IT Systems Engineer Havant 2023

We are seeking an IT Systems Engineer with some amount of professional experience in monitoring large IT Networks.

This may suit someone early on in their IT Career, perhaps a Helpdesk Analyst or Support Engineer looking to make the jump to a full on Engineering role.

We will also consider raw graduates, early careers and college leavers, and also EX HM Forces Military leavers.
It’s a big role on a good team of people, which can be done predominantly remotely with the odd trip to Havant in Hampshire now and then.

You will be involved with

• Research, design, development, and modifications to enterprise-wide systems and applications software.
• You’ll be Involved in planning of the systems and development deployment as well as being responsible for meeting software compliance standards.
• You will evaluate the interface between hardware and software, operational requirements, and characteristics of overall system.
• You will handle and document testing and maintenance of system corrections.

What will I be doing?

You’ll be working with a team of IT professionals, specifically monitoring large IT systems for Lockheed Martin customers comprising over 2500 nodes and devices.

Required skills, qualifications and experience

• Degree/HND in Computer Science or related subject, or equivalent industry experience of around at least 2 years
• System Management experience within a large, distributed IT environment
• Experience in a Customer Service Environment
• Basic understanding of Linux and Windows Servers - AIX, RHEL 7, Ubuntu, CentOS OS's, Windows 2016,2019, Windows SQL, System monitoring
• Working knowledge of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) practices for Systems Management.
• A keen interest in technology with a willingness to learn
• Clear, focused and effective verbal and written communication.
• Good IT skills in a range of SW packages.
• Ability to develop individual approach to complex problems and proactively engage with peer reviewers.
• Ability to prioritise own tasking to meet programme needs.-

Desirable (Skills can be taught/learnt)

• SolarWinds SAM, SPLUNK, Ansible & Service Now (SNOW)
• Regular Expression & SQL Query Language
• UNIX and Windows scripting (Powershell/Perl/Bash)
• Networking (MIBs, SNMP Traps, logs)
• Experience of ITM/Zabbix/Oracle/SNMP monitoring would be an advantage.

What we offer you

At Lockheed Martin our employees come first and therefore your physical, mental and financial wellbeing matters to us. On top of working in a highly supportive, friendly, respectful environment you can expect so much more.
We are an employer in support of and offering Flexible working with the option to also work a 4 day week depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off. We offer Competitive salaries alongside a flexible holiday entitlement.
We have a Wealth of benefits available to you that can be selected through our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment. Just a few of our amazing benefits are shown below:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Competitive Pension
• Dental
• Critical Illness
• Life Assurance
• Travel Insurance
• Employee discounts for top high street shops
• Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counselling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
• Internal training and development alongside out Education assistance programmes
• Reimbursement for a professional membership
• Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave