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Job Title: Data Centre Engineer
Location: Milton Keynes, (Hybrid working may be considered)
Hours: 37.5 hours a week
Job Type: Permanent, full time

The Role: Providing operational support for current and future enterprise systems focusing on the EMEA region. Working as part of a solution orientated European IT team with a Global company who are market leaders in Automation.

Key Responsibilities:
Maintaining compliance to Global IT security policies, procedures, best practices, and established standards

Participate in and optimising IT infrastructure implementations, forecasting, and maintenance

Support of the design, development, and management of network servers, virtualization, storage, and monitoring systems

Deployment of servers and virtual environments, including but not limited to VMWare and various Windows server versions

Troubleshoot data centre systems including any reported data centre issues and recommend improvements required to enhance performance

Provide tactical and strategic input for overall data centre planning and related projects to include utilisation of technology for cost savings or enhanced productivity for the organisation

Document procedures and create user guides

Communicate with internal customers at all levels

What you will bring - Skills, Experience and Education Requirements:
Higher education in computer science with focus on IT operations or infrastructure

Work experience VMware vSphere 7 (including multiple sites / clusters, host profiles, customizations), vMotion, VMware ESXi, vCenter, vROPS, IDPA, NSX, NSX-T

Administration of VMware virtual environment using vSphere spanning multiple data centres and networks

Experience with Dell VxRail, Data Domain, Avamar, EMC and IDPA storage platforms

Basic Networking Knowledge (VLANs, firewalls, load balancers, NAT, DNS, LANs/WANs)

Experience with common network services, SNMP, Syslog, DNS, NTP, DHCP, AD, etc.

Practical experience deploying, managing, migrating, and upgrading Microsoft technologies such as Windows Server, Active Directory, GPOs, M365 Hybrid, and security policies

Experience deploying, troubleshooting, and maintaining Windows Server

Experience modifying and developing scripting or programming languages

Certification in ITIL is a plus

Ability to travel abroad

The ideal candidate will be:
Flexible and resilient
Solution-oriented and a team player
Able to take the initiative and take responsibility
Analytical and enjoy attention to detail
Able to work independently and reliably
Experienced in working in an international environment
Excellent at problem solving

What We Offer:

The reason for our success is our people. Every team member has a voice, and this contributes to our successes as a company! We take pride in our collaborative, innovative and customer experience culture where team members feel respected, empowered, and valued.

We are continuously working to make our team even more diverse and inclusive. We welcome applications from all and are committed to attracting, recruiting, and retaining the most talented individuals.

SMC has sustainable development goals as we believe in caring for our futures as well as the future of the planet.

Rewards and Benefits:
Pension scheme
25 days holiday, plus Holiday Trading scheme
Private Medical Cover
Cycle to work and car lease schemes
SMC rewards and benefits portal including retail discounts
Ongoing training and development

The Selection Process:
Upon application, successful candidates will be asked to undertake a first interview online, secondly, some online testing, lastly a second interview which takes place on site at our offices.

If you dont hear from us within 4 weeks of application please accept our thanks for applying and we wish you the best in your search for a new role.