Systems Administrator in Manchester

Systems Administrator

Hours: Flexible 37 hours Location: Work from home and office based (2 + 3 day per week) Salary: Circa £40,000

Holidays: 25

Main Purpose of the Job

The post holder supports all technical services and resources within the org and third party services.

Main Duties

• Help deliver the IT Roadmap in line with product development plan
• Deliver projects assigned by the Head of IT utilising all available resources to achieve objectives
• Be involved in and deliver system changes and platform upgrades
• Support management of key business projects to ensure they are delivered on-time, within budget and in line with the project requirements
• Undertake user acceptance testing to ensure business systems meet requirements, and can be adopted by the organisation.
• Work with internal teams to transform ideas and wishes into a structured delivery plan.
• Collaborate with internal teams to manage implementation, training options and support for all business critical platforms
• Participate in key working groups across the organisation as needed
• Provide and maintain documentation of platform services, architecture and operation
• Keep abreast of enhancements to new and existing technologies in the marketplace – key areas include LMS/VLE, CRM and CMS systems, payment gateway providers and e-learning authoring tools
• Maintain the IT Tracker to regularly monitor Business Controls including the performance of all platforms – taking into account backups routines, security patches, user permissions and restrictions and mailbox management
• Document, report and resolve IT Tracker warnings, errors, security issues in a timely manner with 3rd parties via the online Ticket System
• Manage IT Support Tickets ensuring requests are processed within agreed timescales
• Escalate all business control risks to the Head of IT / Senior Management Team
• Report and present department KPIs and systems performance at the monthly IT Technology Advisory Committee meeting
• Support the IT Technical Lead with the implementation and testing of the Corrective Actions Plan, Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery process
• Complete server administration tasks, diagnostics and resolutions to ensure minimal business interruption

Experience

Essential

• Experience of contributing to the strategic development of IT within a business environment
• Microsoft Systems
• Experience with SQL databases (Microsoft SQL and/or MySQL)

Desirable

• Crystal Reporting
• Systems/Web Programming (PHP/SQL)
• Skilled in the use of sound project management principles
• Experience of web server management (Apache) and web applications
• Experience of mobile platform development
• Servicing webinars and online meetings

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