Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Enterprise Email Specialist BPDTS Ltd
Manchester
Reference
BPDTS 83.19
Location
Manchester
Salary
Up to £72,312
Work hours
37.5
Employment type
Permanent
Job benefits
Our flexible benefits package includes employer pension contributions of up to 10%, a performance related annual bonus of up to 10%, and lots more.
Closing date
24 May 2019
Job description
Want to be part of something really big? If you’re creative and curious to learn, want to be empowered to make decisions and challenge the norm, and want to bring BIG ideas to a MASSIVE digital challenge then you’ll love it here. And we’d love to hear from you.
We are looking for a talented Senior Infrastructure Engineer with exceptional skills in IronPort, Secure Email, PGP and MS Exchange / 365 skills, to join our BPDTS Ltd community, working to implement and support a product that is used by over 90,000 people in the UK’s largest government department.
You will work with us on one of the largest transformation programmes in Europe, providing services that have far-reaching and pivotal roles in citizens’ lives. We know that better digital services in government will mean better public services, with the power to make a difference to lives of 22 million UK citizens. Our fast-growing digital community is driving that change.
You and your role
We are looking for people with exceptional experience running enterprise secure email systems, with experience of major transformation and migration projects. You will also need to have experience in the broader infrastructure environment.
You will be part of an energetic 3rd line support team, transforming solutions and services offered to over 90,000 users in the department. The first phase of work will involve the design, implementation and migration of externally hosted Exchange services to Crown Hosting, and the second phase will then include in the provision of fully Cloud hosted 365 services
Our model of assignment means that over time and subject to business needs there will be opportunities to undertake varied roles across different delivery areas, where you will be fully supported in developing your skills.
What are we looking for?
- Significant experience acting as 3rd line support for incidents, problems and changes to infrastructure solutions and services.
- Significant experience of performing the administration and support of all infrastructure solutions and services
- Experience of technical-change impacting and performing changes in a live service environment.
- Monitoring of infrastructure services and alerts and taking appropriate action.
- Experience of Hybrid interactions between Microsoft on premise and cloud productivity solutions.
- Significant experience of Microsoft Exchange Services.
- Experience of configuration and maintenance of file servers.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex problems across multiple technology domains;
- Ability to effectively communicate at different levels, across level 2 and level 3 technical teams, business users, architecture and 3rd party suppliers and end users.
- Strong stakeholder management skillsets, with ability to communicate effectively across all organisational levels.
- Knowledge of design, engineering techniques and testing applied to MS Evergreen releases would be desirable but not essential.
Essential Tech:
- Cisco ESA/IronPort
- PGP Universal Server / Secure Email
- Data Loss Prevention technologies
- O365
- Exchange 2016
Desirable Tech:
- Enterprise Vault
- O365 Pro Plus/Office 2016/2019
- Azure AD
Where will you work?
BPDTS Ltd provides dedicated services to the Department for Work and Pensions. Our digital, data and technology specialists work closely with experts in DWP Digital’s community to make digital services quicker, simpler and more efficient for the millions of people that use them.
You’ll join us in our brilliant new digital hub in Manchester. Here we provide the latest tech and tooling and foster a collaborative culture to help our agile, multi-disciplinary teams think big and try new things.
In Manchester we have the best of the city on our doorstep, with loads of great places nearby to meet, eat or to soak up a bit of culture. We have brilliant views over St Peter’s Square, looking out over Central Library and the Town Hall. We’re really handy for the train and the tram, and we have a basement level lock up (with showers) for your bike.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender, race or sexuality.
What is our offer?
- We’ll reward you with a very competitive salary of up to £72,312
- You will be eligible for a pension with employer contributions of up to 10%
- We can offer you a performance related annual bonus of up to 10%
- We’ll help you balance your life and work
- We’ll give you a generous leave allowance, with the option to buy and sell extra days
We also offer much more as part of a flexible benefits package – including a cycle to work scheme and lots of family friendly perks – which can be tailored to your lifestyle.
Building our future
We believe the work we do really matters, so we’re serious about investing in you.
You’ll have access to a huge suite of training and learning opportunities to complement the new skills you’ll acquire on the job. You’ll get the chance to share knowledge with colleagues from across our digital communities, and to grow your skills through our coaching and mentoring programmes.
Hit APPLY for more information and to continue your application on our careers page. There you will also find candidate pack with more information, which you can download by clicking the ‘Candidate Information Pack’ button.
You’ll need to register (you can use your LinkedIn profile) and then complete a short application form where you’ll upload a CV.
For further info click apply or contact viv.vayapooree@dwp.gsi.gov.uk