Systems Administrator - Ware, United Kingdom - PXP Financial

Description

Working Model:
Hybrid Working.


Employment status:
Full-time, Permanent.


Working hours:
Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm.

Out of Hours standby duty to support system incidents will also be required. This is 1 week in 3 rotated amongst team members.


Office Location:
Stansted Abbotts, England.


Reporting to:
Infrastructure Manager


In this role you will add value to PXP by:
Being responsible for assisting with the maintenance, deployment and monitoring of all production and corporate infrastructure.

This role is ideal for someone wishing to be a part of a fast paced working environment, within the financial services sector.

A typical week as a Systems Administrator might involve:

• Assisting with the setup, monitoring and troubleshooting of all servers.
• Assisting with the maintenance of the hyperconverged environments.
• Assisting with the implementation of software and hardware updates following change management procedures.
• Maintaining and administering security access.
• Assisting with the setup and management of infrastructure resilience and backup strategies.
• Proactively monitoring and responding to system alerts and alarms.
• Ensuring that all activity is performed in compliance with the audit standards (e.g. SOC2, GDPR, PCI DSS).
• Providing 2nd line support for infrastructure performance issues.
• Providing out of hours support to the business oncall (one week in three).
• Providing flexible support to users in line with business requirements.
• Provisioning new user devices using Microsoft management platforms.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a proven, demonstrable interest and understanding of technology (servers, storage systems, networks).
• Holds demonstrable experience working with Windows server across both onpremises and cloud based systems.
• Has experience managing and configuring virtual environments (VMware ESXi).

We would love someone to have any of the following:

• Experience with configuration and management of network infrastructure (i.e. Firewalls, Switches, Routers).
• Experience with the configuration and management of BIG IP F
• Experience with managing and configuring Nutanix.
• Experience with monitoring tools.
• Experience administering Azure VMs.

What we can offer you:


Competitive package and other employee benefits such as:

• Hybrid Working.
• 25 days holiday (excluding public holidays).
• Social events.
• Free onsite parking.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Private Healthcare, after 2 years' service.
• Life Assurance, after 2 years' service.
• Offices close to transport links.
• Small and friendly team.
• A diversified range of activities in an international environment.
• To be a part of a supportive and dynamic team with ambitious, yet realistic objectives for the future.
• An open communication culture.

About us
PXP Financial is a well-established and respected name within the card payment industry.

We boast an impressive and diverse client database across the globe and have over 30 years of experience within the payments space.

170+ people are employed across our regional offices located in the UK, Austria, Bulgaria, India and the US.

PXP are a leading payment provider with a reputation of a reliable payment and acquiring platform as well as offering operational excellence and best in class service for all of our clients.

We strongly believe these are fundamental values which contribute to our customers success because for our clients, regardless of sector, taking payment is one of the most important parts of their business.

The UK office is open daily, has free onsite parking, and is ideally placed within a 5-minute walk from the train station located in a small and friendly village.

We listened to our employees and now offer a fantastic hybrid working option, with a minimum two days in the office and optional 3 days home working.

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Ware: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

- system administration: 1 year (required)

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Ware