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Systems Engineer

Direct from school

Recruiting organisation: The Victory Academy

Chatham

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Job details

Location
Chatham
Employer type
Direct from school
Posted by the original source
5 August 2026
Last checked by SchoolJobs.uk
11 August 2026
Applications close
23 August 2026

Job description

thinking Technology are seeking to appoint an IT Engineer, who will be primarily based at The Victory Academy. Travel to other sites within the hub may be required to cover absence or provide additional support when required. The successful post-holder will provide advanced, detailed troubleshooting, support and day-to-day configuration of Infrastructure equipment, systems, and services- within Information Technology (IT) across all of The Thinking Schools Academy Trust and its academies and partners. You will work with the constructively and proactively with other members of the Trust IT staff and third-party suppliers to ensure that ICT services are supported, assisting with planning, development, implementation, support and testing, and training of colleagues for equipment and services, as directed. 37 hours per week, standard shift: 08:00 - 16:00 (finish 15:30 on a Friday) subject to operational need. What you will need to succeed: For further details please see the attached Job description To respond to, both orally and in person, customer comments and complaints, resolving them where possible, escalating as appropriate To be calm under pressure, and adjusting to changes in work priorities based on conflicting operational need, maintaining a positive customer engagement To be approachable, communicating with customers ranging from students, staff, directors, governors, guest, and suppliers and contractors, responding to a range of difficult issues and requests To provide advanced fault resolution/troubleshooting using multiple sources of complex data for issues affecting IT devices and network equipment across all Trust sites To lead the infrastructure triage, and customer engagement, prioritising workload and tasks independently using defined SLAs, providing detailed updates for actions taken to assist customers and colleagues To undertake the day-to-day operation of IT devices, servers, LAN, WLAN, and services, under minimal direction, including the undertaking of preventative maintenance and administrative tasks To analyse a range of complex system and service logs continuously and proactively, to identify patterns that may indicate underlying issues or threats and their severity, and triaging effectively

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