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IT Technician
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday entitlement + 8 Statutory Bank Holiday allowance
- Company Workplace Pension
- Long Service Award
- Death in Service
- Salary Benefits Program including :- Car Salary Sacrifice/ Cycle to Work/ Employee Discounts
- Recruitment Referral Program
Location: Hybrid/ Aylesford, Kent
Working Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm with a 40 minute paid break.
Company Profile:
Our client is a well-established, retail packaging manufacturer, employing over 100 personnel in the design, administration and manufacturing departments.
Position Overview:
The IT Technician will be a subsidiary of the wider group our client is a part of, and will be integrated into the Group's IT Department, with a profile primarily focused on systems but with the versatility to perform functional analysis and small software developments.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Administer and maintain the company's IT systems, ensuring their availability and security.
- Prevent, detect, and resolve system malfunctions.
- Perform backups of all servers using Veeam Backup.
- Install, configure, and maintain servers and virtualized systems in a VMware environment.
- Implement and manage software and hardware updates across various systems and devices.
Administer Windows Server, including:
- Active Directory management.
- Group Policy Objects (GPO) administration.
- Configuration and maintenance of file servers, DNS, DHCP, and network services.
- Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows environments.
- Manage and ensure the proper operation of Fortinet firewalls and Aruba switches.
- Administer Microsoft Exchange and Azure environments.
- Manage Linux systems, including maintenance, security, and configuration
- Identify, document, and translate business requirements into technical specifications
- Develop and maintain small internal software applications.
- Provide user support across different systems, including assistance with applications and troubleshooting.
- Manage and request necessary IT equipment for the maintenance and operation of the subsidiary's IT system.
Management of associated third party IT vendors, including:
- Communicating and managing any adaptions or developments that are required to meet changing business needs
- Monitor performance against agreed SLA`s and implement any actions necessary
- Liaise with Business Management team to identify potential areas of process improvement using available technology
- Assign and manage access to files and software applications according to established security levels.
Skills and Attributes:
- Experience in VMware, Veeam Backup, and Windows Server administration.
- Knowledge of Fortinet firewalls and Aruba switches.
- Administration of Microsoft Exchange and Azure environments.
- Knowledge of Linux systems.
- Ability to identify, document, and translate business requirements into technical specifications.
- Capability to develop and maintain small internal applications.
- Experience working within packaging sector desirable.
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Proactive character of high integrity, accountability and flexibility.
- Experience with ERP Shuttleworth and SAGE.
- Knowledge of SAP R/3 and/or ESKO software desirable.
- Experience with iQuote (ePS) software desirable.
- Familiarity with project management methodologies and technical documentation desirable.
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