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You will be responsible for implementing, maintaining, and optimizing the organization's IT infrastructure to ensure high availability, performance, and security of critical systems and services.\nThis role ensures that IT systems are secure, reliable, and scalable to meet the ongoing needs of the business. The engineer supports both day-to-day operations and long-term infrastructure projects, contributing to system improvements, automation efforts, and technical troubleshooting to maintain optimal performance and availability across all IT services.\nWho are Vital Energi?\nVital Energi is a leading provider of renewable energy infrastructure and systems to the public and private sectors. We support Hospitals, Universities, New Build Developments, Towns & Cities, as well as Industrial and Commercial clients to reduce their carbon emissions and improve the efficiency of their buildings. Vital Energi’s Vision is ‘to protect our planet for future generations’. We are doing this by enabling the UK’s Net Zero targets.\nThe Role:\n2nd Line Troubleshooting / Executive IT Support\nProactively monitor and remediate incidents using approved tools and practices.\nMentoring / Point of Escalation for internal team members\nEnsure Security and privacy of networks and computer systems\nOwnership of systems\nLiaising with 3rd party suppliers.\nOrganise and schedule upgrades and maintenance without deterring others from completing their work\nBackup and recovery ownership\nMaintain clear and accurate documentation of issues, resolutions, and changes, ensuring timely stakeholder communication\nOut of hours work will be required.\nThe Person:\nHere at Vital Energi we use the following Technology:\nEnd user compute applications - Windows 10, 11 / Mac OS\nServer - 2016,2019,2022\nHypervisor Technologies, Hyper-V, VMware & Proxmox\nExperience with Cisco networking hardware\nNetworking - Cisco CLI, VLANs, WAN, VPN, MPLS\nIdentity - Okta / Microsoft Entra\nStorage - NetApp Ontap & Eseries\nVEEAM backup and replication\nStrong Azure and Office 365 knowledge\nSecurity - Mimecast, CrowdStrike, Cisco Umbrella, Rapid 7, BitLocker, Cisco Meraki / Fortinet\nTelephony - Teams / Webex / Poly & Logitech conferencing systems\nThe company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. 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CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third-party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. 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