VodafoneThree - Senior IT Systems Administrator

VodafoneThree - Senior IT Systems Administrator

Business Area: Local Vodafone Business Unit

Posting Country: United Kingdom

Date Posted: 25 Oct 2025

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Farnborough (Onsite)

Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits

Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week - Mon to Fri

What you'll do

• You'll manage and operate Windows, Linux, and VMware platforms to support VBSE and its customers.
• You'll become a subject matter expert in Network Management Systems and IT Security.
• You'll create and maintain platform documentation, including High-Level and Low-Level Designs, and process guides.
• You'll support customer deployments, user acceptance testing, and IT Health Checks.
• You'll collaborate closely with Architecture, Engineering, NOC, and SOC teams to provide deep technical support.

Who you are

• You have at least 3 years of experience as an IT System Administrator or Engineer, ideally in telecoms or ISP environments.
• You're skilled in Windows, Linux, and VMware systems.
• You have hands on experience with Network Management Systems like SolarWinds, PRTG, Zabbix, or vendor specific tools.
• You're familiar with security technologies including AV/EDR and SIEM.
• You can script in Python or PowerShell.
• You hold a degree or equivalent experience.
• You're eligible to maintain DV security clearance.

What we offer

We care about our people's success by offering great pay, bonuses, up to 28 days off plus bank holidays, and paid time for charity work. You can personalise our benefits for you and your family, like discounts, vouchers, a pension plan and loads more. We help with your career through our amazing learning tools and top notch parental leave policies.

Need to know

We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.

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