Systems and Network Manager

Due to growth a fantastic opportunity is available for an experienced Systems and Network Manager to join an innovative business in the card payments industry. Their focus is on system innovation and service excellence. Based in Eastleigh, Hampshire the successful Systems and Network Manager will earn a salary of up to £60,000pa.

As a Systems and Network Manager you will maintain, develop and have ultimate ownership of our payments network that is responsible for delivering our eCommerce and MOTO payment services as well as flag ship Revolution platform. We are intending to drive imminent further investment in to the network therefore the person that heads up this team will need to have experience architecting a network based on the requirements of the business. The type of person we are looking for will have had considerable experience and involvement in building and maintaining high availability networks with a focus on security. The individual will also be required to manage a small team that will inevitably grow when the business grows.

The main duties of the Systems and Network Manager will include: 

– Maintenance of a Linux based architecture supporting our payment services and the growing requirements of the business.
– Support the re-development of our payments architecture and drive the ambitious growth plans of the business.
– Required to work in an environment where the data stored within the architecture is highly confidential and have had experience of building and managing architectures that support this.
– Our infrastructure is PCI DSS Level 1 v3.1 compliant therefore experience would be beneficial.
– Driving standards for system administration processes and writing scripts to automate the processes as required.
– Justification, procurement, installation and support for hardware and software of our infrastructure.
– Necessity to on occasion work unsociable hours when deploying equipment or responding to issues that occur out of hours.
– A well-structured and project driven individual that is able to plan and set accurate delivery expectations and is used to providing regular updates to the Management Team on their progress.
– Participate in team meetings to discuss progress with other team members and the wider management team.

The successful Learning and Development Specialist will possess the following key skills:

– Experience in working with Linux based distributions/environments.
– Preferably qualified (to CCNA level) but at least considerable experience in creating and working with Cisco based infrastructure.
– Experience in working with applications such as Ngnix, Apache, MySQL, MariaDB, Asterisk.
– Experience in working with protocols such as DNS, SSH, FTP, IMAP, SMTP.
– Experience in working with applications written in PHP as well as REST, XML, JSON.
– Considerable experience in various security measures such as the design and deployment of appropriate firewall rules and equipment, data encryption, secure storage.
– Capable of setting up suitable monitoring (visual and alert based) to ensure effective management of the infrastructure on a day to day basis.

If you are interested in the Systems and Network Manager opportunity based in Eastleigh, Hampshire please submit your CV with covering letter explaining how your skills and experience meet the requirements for this position.