Lead Server and Storage Engineer

Challenging, interesting and constantly changing, the University of Derby is an extraordinary place to learn and an incredibly rewarding place to work. Ours is an extraordinary educational environment and because we specialise in identifying and developing individual potential, you can be confident you'll receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress. Our combined higher and further education offering is spread over campuses in Derby, Buxton, Leek and Chesterfield and we have some of the best university facilities in the UK, investing more than £200 million in facilities in the last 10 years. We achieve outstanding results for our teaching* and research and with more than 34,000 people choosing to study with us every year, we depend on the dedication of a team of 2,200 academic and professional services staff. Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees a family-friendly, rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress.

Our multi-award winning IT Services Department supports over 30,000 students worldwide and over 3000 staff across multiple locations within Derbyshire and Staffordshire. Recognised by the UK IT Industry as having highly talented people using industry-leading technologies, we are also proud of our ability to deliver transformational change for the organisation in a culture which supports, develops and brings the best out of our teams to give great services to our students.

The Infrastructure Delivery team procure, develop and maintain core infrastructure technologies, which support the University’s corporate and academic services. Our drive is to provide efficient, reliable and high quality infrastructure, which maximises value and minimises risk.

The Lead Server and Storage Engineer role is responsible for managing the on-going development and operation of the University’s Server and Storage solutions, maintaining performance, security and availability of key systems. 

The role holder will be experienced in Enterprise Server and Storage technologies in addition to designing and deploying medium and large scale innovative infrastructure solutions. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect everyone who works for us to also share this commitment and to treat people with courtesy and respect.