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) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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