Hybrid IT Systems Engineer

at L3Harris Technologies

• Job title: IT Systems Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Citrix, VMware
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Burgess Hill, United Kingdom

About the role

• IT Systems Engineer at L3Harris in Burgess Hill managing system administration and IT solutions for autonomous maritime systems. Collaborating with corporate IT and supporting development environments and deployments.

Responsibilities

• Perform System Administration and maintenance for development environments and delivered systems.
• Install and test mandated updates (patching) in a reference facility prior to customer system update.
• Provide support to remote System Administrators for installed systems.
• Define, configure, test, deploy and document IT solutions in support of development contracts.
• Maintain awareness of IT best practice for physical and virtual environments, system security, network infrastructure, backup, disaster recovery and recommend upgrades and improvements.
• Liaise with corporate IT as required.
• Assist with the specification of IT requirements to support software installation on both internal and customer systems.
• Manage software licensing for developed systems software including initial procurement, renewals and upgrades.
• To be responsible for the deployment of IT solutions.
• Maintain backups of development and in-build systems
• Adhere to company and contractual standards and processes applicable to IT and system security requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 3 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 5 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
• Knowledge of virtual environments and setup (e.gg. VMWare, ESXi, Citrix), PC setup, RAOD, backup utilities (e.g. VEEAM), OS installation and setup.
• Knowledge of project management
• PC skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, SharePoint, Visio.
• Confident and proactive communicator
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to integrate into a team environment

Benefits

• Hybrid working where possible, 60% of our time over a one month period should be spent onsite
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)