Research Technology System Administrator London, England
Job description
About us
UCL is a world-leading teaching and research university, often ranked in the top ten in the world with an annual turnover of well over £1 billion. Part of UCL’s vision is to take on the hardest global challenges.
The Information Services Division (ISD) is the primary provider of IT services to UCL. We support and enhance learning, teaching, research and administrative processes by providing information- and technology-related services to over 50,000 staff and students of UCL and associated institutions.
Our ambition is to be the leading IT services group in the HE sector and we are growing our team’s capability in experience/UX, agile development, security, cloud, service management and partnering. We are modernising our technology foundations, digitising the processes of the university to transform experience for students and staff, and partnering across the university to drive differentiation in UCL education and research.
Within ISD, this post is in Faculty IT & Partnering which provides local specialist applications and systems support and IT strategic business partnering for users in the School of Life and Medical Sciences (SLMS), in the Institute of Education (IOE), the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment and to departments in the Faculties of Arts & Humanities, Social & Historical Sciences and Laws (SLASH).
About the role
We are looking to recruit a Research Systems Administrator to manage the geography department’s research technology infrastructure, and to be dynamic and creative in taking the department/faculty research computing capabilities forward. Although your work will focus on the use of data and computers in support of research and research-led teaching, you will work closely with colleagues in the department who support administrative IT systems and will have a leadership role within the departmental IT community.
As a Research Technology System Administrator, you will work as part of a small team based within the Social and Historical Sciences faculty, within the Faculty IT and Partnering Department in ISD. There will be a strong matrix reporting line into the Department Computing Committee who are a part of the communities and cultures of ISD, ARC, and the Department.
- You will help to deliver the services and systems which make data and compute-intensive research possible, support the discovery and innovation of tools, practices and systems in this field.
- This role is both research, contributing to the scholarly life of the university, and a professional service role, managing and delivering shared capabilities and following professional best practice.
The position requires several focuses including but not exclusive to the following:
- Provide specialist knowledge, support and subject matter expertise.
- Engagement with researchers to provide specialist advice and consultative services.
- Leadership, handling of sensitive data, governance and system/infrastructure security.
- Design and deliver bespoke or specialist technology solutions for the faculty.
In the event we get a high number of applications, we may close the advert early before the published closing date. As a minimum we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks.
Job Ref: B01-00029
Closing Date: 16-05-2023 – 23:59 (UK time)
About you
As a Research System Administrator, you have working knowledge and experience of High-Performance Computing (HPC), Operating systems and their maintenance, directory & authentication technologies, and TCP/IP networking, including familiarity with common Internet protocols (e.g. HTTP, SMTP, LDAP, SFTP/SSH, etc.) and associated client software. Additionally you are likely to hold an Undergraduate degree in a subject with a computational, quantitative, or data intensive component or alternatively be able to demonstrate a subsequent formal qualification or professional experience in a similar field.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
