Permanent

 Salary range : Point 19 to 22 (£34,834 to £38,223) per annum (Pay award pending – £1,290)

 We are looking for a highly motivated Systems Administrator to join the Academy from September 2024.

The principal responsibility is to provide specialist 1st/2nd line support in IT across the school, including preparation and maintenance of IT infrastructure and support to staff and pupils. This includes day-to-day management of the school’s network and ensuring a high standard of IT learning facilities are available at all times. In this role, you would be supported with 3rd line support from a local team, including regular site visits and the option to direct additional engineer time as appropriate. 

The ideal candidate will have:

• management experience of Microsoft operating systems in an education setting and Google Workspace
• excellent working knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS.
• experience of managing Vmware vSphere
• experience of managing Office 365 and Federated Services
• experience of enterprise antivirus solutions in a networked environment
• management and deployment of software images through Systems centre Configuration Manager or Windows Deployment Services
• experience of HP networking (LAN & WLAN)
• experience of a network monitoring solution to proactively monitor key systems and services
• knowledge of Capita SIMS
• experience working with Lightspeed filtering, Fortinet Fortigate firewalls, Senso monitoring or equivalent tools for keeping children safe online. 
• some experience planning projects, identifying areas for improvement and implementing successful solutions.
• ability to communicate complex technical issues to non-technical school users
• experience of working in schools: putting children first and facilitating excellence

 In return, we offer

•         An Employee Assistance Programme
•         On-site Gym
•         Being part of a great team

Holbrook Academy is a popular, secondary school to the south of Ipswich easily accessible from the A12 and A14. We pride ourselves on our positive and supportive ethos and our passion is to ensure that ‘everybody can be somebody’.

The school has been judged ‘Good’ across all aspects by Ofsted (February 2019).

For further details or an initial conversation, please contact Kerrick Newstead, Assistant Headteacher, by email – kerrick.newstead@holbrookacademy.org 

An application pack is available from Sarah Beazley, Headteacher’s PA, on 01473 328317 or sarah.beazley@holbrookacademy.org

(In light of the Summer break, there may be a slight delay in responding to emails.)

Closing date: Monday 12th August

Interview date: 15th or 16th August 2024

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks required for all posts.