IT Administrator

Job Description

As our IT Administrator youll work closely with our Head of IT to build run and continuously improve the technology that keeps Cellular Origins connected secure and moving forward.

Youll be hands-on across everything from Microsoft 365 and cloud infrastructure to business applications and workplace technology. Rather than inheriting an established environment and simply keeping it running youll help create one that can grow with us.

With a small IT team supporting a business doing extraordinary things your ideas will be heard your technical judgement will matter and youll have genuine ownership of the solutions you deliver.

What Youll Do

Youll get to work across a broad range of technologies solving real problems and helping us build an IT environment thats secure dependable and easy for people to use.

Some of the things youll get involved in include:

• Building our independent IT environment: Help deliver our Microsoft 365 tenant migration and manage Exchange Online Teams SharePoint Online Entra ID and Intune.
• Making technology work for our people: Build and deploy Windows 11 devices using Autopilot imaging and scripted provisioning making it easier for colleagues to get up and running.
• Shaping our new workplace: Help establish and maintain the network wireless connectivity and workplace technology in our new Melbourn office.
• Improving the systems we rely on: Support and develop business applications including NetSuite our SharePoint intranet and internal Power Platform tools.
• Making IT secure and sustainable: Put clear documentation practical controls and repeatable processes in place so the systems you build are easy to support and maintain.
• Finding better ways of working: Use automation to reduce repetitive tasks explore new technologies and work with suppliers to make sure were getting the best from our IT investments.

Youll also help us build the right foundations for a business working with customers in the life sciences industry where security reliability and well-documented processes really matter.

Qualifications :

About You

Youll thrive in this role if youre someone who enjoys getting stuck into technical challenges takes pride in doing things properly and likes having the freedom to find the best solution.

Youre equally comfortable troubleshooting an issue for a colleague as you are planning a migration or improving how a system is managed. Youll enjoy working in a growing company where not everything has been defined yet and where you can make a real difference by bringing structure clarity and your own ideas.

Youll bring:

• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft 365 in a live business environment particularly Exchange Online Teams SharePoint Online and Entra ID.
• Experience managing Windows devices using Intune including Windows deployment and provisioning.
• A good understanding of enterprise networking including VLANs DHCP DNS and wireless networks.
• Practical PowerShell skills to automate tasks produce reports and make everyday IT work more efficiently.
• The ability to write clear useful documentation and explain technical decisions to people who arent IT specialists.
• Confidence working independently setting priorities and seeing problems through from start to finish.

It would also be great if youve worked with Fortinet networking products Azure administration tenant migrations or Power Platform applications such as Power Apps and Power Automate.

Experience managing software licences and suppliers using AI tools to improve business workflows or relevant Microsoft 365 or Fortinet certifications would be welcome too

Additional Information :

Cellular Origins is currently based on the TTP Campus within purpose-built sustainable offices labs and green surroundings 10 miles south of Cambridge. Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship shared ideas and collaboration while providing you the freedom to do your best work. 

Our employee benefits include: 

• Annual bonus 
• 25 days holiday 
• Employer pension contribution of 10% of salary 
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants 
• Enhanced family friendly leave 
• Life insurance worth 6x salary 
• Electric car leasing scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time