Senior Technical Lead

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Technical LeadLocation: Solihull or Belfast HybridHours: Full time, Permanent______________________________________________A bit about us:At BNP Paribas Personal Finance, were part of a global bank and are proud to be a Top Employer UK, providing a great place to work in an open and inclusive environment.Were here to provide simple and straightforward consumer finance solutions and we work with many well-known retailers and brands to help their customers finance their purchases in a responsible way.We care about making a positive impact for our colleagues, customers, partners and the wider community. Thats why we live by our values of were positive, were brave, and we own it.The Role: As the Senior Technical Lead of the Infrastructure team you are responsible for the continual smooth running the companys server infrastructure, their operation and performance. Monitoring, problem solving and growth management.Workingin a ticket based environment handling all areas of Infrastructure, from the bare metal Dell hardware, VMware hosts and virtual environments, Wintel (Windows, Linux) servers and all storage. Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure servers operate effectively on a day-to-day basis
• Technical lead , ensuring services are maintained and operational 24x7
• Participates in various roles as a leader, at times includes facilitating meetings.
• Building servers to internal customer and team specifications and participate in security audits and patching. Working on key projects, this could be for the infrastructure area or wider business.
• Assists or makes technical or project based decisions pertaining to elements of the infrastructure.
• Monitors, applies changes to, and/or manages current information technology infrastructure to ensure high availability and optimal performance in an integrated environment.
• Identifies, analyses, selects, and applies appropriate new information technology infrastructure components within a diverse environment as required to support strategic business plans and processes.
• Work with the IT technical teams to ensure all proposed changes and enhancements for servers are in line with agreed standards and that technical architecture reflects company need and best in class for servers.
• Assist Infrastructure Manager in the design and implementation of short and long-term strategic plans to ensure server capacity meets existing and future requirements.
• Focus on continual improvement of servers, networks and overall IT effectiveness
• Test systems performance and provide regular performance statistics and reporting; help develop strategies and roadmaps for maintaining server and storage infrastructure
• Ensure IT asset management, including maintenance of component inventory and related documentation is up to date
• Provide cover for other roles in the Infrastructure team as require
• Proactively monitor systems to prevent failure
• Identify single points of failure and recovery plans
• Participate in Disaster Recovery Testing

Skills:

• Window Server 2019 and above - Build and administration including Active Directory Management and Group Policy
• Linux administration
• Virtualization on VMware (ESXi, vCenter) or similar
• Dell Powerstore & Vplex storage & Hardware, or similar
• Cloud provider hands on knowledge.
• Server Installation and configuration
• Analyse and troubleshoot technical problems.
• Windows Active Directory
• Web server knowledge (apache, IIS)
• Experience of Backup tools

Could this be youBNP Paribas Personal Finance believe its a positive attitude and passion to make things happen that matters most.Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But well let you in on a secret: theres no such thing as a perfect candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you. Also, if you areconsidering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch, we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.Whats in it for youAs well as working for a Top Employer UK 2023 and being part of a team that changes customers lives, there are some excellent benefits too. We offer a competitive salary, a contributory pension scheme, and our Health Cash plan scheme. You also receive accessto our multi-award-winning flexible benefits platform designed to provide you with the best range of benefits available to suit your lifestyle including life insurance and private medical insurance. There are also perks which give you fantastic discounts offeating out, cinema tickets, days out and much more. Learn more about what it means to be part of the BNP Paribas Personal Finance team here: playlistlist=PLQUzrPfMI6WNvADKdIPqN9PpY9vjjswdQ or follow this link to learn more about careers at BNP Paribas PersonalFinance: https://careers/.Equal Opportunities DisclaimerBNP Paribas Personal Finance promotes equality of opportunity and is committed to ensure that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race,religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Keyskills :
windowsIT infrastructureTechnical lead