systems manager York, England
Job description
BUSINESS FUNCTION: Finance
GRADE: ML2/SB2
SALARY: £56,512 to £ 69,752 per annum
ROLE TYPE: Hybrid
HOURS: 37 per week
Is finding efficient technical solutions ‘Your Thing’?
We are looking for a strong communicator who will be responsible for the strategic development and maintenance of the datacentres. Developing, the delivery and maintenance of a robust Disaster Recovery and business continuity plan with fully documented procedures.
At Northern, we play a vital role connecting millions of people to work, leisure and education opportunities.
We operate 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England. But our vision is about more than just train travel. It’s about setting a new standard for customer experiences. And that means building a different kind of workplace. One that values individuality and celebrates differences. Somewhere we can work together, have fun, and get stuck in to making our customers’ lives easier. A place that goes out of its way to create incredible opportunities for everyone to grow and be the best we can be every single day.
So, if you’re smart, forward thinking, passionate and full of fresh ideas like we are, you could play your part in making it happen.
About the role:
As an IS Systems Manager you will report in to IS Operations Manager. A critical part of this role is demonstrating to the Head of Information services and the IS Operations Manager how new emerging technologies would benefit the business.
The role is hybrid with the expectation to travel across the network when needed to fulfil business requirements, there will also be an on-call roster that you will be on as part of this role.
If this sounds like your thing, we’d love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities:
This is a varied and challenging role, but here is a taste of what your day-to-day activities could include:
- Leads the performance optimization of server and systems architecture, raising the level of server and systems uptime to six sigma standards.
- Provides patch management for all enterprise systems and services, including operating system and application patching.
- Designs and implements disaster recovery processes and procedures
- Oversees and coordinates the remediation of vulnerabilities across the IS infrastructure and applications
- Accountable for the security and integrity of Northern Rail's server and systems architecture
- Monitor the performance of suppliers of enterprise systems, assessing their ability to meet quality and delivery requirements, conducting regular service review meeting as required
About you:
You will have strong communication skills both in written and verbal, capable of communicating with all levels of the organisation.
We’re also looking for the following:
- Formally educated to degree level in computing and management
- Experience in a similar role/environment
- Knowledge of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) server support models, typical back up and server build processes.
- Previously has implemented performance monitoring systems. Knowledge of various cloud computing solutions
- Accountable for the security and integrity of Northern Rail's server and systems architecture
Our Benefits:
Because we value our people and reward hard work, we’ve created a benefits package that we think you’ll love. So, you’ll be able to make the most of:
- Free Travel on Northern services - everyone who works at Northern, plus their partners/spouses and dependents, can travel for free right across our full network of services. *Certain eligibility criteria will apply.
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme - you’ll rarely find a pension as good as a Northern pension, and we top up your pension with a generous 1.5 times your contribution.
- A generous holiday entitlement - our holiday entitlements can help you feel like you can get away too.
- Maternity and Paternity Benefits - we go above and beyond the standard, and mums can enjoy 9 months’ maternity leave on full pay while dads can make the most of 2 weeks’ paternity leave on full pay.
- Employee Assistance Programme - advice, support and useful information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on everything from family issues to lifestyle matters.
- Holiday Purchase Scheme - if you join us at Manager or Executive level or above, you can use your salary to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave each year.
You can find out more here
Please note that Northern reserves the right to close recruitment for this role before the published closing date, if high volumes of applications are received.
However, if you miss the application window for this particular role, please keep checking back for other opportunities. We are always on the lookout for great people to join the Northern Team!
We’re an equal opportunities employer and a promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of gender, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability, or sexual orientation.
We also have Disability Confident status, which means we’re committed to making the most of the talents that disabled people can bring to the workplace.
