IT Services Specialist (Cloud Platforms)

Come and join IT Services at a UK top 10 university. We are at the forefront of supporting the digital campus, providing infrastructure for our IT systems, and developing strategies to take us forward in a rapidly evolving world. Whatever stage you are at in your career Loughborough University provides a vibrant, dynamic experience. The atmosphere on campus is friendly and relaxed and offers fantastic facilities for staff to use.

The Role:
As part of the role, automation in PowerShell is key to developing, supporting and delivering key IT platform services and projects. Primarily Microsoft based but opportunities to be involved in other areas too. This role is varied to support your continuous development and will also have responsibility for day-to-day operations. Experience in PowerShell, Active Directory and Group Policy is essential.

The role is full time, and open ended.

For more information refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

About your team:
As part of the Cloud Platforms Team, you will be joining 5 other IT Platform professionals. The responsibility of the team spans across the whole University and ranges from providing expert advice to the wider IT Services department on the University’s critical platform services.

This friendly team is responsible for providing expert support and development on a wide range of platforms such as, but not limited to: Windows Server, Active Directory, PKI, Azure Infrastructure, Microsoft Entra, VMware hypervisor, Oracle Linux, In-house web-based management tools.

To be able to undertake this role you will:

• Be enthusiastic and experienced in PowerShell.
• Have an understanding and have expert knowledge in key Microsoft technologies.
• Be ready to engage with new systems and services and want to develop your professional skills.
• Be ready to undertake day-to-day operations, incidents and changes.

Why should you apply?
As a member of IT Services, you can expect:

• Support in developing your career, allowing you to progress towards your goals in a friendly environment.
• Development opportunities including exposure to a wide breadth of technologies.
• To work closely with all our partners from across the University to support digital transformation and deliver outstanding levels of service that are recognised as the best in the country by our students in the National Student Survey.
• A supportive dynamic working policy with flexible home/hybrid working where possible.
• A superb 440-acre green site in the heart of Leicestershire with first-rate facilities, plenty of open space, gardens, and sports areas.
• A great salary and benefits package, generous holiday allowance and pension scheme.

Application process:
If you are interested in applying for this role, you must use the below steps as a guide to completing the application.

• Login to our vacancies platform, either by registering as a new user, logging in using existing details, or if you are an internal member of staff log in through my.HR.
• Complete all the required sections of the application form.
• Fully complete the supporting statement as this will be used to assess your application, Within the supporting statement you should demonstrate, using examples, how you meet each of the "essential" and as many of the "desirable" criteria as possible – these are identified as “stage 1” in the person specification (within the Job Description).
• For further support refer to our application guidance, which includes some top tips and support to help you when completing your application.

Please fully complete the application form as CVs will not be used.

Interview process and further information:

• Informal chats about the role are welcomed, please contact John Dodson, Cloud Platforms Team Manager, J.Dodson@lboro.ac.uk.
• If you have successfully demonstrated how, you meet the criteria in your application form, you will be invited for a technical assessment (remotely via Teams). If you are successful in this assessment, you will be invited for a second and final interview.

Closing date for applications: 30 November 2024
Assessment Date: this will take place remotely w.c. 9 December 2024
Interviews Date: Wednesday 8 January 2025

Rewards and Benefits
Loughborough is a great place to work, and we offer a substantial benefits package to go alongside your exciting role. Find out more about our full suite of rewards and benefits.

There is a sense of pride across campus; employees are proud to be part of our continuous success and are an essential part of achieving all that we do. It’s not just students that arrive at Loughborough for the first day of their future - we want our staff to feel the same too.

Diversity of experience, thought and perspective enriches our university and the lives of its community. It is crucial to our ongoing development as an international institution. We strive to create a culture that supports equality and celebrates diversity throughout the campus, and we are actively seeking to make our team more diverse.

Loughborough University is committed to allowing its employees to work dynamically with a combination of working on campus and remotely, where possible. This role will typically require working on campus in Loughborough for approximately two days per week.

Whatever area of IT you work in, if you’re looking to make things happen then we’re looking for you.