Junior Systems Administrator

Spectrum IT Recruitment • Permanent • Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom • £30k - £35k / year • 3d ago

Junior System Administrator

Guildford, Surrey
Circa £30,000-£35,000 plus benefits
Full-time, Office-based

Ready to build your career in IT and get hands-on with real-world systems?

My client are looking for a Junior System Administrator to join a growing technology business based in Guildford, Surrey. This is an excellent opportunity for someone at the beginning of their systems administration career.

You'll work closely with an experienced Systems Administrator and report to the IT Manager, helping to maintain the company's internal IT infrastructure and customer systems. From Windows and Linux servers to virtual machines, networking and user support.

This is more than a traditional IT support role. You'll have the opportunity to get involved across servers, virtualisation, Windows, Linux, networking, security, backups, infrastructure and user support, giving you broad exposure to the technologies and responsibilities needed to develop a successful career in systems administration.

The successful candidate must be willing and able to obtain UK security clearance.

The Role

As a Junior System Administrator, you'll play an important role in keeping IT systems secure, reliable and running smoothly.

Your responsibilities will include:

Deploying software and administering user groups and operating system policies across the IT network
Monitoring services, applications and hardware and identifying and resolving issues
Installing, configuring and maintaining software, hardware, networking and application components
Diagnosing and troubleshooting hardware, software and networking problems
Managing secure data storage, backups and data recovery
Implementing security best practices to help protect against cyber-attacks and security breaches
Supporting compliance with ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus
Documenting internal IT processes and systems
Providing technical support to employees and external clients
Setting up employee workstations and IT equipment
Supporting ad-hoc IT projects and tasks as required

Essential

A-levels or equivalent, with strong IT, English and Maths skills
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook
Basic networking knowledge
Experience managing Windows PCs/Servers within an Active Directory environment
Experience with Linux, particularly Debian/Ubuntu package management, web servers, NFS and SSH
An understanding of system security and business continuity
Basic scripting experience in Bash and/or PowerShell
Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks
Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively as part of a team

Desirable

Full, clean UK driving licence
Experience with PKI and certificate management

If you would like to be considered for this opportunity then please contact Tom Rayner on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) to be considered.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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