IT and Communications Director - Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom - SKILLFRAME

SKILLFRAME

Verified Company

Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Our client is a busy, established and progressive firm of solicitors who are looking for an IT and Communications Director to join their business.

The successful applicant will have the following skills:

At least 15 years of legal or professional services experience in IT support.
Proven IT system support experience covering MS servers including MS Exchange, MS operating systems and MS Office.
Networking Experience (LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, Switches, Hubs and Routers).
Data security, firewall and multifactor authentication.
Watchguard knowledge is advantageous.
Knowledge of MS SQL.
Basic knowledge of Macro/VBA.
Knowledge of HTML and CSS.
Experience with legal technologies including BigHand, Liberate, Oyez etc.
Desktop and laptop rollout experience.
Data backup/recovery and patch management.
Excellent oral and written communication skills & interpersonal skills.
Troubleshooting and problemsolving skills.
Keen to learn new technologies.
Confident, positive attitude and selfmotivated.

Job Outline:

Provide technical support professionally and efficiently.
Manage, maintain and upgrade the firm's IT hardware, MS Server and client operating systems, desktop/laptop software and networks.
Train staff members as needed to enable them to use the IT systems efficiently.
Configuration and installations of hardware/software.
Perform technical diagnosis and fix IT hardware/software issues effectively with minimum down time.
Deal with IT virus problems.
Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
Update the legal software precedents, screens (etc.) when required.
Ensure that all systems are up to date including software licenses, security certificates and domain name ownership.
Update the firm's online manual and website.
Monitor system performance and capacity to ensure availability of key systems.
Keep up to date with the current IT developments.

£Negotiable