Infrastructure Specialist (Platforms)

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The opportunity

Provide specialist support with the deployment, management, maintenance, development, capacity management, and security assurance of the VMware vSphere/Cloud/VMware ARIA/VDI Infrastructure/NSX-T/VMware Tanzu through Kubernetes infrastructure as a member of the Infrastructure Services team within the Digital and Technology department.

 

Participate in internal and external networks to ensure the successful integration and delivery of IT services across the University. Maintain an awareness of developing applications and technologies, evaluating the impact on existing systems architecture, and the development of areas of specialisation.

About you

 

The application form sets out a number of competence questions related to some of the following selection criteria. Shortlisting will be based on your responses to these questions. Please make sure you provide evidence to demonstrate clearly how you meet these criteria.  All criteria are deemed essential unless stated otherwise or else at least the applicant should be able to adapt on the technologies as stated below.

Person Specification

Skills, Experience and Certification	Essential	Desirable	Advantageous
Qualification and Company profile	Degree/Equivalent experience	Experience in Education Sector	Any Public Sector
Industry certifications	RHCSA/LPI and VMware VCP or any equivalent	Certified Kubernetes Administrator-CKA	Certified Kubernetes Application Developer-CKAD
Hypervisor	Minimum 5 years on any Hypervisor and Enterprise level design experience and excellent hands-on working knowledge of Linux platform  Or working experience of VMware vSphere
K8’s	Minimum of two years’ experience	VMware Tanzu Grid platforms	Enterprise-level design experience and implementation of any K8’s
Hands on experience	API’s, Micro Services and Container Clusters	Knowledge of REST API	Working experience with RESTful API
Automation Tools	Ansible	Saltstack/Chef/Puppet	CI/CD Tools- Jenkins   VMware Aria Automation
Scripting	Python/Bash	Go	PowerShell Postman PowerCLI
Version Control	GIT	GitHub/GitLab
Cloud Platform	Day-to-day operations of any private cloud platform including Prod/Test/Dev environments	AWS/Azure/VMC	GCP
Network and Security	Strong evidence of troubleshooting and resolving technical issues/problems within an operational environment TCP/IP,  applying security rules on Distributed firewalls in any Hypervisor platforms	Knowledge and great level of understanding of Software Defined Network   NSX-V   VXLAN, Overlay networks, Routing, Switching, Virtual Load balancers	NSX-T and NSX (latest)   GENEVE   OR   Gateways, IDS, IPS BGP and OSPF
Monitoring Solutions	vRealize Operations/ Aria Operations or any other equivalent solutions	vRealize Network Insight and Log Insight
Communication Skills	Communicates effectively orally, in writing and/or using visual media.
Leadership and Management	Provide technical leadership and will be involved in mentoring and training colleagues in areas of expertise.
Professional Practice	Contributes to advancing  professional practice/research or scholarly activity in own area of specialism
Planning and Managing Resources	Plans, prioritises and organises work to achieve  objectives on time
Teamwork	Works collaboratively in a team and where appropriate across or with different professional groups
Creativity, Innovation and Problem Solving	Uses initiative or creativity to resolve problems

 

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We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

Our culture

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to be members of the Race Equality Charter (REC) and Business Disability Forum, are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed and Living Wage employer and maintain our status as a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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