About this role
Salary: £55,000 - 55,000 per year
Requirements
- We are looking for significant IT experience in a Senior IT or Infrastructure role.
- We need experience working across both on-premise and cloud environments.
- We require strong knowledge of Microsoft 365, including migration experience.
- We require Windows Server experience.
- We require HPE/Aruba networking experience.
- You must hold a full driving licence and have access to your own vehicle, as the role is based across multiple sites in the Staffordshire area.
Responsibilities
- We will support the development, security, and modernisation of our IT environment.
- We will combine hands-on technical delivery with strategic input to help shape cloud adoption, infrastructure improvements, and long-term IT planning.
- We will lead key initiatives such as migrating legacy systems to Microsoft 365.
- We will enhance cybersecurity across our cloud and on-premise systems.
- We will support enterprise infrastructure and networking.
- We will resolve complex technical issues as a senior technical specialist.
- We will contribute to standards, best practice, and continuous improvement.
- We will implement and maintain security across cloud and on-premise systems.
- We will support infrastructure upgrades and lifecycle management.
- We will troubleshoot complex, multi-site network issues.
- We will act as an escalation point for technical challenges.
Technologies
- Aruba
- Cloud
- Support
- Microsoft 365
- Network
- Security
- Windows
- Office 365
More
We are a high-performing further education college group recognised nationally for outstanding results and a strong contribution to local skills development. We serve more than 6,500 full-time students, along with adult and higher education learners, and we also deliver a substantial apprenticeship programme with hundreds of employers. Our culture is supportive, aspirational, and focused on continuous improvement, with staff valued and well supported. This is a newly created Senior Systems Engineer role based predominantly at our Newcastle-under-Lyme site, with work across multiple sites in the Staffordshire area.
We offer a competitive salary of £45,000 to £55,000 depending on experience, 43 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 47 with service, a local government pension scheme, subsidised gym membership, health-related benefits, free parking, an on-site restaurant, and access to training and development opportunities.
last updated 45 week of 2026