IT Network Technician, based in Kings Hill/West Malling. Salary £40,000 - £45,000 DOE

Your new role
We are a small team, which means you will be involved in almost every area of the network at some stage. You will be supported and trained through the areas new to you, but you will be bringing experience and talent to the team which will let us achieve interesting things with you on board.

* Administer all network systems (hardware and software) including deployment, configuration, procurement, monitoring, maintenance of systems including patch management, hardware, and software update services
* Ensure that all systems maintain the highest possible availability and operations
* Troubleshooting, fault finding and resolution of network infrastructure related issues
* Assisting for maintaining the security and integrity of the companies network
* Make appropriate changes and additions to the IT Systems infrastructure
* Monitor and maintain the IT Systems at single site and within the cloud
* Manage and maintain back up and recoverability testing of the IT Systems
* Maintain infrastructure in line with IT Systems disaster recovery plan
* Liaise with equipment and software vendors to as part of on-going maintenance and upgrades, in addition to specifying contracts and SLA's
* Provide and maintain a secure IT operating environment for the business and produce root cause analysis
* Establish network specifications by establishing user access and security requirements, designing networks, including interface configuration and routing protocols
* Maintain network by evaluating performance issues; planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network policies and procedures

What you'll need to succeed
Software
* Microsoft Windows server (2012 R2 onwards)
* Active Directory (hybrid environment)
* Group policy
* DHCP and DNS
* Hyper-V
* Microsoft Windows 10
* Microsoft 365
* PRTG
* Veeam
* Atlassian products (JIRA, Confluence)

Hardware
* Dell servers
* SANs (Dell Compellent, PowerStore)
* Routers & switching (Cisco & Dell)
* Wireless Access Points (Ruckus)
* Power Management (Eaton)

What you'll get in return

* £40-45K Salary DOE
* Progression Path
* Pension Scheme
* Potential Remote working Options

What you need to do now
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