidised
• Great transport links from Oxford and the surrounding area's as well as a shuttle bus service from Didcot train station
• Milton Park also offer's great cycling, running & walking routes as well as annual events.

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversite, Evotec etudie, a competences egales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.
ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.

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