Experienced Windows Engineer

By joining UKFast you will become an integral part of a multi award winning family owned business. Reporting to the Windows team leader you will be:

• Assisting with and maintaining customer service solutions via telephone and email
• Advising with customer problems
• Helping with server setup/ configuration and support
• 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:

• 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 Microsoft Windows 2003+ certified
• Have experience of Windows system administration in a networking environment
• Have experience of Windows systems in a hosting environment
• Excellent customer service skills with working experience.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 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, FTP, Sharepoint server 2007/2010, Exchange 2007/2010, MSSQL 2005/2008, MySql and programming languages such as ASP, PHP, HTML
• SAN Storage and architecture experience - EMC/EqualLogic/Netapp/3par certified not required but highly regarded HP and/or Dell server hardware experience and understanding of products and server hardware capability in general (Intel CPUs etc.)

One or more of the following levels of qualification - certifications are required by the candidate to be considered for this role:

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

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

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

This role is for night shifts on a rolling rota basis - this is 8 weeks of working 4 days/nights on, 4 full days off for a 16 week period. You will then be working Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm whilst off the shift rotation.