Systems Engineer
Systems Engineer
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Job Description
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Technical Operations
LOCATION: London with hybrid working
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to 50000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The BBCs Technical Operations (TechOps) team is responsible for building and managing the IT infrastructure that supports our broadcast and enterprise systems. This includes both virtual and physical platforms hosted in BBC and external data centres across London Salford and other global locations.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
As a Systems Engineer youll be part of a collaborative team delivering end-to-end infrastructure solutionsfrom planning and design to implementation testing and ongoing support. Youll help ensure our systems are reliable secure and ready to meet the needs of a world-class media organisation.
This role is based at our White City office in London with flexible working across home office and data centre sites. Some out-of-hours work is expected.
The role offers and experienced Systems Engineer the opportunity to contribute towards the planning design implementation integration commissioning testing and operation of virtual and physical IT infrastructure systems for the BBC Technical Operations (TechOps) Hosting Infrastructure and Platform Engineering Team. You will work as part of an engineering team to deliver technology solutions that meet agreed specifications and operational requirements for broadcast and enterprise environments.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT
Support the design deployment and operation of IT infrastructure systems. Assist with system commissioning monitoring fault resolution and maintenance.
Work with engineers architects project managers and vendors to deliver practical scalable solutions.
Help maintain system documentation test plans and project timelines.
Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies.
Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with HPE/Dell/Supermicro servers
Virtualisation: Experience with VMware vSphere vCenter ESXi and related components.
Storage & Backup: Proficient in SAN/NAS technologies and storage arrays (e.g. HPE/Pure); familiar with backup/DR products (e.g. Veeam/Cohesity) with an awareness of storage protocols
OS & Networking: Familiarity with Windows Server & Linux; experience with domain services; understanding of networking
Security & DevOps: Knowledge of IT security; familiarity with compliance standards.
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
Cloud & Automation: Exposure to containerisation and orchestration technologies; automation using Ansible Terraform GitOps; scripting in PowerShell Bash or Python; Cloud experience with AWS S3.
DevOps: Familiarity with GitHub Octopus Deploy RunDeck.
Networking: awareness of network virtualisation/security concepts.
Hypervisor: general awareness of the virtualisation market and key technologies involved.
If you can bring some of these skills and experience along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Employment Type
Full-Time
