F&C 235 - Technical Systems Engineer - 400470

Hours: 35 hours per week

Working Pattern - Monday - Thursday 8.45am - 4.45pm & Friday 8.45am - 4.15pm

Salary - £39,235.35 -£45,184.52

Vacancy - Permanent

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South Lanarkshire Council is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic IT professional to join Information Technology Services. You will work as part of the Networks Team to deliver and support the core IT infrastructure critical to keeping the Council operational. 

You should have technical proficiency in IT Network support along with one or more of the following areas and knowledge of the others:

• Networking, Switching & Routing technologies 
• Firewall maintenance and configuration 
• Broadband technologies
• Network load balancing 
• Wireless technologies 
• SDWAN technologies
• Spine and leaf data centre network Architecture
• Network Management 

As an experienced IT professional, you will be expected to:

• Demonstrate technical, analytical and problem solving skills
• Perform in a demanding, fast paced, evolving environment
• Be capable of interpreting and understanding customer IT infrastructure requirements
• Deliver under tight time scales 

In addition, you will be expected to demonstrate:

• A strong background in customer support
• Excellent communication skills particularly when liaising with colleagues, customers and suppliers
• Flexibility in your approach to work
• Ability to work under instruction
• Attention to detail at all times 

Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents. 

Recruitment Checks

Preferred candidates will be required to complete a Basic Disclosure check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made by South Lanarkshire Council. Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Please Apply online

All correspondence will be via your email address.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme

• Up to 33 days annual leave

• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)

• Occupational sick pay

• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.

• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.

• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)