Senior System Administrator
An exciting opportunity to join EDINA’s Technical Operations section with responsibility for the management of EDINA’s infrastructure level services. This is a Grade 8, full-time (35 hours per week), open-ended (permanent) position based in central Edinburgh. The role is hybrid, you will report to the Head of Technical Operations and will be on campus a minimum of one day per week.
What the job involves:
- Leading the Technical Operations team of software and data engineers, with overall HR responsibility for hiring, coaching and talent management;
- Allocate engineering resources ensuring technical skills are in place to deliver EDINA’s projects and services;
- Work with EDINA Head of Services to understand service roadmap priorities, plan and ensure delivery of prioritised developments;
- Contribute to strategic aims of EDINA as a member of management team, with key responsibility for Technical Operations section;
- Ownership of strategies for core business systems e.g. CRM/Help Desk/incident management, business continuity planning, information security;
- Manage and have oversight of hardware, application software, middleware and performance of EDINA’s subscription services.
A bit about you:
- You will have considerable experience of managing technical teams ensuring development of skills and knowledge and business-driven resource allocation;
- You will have good people skills able to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences;
- You will be strongly technical, ideally with experience of software development;
- You will be experienced in technical product development and product diversification;
- You will have a passion for identifying and putting into effect relevant business and development processes.
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Application procedure:
To apply, please upload a CV and cover letter. We welcome informal enquiries about the role – to find out more please email Anne Robertson (Director of EDINA) at [email protected]
What we can offer you:
- A competitive salary of UE08 £49,250 - £60,321 per annum.
- A senior role in EDINA’s Technical Operations team with responsibility for managing the infrastructure level components of EDINA’s services including Puppet, Kubernetes, Gitlab, New Relic
- Generous annual leave allowance of 40 days per year (inclusive of festive closure days)
- Highly competitive defined-benefit pension scheme with a substantial employer contribution
- A range of flexible working options to help prioritise work/life balance
- A day of paid leave annually for your chosen volunteering activity
- Access to excellent online learning and a Staff Scholarship fund
- Varied staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, support for staff wellbeing and more
Use our reward calculator to find out the total value of the pay and benefits for this role.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date is 23rd October 2024.
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Interviews will be held In-person week commencing 4th of November.
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