Disaster Recovery Engineer

By joining UKFast you will become an integral part of a multi award winning family owned business.

Please note that the disaster recovery team are currently recruiting for both Windows and Linux engineers. Reporting to the DR team leader you will be:

• Providing business critical support for client's business continuity
• Maintenance of core backup systems for both Windows and Linux in either role.
• Assisting with and maintaining customer service solutions via telephone and email
• Liaising with account managers regarding DR improvements to client's solutions.
• Installation and configuration of Windows 2003/2008 and Linux CentOS/Red Hat in either role.
• Helping with technical pre-sales
• Aiding with research and development.

Being passionate about what you do is a pre-requisite for all employees at UKFast. In addition the successful candidate will:

Windows:

• Be a team player who is enthusiastic and bright with a can-do attitude
• Have excellent communication skills
• Have the ability to multi-task, prioritise and be able to work on their own initiative
• Be Microsoft Windows 2003+ certified
• Have experience of Windows system administration in a networking environment
• Excellent customer service skills with working experience
• Have experience of Windows systems in a hosting environment.

Linux:

• Be hugely passionate about technology
• Be a team player who is enthusiastic and bright with a can-do attitude
• Have excellent communication skills
• Have the ability to multi-task, prioritise and be able to work on your own initiative
• Be RHCE Red Hat certified or equivalent.
• Have experience of Linux system administration in a networking environment
• Have experience of Linux systems in a hosting environment
• Excellent customer service skills with working experience

The ideal candidate will have:

Windows

• Building/installing and supporting Windows 2003/2008 servers to meet customer requirements will require the candidate to have a working knowledge of Windows 2003 and 2008, Active Directory, DNS, IIS, Exchange 2007/2010, MSSQL 2005/2008, MySQL
• Hardware experience and understanding of products and server hardware capability in general (Intel CPUs etc.)

Linux

• Building/installing and supporting Linux based servers to meet customer requirements this will require the candidate to have a working knowledge of DNS, Apache/Tomcat, FTP, Email, MySQL/PostgreSQL or Oracle
• HP &/or Dell server hardware experience and understanding of products and server hardware capability in general (Intel CPUs etc.)

One of the following levels of qualification: - an ideal candidate for this role would have one of the following:

• MCSA/MCSE
• MCTS/MCITP/MCM
• VMware VCP
• Citrix CCA
• Storage vendor qualifications of similar level.
• RHCE
• RHCSA

Our passion for people will be evident from day 1. We invest in your development and provide generous incentives, benefits and rewards. Such as:

• Basic salary of £19-36k depending on experience
• An additional shift allowance is paid during 12 hour shifts
• Extensive in-house training
• Free City Centre gym membership
• Team building and events
• Assistance with exams/qualifications via study leave, purchase of relevant literature and a bonus for each qualification obtained.

Why not have a chat with us about this role? Call us on 0844 576 3950.