IT Systems Engineer

Job title: IT Systems Engineer

Location: Harwell

Salary: £42,159 - £44,801 per annum

**Contract type: Fixed Term Contract

• for six months**

Hours: Full Time

About Us

The Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell (MLC) https://www.har.mrc.ac.uk/ is located in an expanding science and innovation park in Oxfordshire and is an internationally renowned centre at the forefront of genetics research. As the hub of the new National Mouse Genetics Network, the specialist facilities and capabilities of the MLC support a number of research groups across the UK to accelerate our understanding of human disease.

About the Role

We are seeking an IT Systems Engineer to join our IT Services team at the Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell.

This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your technical skills within a supportive and collaborative Informatics department.

The successful candidate will assist in the management and maintenance of a modern and robust IT infrastructure across a wide range of platforms. You will work closely with the service desk team and other informaticians, within a networked environment comprising over 150 physical and virtual servers (VMware, Windows, Linux) and over 400 Windows end-user devices. We operate an on-premises, purpose-built primary data centre with over 2 Petabytes of enterprise disk storage, replicated to a secondary data centre in a separate building.

Platforms include MS365, Defender, Intune, VMware, vCenter, Patch Manager Plus (PMP), Microsoft Configuration Manager, Tenable and ClearPass.

If you are an excellent team player with a proactive attitude, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

· Monitoring of systems and assessment of vulnerability scans, actioning mitigations as required

· Proactive use of Manage Engine Patch Manager Plus for vulnerability remediation

· Cyber Security assessments, ensuring that standards are met and maintained

· Management and maintenance of Microsoft Active Directory Domain and Group Policies

About You

You will need to have:

· A strong technical IT/computing educational history, ideally to BSc level, or equivalent relevant professional experience

· Experience of maintaining and supporting IT systems within a similar technology environment

· Experience of delivering second and third-line technical support

· Strong working knowledge of MS365, Active Directory and Group policy administration and management

· Experience of Windows server and end user device patching, administration and management

· Experience in administering and managing VMware hosts, virtual servers, and associated infrastructure

Benefits

Choosing to come to work at the MLC (part of the Medical Research Council (MRC), within UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)) means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits, from a defined-benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement, to access to employee shopping/travel discounts and a salary sacrifice cycle-to-work scheme.

How to Apply

If you are ready to take on this exciting role, we would love to hear from you. For full details and to apply: https://vx/lang-en-GB/appcentre-1/candidate/postings/3101

The closing date for applications is 1st March 2026.