IT and Network Support Engineer

Cambridge
5 months ago
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Role: IT and Network Support Engineer (Educational sector)

Location: Cambridge

Salary: £35,000 - £42,000

Hours 8:30am - 4:30pm

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Our clients IT Services Department is seeking an experienced IT and Network Support Engineer to join their growing IT Team. Working closely with the IT Manager you will need to have strong communication skills as you will be talking to people at all levels and will need to communicate effectively.

The role requires the right candidate to have strong technical skills with experience of designing, implementing, and maintaining IT key infrastructure and network systems.

Having previously worked in an educational environment would be a massive plus for this position.

Key Responsibilities

To provide IT support to College members, students, staff and Fellows, in conjunction with other members of the IT team.
Installing, configuring and supporting network equipment including network switches and wireless access points.
Maintaining the College network hardware infrastructure and arranging scheduled upgrades to network hardware including switches and Wireless Access points.
Designing and planning upgrades of network hardware and infrastructure
Providing Mail administration, other Office (365) applications and associated troubleshooting
To manage and maintain Windows desktops, mobile devices and associated applicationsTechnical Skills

Knowledge of, and ability to support, a Windows Desktop environment.
Knowledge of HP/ HPE comware / HPE Aruba Operating systems and confident with CLI commands on those Operating systems.
A strong understanding of network concepts including Vlan's subnets, IP subnetting, and layer 2 switching.
Desktops, laptops, Macs & mobile devices
Microsoft Office and Office 365
VMWare vSphere, and Horizon virtual desktops
Office 365 and Outlook administrationIf this position is of interest, then please apply ASAP.

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position

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