Junior Network Engineer (Operations) Warrington, North West England, England
Job description
Job Title: Junior Network Engineer (Operations)
Salary: £25,702 per annum
Grade: UKRI - C
Location: Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, Cheshire / Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire
Hours: Full time
Contract type: Open Ended
Closing Date: 13th February 2023
About the role
The Digital Infrastructure department in STFC are responsible for the delivery of the enterprise Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure and services that underpin the STFC scientific programme of activities. The work that we do is key to protecting the organisations digital assets and is an enabler for the work of the scientific community here at STFC.
The Digital Infrastructure team provide a comprehensive network and communications environment to support the work of STFC and partner organisations. This includes a range of technologies and environments including Voice, Data, Email and unified communications.
Specifically, this role is to provide day to day support and maintenance of the network and communications environment as supported by DI, including fulfilling service requests, resolving incidents, supporting the service desk. You can expect opportunities to develop technical skills through increasingly autonomous projects whilst under the guidance and mentorship of senior team members. If you have an aptitude and desire to progress in your career with STFC, you can benefit from appropriate training opportunities and guidance for career enhancement. A progression path leading to Senior Network Engineer or indeed other roles within the organisation is anticipated. You may also be eligible for Degree Apprenticeship programmes after a qualifying period.
Key duties include:
- Day-to-day responsibility for appropriate requests (tickets) for service at the direction of the Senior Network & Communications Engineer
- Undertake minor installations or configurations within the area of both networking and telephony
- Planning, installation, testing and maintenance of voice and data network connections.
- Our teams are predominately based at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) near Chilton in Oxfordshire and Daresbury Laboratory (DL) in Cheshire. This role can be based at either site and applicants should express a preference in their covering letter. There will be an occasional requirement to travel to other STFC sites.
About you
- It is essential that you have 5 GCSE or equivalent qualifications including Maths and English
- You will also have industry experience supporting a range of the following technologies:
- IP routing and configuration of routes
- network switches and configuration of switches
- TCP/IP protocols
- DNS/DCHP/Radius servers
- video conferencing protocols
- wired and wireless networking
- firewalls
- A relevant degree (or equivalent) would be desirable for this role but is not essential.
Person Specifications:
Qualifications
Essential:
- 5 GCSE or equivalent qualifications including Maths and English. (S)
Desirable:
- Relevant subject matter and industry experience (S)
- ITIL Foundation. (S)
Knowledge and Experience
- A working understanding of a range of network and communications functionality in an organisation providing various business systems
- Experience supporting several of the following technologies:
- IP routing and configuration of routers
- Network switches and configuration of switches
- TCP/IP protocols v4 & v6
- DNS/DCHP/Radius servers
- Wired and Wireless networking
- Firewalls.
Desirable:
- Telephony (Analogue, Digital and VOIP).
Personal Skills and Qualities
Essential:
- In depth knowledge of windows-based IT systems
- Broad range of IT support skills, covering infrastructure, networking and application technologies
- Ability to work using own initiative and be proactive
- Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
- Demonstrate ability to work effectively as part of a team, or alone
- Willingness to learn new techniques and technologies
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Quality of covering letter
- Good, organised approach to complex problems
- Strong self-motivation.
About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
The STFC is a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation where curiosity, blue-skies thinking meets practical, application-led science and engineering. Our goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people – and more broadly to the world.
As one of Europe’s largest research organisations, we’re trusted to support, enable and undertake ground-breaking projects in an outstanding diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people, we’re driving progressive advances in science, engineering, computing and technology. Our research seeks to understand the Universe from the largest astronomical scales to the tiniest constituents of matter, yet creates impact on a very tangible, human scale.
For more information about STFC please visit https://stfc.ukri.org/
You can also visit our careers site https://www.stfccareers.co.uk/
About UK Research Innovation (UKRI)
UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.
Supporting some of the world’s most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.
More information can be found at www.ukri.org.
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Disability Confident Employer
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
How to apply
Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the ‘experience’ section of the application.
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