Senior System Engineer

Salford - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Technical Operations
LOCATION: Salford with hybrid working.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to 62250 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

As a Senior Systems Engineer youll play a key role in delivering and maintaining these platforms. Youll work across the full lifecyclefrom planning and design to implementation testing and support. Youll also help improve how we work by introducing new tools automating processes and sharing your expertise with the team.

This role is based at our Salford office with a flexible mix of home working office time and occasional visits to data centres. Some out-of-hours work is expected.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

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.

As a Senior Systems Engineer you will play a key role in supporting the technical roadmap and maintenance for the BBC Technical Operations (TechOps) hosting Infrastructure and Platform Engineering Teams virtual and physical IT infrastructure platforms. Your responsibilities will focus on collaborating with engineering teams in the planning design development integration commissioning testing and operation of infrastructure systems ensuring improvements are met in the operating environment.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Design build and maintain secure scalable infrastructure (virtual and physical).
Collaborate with engineers and project teams to deliver reliable solutions.
Automate tasks using scripting tools (PowerShell Bash Python).
Integrate monitoring tools and troubleshoot to ensure performance.
Create clear technical documentation and share knowledge with the team.
Stay ahead of tech trends and mentor colleagues.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Infrastructure & Virtualisation: Hands-on experience with HPE servers Synergy systems and VMware vSphere (ESXi vCenter NSX-T vSAN) Nutanix.
Storage & Backup: Knowledge of SAN/NFS storage (HPE Nimble Alletra 3Par; TinTri VMstore and Pure Flash Array) and backup tools like Veeam StoreOnce AWS S3 Cohesity.
OS & Networking: Skilled in Windows Server Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL) Active Directory DNS and network security policies.
Automation & DevOps: Proficient in scripting (PowerShell Bash Python) and tools like Ansible Terraform GitHub and Octopus Deploy.

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.

Before your start date you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

JOB DETAILS JOB BAND: DCONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-timeDEPARTMENT: Technical OperationsLOCATION: Salford with hybrid working.PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to 62250 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external...