Graduate IT Infrastructure Engineer
Graduate job Enfield (Greater London)
Job description
Metaswitch is one of the world’s leading communications technology companies. We employ 600+ people, with our Head Office located in Enfield Town.
We have a highly expert IT Services team, who are responsible for designing, building and supporting the IT infrastructure in our very demanding environment. We are looking to recruit a Graduate IT Infrastructure Engineer, reporting to the IT Services manager, to join this team. After an initial ramp-up and training period, the successful candidate will take on responsibility for our VMware virtualisation environment.
This full-time role will be based in our Enfield office. Your first few months will mostly be spent training on the various IT systems we support at Metaswitch, through both briefings and more hands-on practical activities, along with more focused training on our VMware virtualisation environment. In time, you’ll be expected to take full responsibility for this environment, with duties including
- designing, implementing, and documenting virtualisation solutions based on the vSphere stack to meet business requirements
- monitoring and managing our virtualisation infrastructure to maintain a quality service
- acting as technical support lead for virtualisation escalations from our Helpdesk
- working alongside other members of the team to help maintain our extensive IT infrastructure.
We will consider candidates who have
- good A-levels and are educated to degree level, ideally within a Computer Science or Engineering discipline
- a strong interest in IT, ideally with experience of virtualisation products and technologies
- excellent time and project management skills
- the ability to take on ownership of a project and work well on their own initiative
- strong communication skills.
This would be an excellent opportunity for someone who already has some first or second-line IT support experience and is looking to move up to a third-line technical support and technical solutions architect role.
We will offer a very competitive starting package of £32k, plus benefits (which will depend upon the training and experience of the person appointed).
To apply for this position please send a CV (including all academic grades) and a covering email or letter to Tim Seydali.