System Engineer – Windows Administrator Legacy Support team – SC Cleared

Duration : 11 months

Please note that candidates must have active SC Clearance to be considered for this role

Working as part of the Legacy Team main responsibilities are as follows:

• To review, diagnose and re-engineer complicated legacy distributed systems.

• To implement solutions and manage their development

• Diagnosing and re-engineering complicated distributed systems comprising the following technologies:

• Windows Server Administration

• DotNET application deployment and support

• Automated system configuration tools such as Puppet

• Continuous integration tools such as TeamCity

• Automated deployment tools as Octopus deploy

• General troubleshooting skills such as being able to troubleshoot network connectivity, read through log files, start/stop/troubleshoot services

• Good engineering/DevOps practices (familiar with Git, specifically GitLab given the migrations)

• Happy to work with on-premise/legacy style platform rather than something newer like AWS

The key deliverable is to support the live running of a variety of data collection and processing platforms. Included in this is remediation of technical debt, maintenance of the systems and stabilisation work.

As a System Engineer you will have experience in the following:

• Windows Server Administration

• DotNET application deployment and support

• Automated system configuration tools such as Puppet

• Continuous integration tools such as TeamCity

• Automated deployment tools as Octopus deploy

• General troubleshooting skills such as being able to troubleshoot network connectivity, read through log files, start/stop/troubleshoot services

• Good engineering/DevOps practices (familiar with Git, specifically GitLab given the migrations)

• Happy to work with on-premise/legacy style platform rather than something newer like AWS

Nice to have experience (but easy to pick up):

• TeamCity

• Octopus Deploy

• Splunk

• Sensu

• Windows Administration

• Powershell

• Knowledge of AWS (useful for migrations/future stuff perhaps)

• Linux (Ubuntu/Debian ideally) Administration

Skills and Experience

Essential

System Architecture and Design

• Understanding of HADs architectural structures.

• Experience and understanding of operational considerations (PARRISSS ) in place, namely Performance, Availability, Recoverability, Reliability, Integrity, Security, Scalability, Serviceability.

Requirements Definition

• Experienced in identifying and documenting both functional and non-functional requirements for a large application or suite of applications.

• Experience in challenging those requirements - both functional and non-functional - that are ambiguous and obtaining clarified requirements.

• Has commercial experience to enable the ability to offer programmes alternative requirements that deliver similar capabilities for reduced cost/risk/timescales.

System Delivery and Development

• Understand and be able to articulate the key concepts of Agile Development – the Agile Document Lifecycle, the mechanics of Scrums and Sprints, the principles of Continuous Integration. Apply those concepts in day-to-day work.

• Understand the underlying principles behind the method: the key principles of Deming and LEAN, and how they map into Agile Development.

If you have the skills required, then please apply for further information.