Working in a team of 8, you will perform a mixture of operational and development activities supporting Next’s eCommerce environment, predominately based at Next's Head Office in Leicester but occasionally requiring work in and around other UK based sites.

The Role
The operational side of the role will include proactive monitoring, incident management and resolution, change management, problem management, request management, disaster recovery, maintaining environmental records of Next’s eCommerce infrastructure and strategy planning for Windows & Linux environments, backups, monitoring, automation.

Development activities include the delivery of server/infrastructure platforms and solutions that meet Next’s eCommerce business requirements.You will use physical and virtualised server platforms, deploying core Microsoft and Linux internet services using scripted/automated builds.

In addition the successful candidate will take part in a callout rota.Overtime and flexibility of shift changes are expected as many systems can only be installed or changed outside of normal business hours. The Technical Services eCommerce Team operate a shift rota. Extended cover will be required to coverpeak periods.


Criteria

Essential
· IT experience working in a large corporate environment
· Flexibility to cover unsociable hours and peak periods at short notice
· Experience using Microsoft technologies in the server and application arenas
· Experience using Linux in the server and application arenas
· Experience using PowerShell, VBScript and/or other programming experience
· Proven knowledge and use of the following technologies:-
o Windows 2003/2008/2012/2016 Server, Microsoft failover clustering, Microsoft IIS 6/7/8, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Systems Centre Operations Manager (MS SCOM), System Centre Configuration Manager (SCCM), TCP/IP, VMware vSphere v5.1/HyperV,


Desirable
· Citrix Netscaler
· Altiris Deployment Server
· Microsoft SQL Server
· Capacity Planning
· HP/Dell Server Hardware
· Experience mentoring less experiences colleagues/team members
Experienced taking a lead role in co-ordinating the timely diagnosis and resolution of major issues

Benefits

• Bonus Scheme
• Pension Scheme
• ShareSave Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Childcare Vouchers
• Staff Discount
• On-site Nursery

About Next

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 43,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 540 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!