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The Information Services division (UIS) at the University of Cambridge are seeking an experienced Servers and Storage Administrator for a new permanent position within the Servers & Storage Linux team, to support the University's Cyber Action Plan.

The Servers and Storage team provides a wide variety of IT infrastructure to run services offered to the entire University. This role supports and develops the operation of core systems, with a focus on Server Security and Linux system administration.

In this role you will administer servers and storage in private and public clouds, along with security compliance and monitoring work. You will also provide advice and guidance on security strategies, managing identified risks and enabling the adoption of standards. The Servers & Storage team offers a supportive and collaborative environment, and you will get to work alongside subject-matter experts. You will have the opportunity to learn new skills and develop your career.

Main Responsibilities

• Work within a team to support and enhance and transform our core IT server infrastructure - both physical and virtual.
• Contribute to the development of information security policy, standards and guidelines.
• Implement and support key technologies in server, virtualisation, storage, and software - utilising automation and scripting where possible.
• Monitor, diagnose and proactively fix issues.
• Own in-team technical projects associated with the improvement of infrastructure.
• Implement and maintain automated systems to administer systems and services at scale.
• Ensure that systems and procedural documentation is maintained and accurate.
• Work closely with people across UIS and wider University, including software engineers, networks engineers, security staff, database administrators, project managers and service teams.
• Design secure systems / choose appropriate technologies to solve the needs of one of the leading academic institutions in the world.

Skills

The successful applicant will have demonstrable experience working with the following products and technologies:

• Linux (RHEL or Ubuntu) systems administration.
• Experience of running and monitoring secure systems.
• Strong scripting and automation skills - Python experience would be particularly valuable.
• Configuration / code management (eg Ansible or puppet).
• VMware hypervisor, networking and automation.
  
• NAS and SAN storage systems.
• Full stack understanding of how different layers of IT interoperate, from networking up to the application / service level.
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Good communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.

The following skills/knowledge would also be useful:

• Email routing.
• Web technologies (Apache, Tomcat, traffic management, search engines).
• Databases (esp. PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• VMware Cloud Foundation or its component technologies.
• NAS and SAN storage systems.
• Comfortable finding solutions across technology boundaries.
• Degree (2:1 or higher) or equivalent work experience.

The team is flexible and supportive, and we endeavour to allow employees to focus on the technologies they wish to where possible.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department/institution/Faculty/School/University.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

If you would like more information about this role, informal enquiries can be directed by email to recruitment@uis.cam.ac.uk

Please quote reference VC45793 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the University for an experienced Senior Application Specialist to join the Business Systems team. This role is focussed on Integration, supporting several transformation programmes that are introducing new enterprise SaaS systems that need to transfer information between themselves and existing on-premise systems, using a variety of mechanisms from APIs to flat files.

Located within University Information Services (UIS), the Business Systems team are responsible for the maintenance and development of the University's critical ERP systems for handling administrative data across HR, Finance, Student and Teaching & Learning.

What you will do

Working on both operational support and project activities, you will assist with the development and maintenance of business systems integrations in support of strategic initiatives, whilst improving efficiency and reducing technical debt. You will demonstrate in-depth knowledge of systems integration approaches and associated technologies whilst providing a high level of support to our customers.

Your work will be varied and unique, and will involve working closely alongside other Application Specialists, Database Administrators, Functional Analysts, Testers and our stakeholders in a constantly changing environment.

-Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to review requirements, develop specifications and design effective solutions.

-Be a technical subject matter expert in our (SaaS) business systems integrations, including knowledge transfer to/from others inside and outside the team.

-Take responsibility for the implementation, development and support of our integrations in operational and project settings.

-Review and migrate code, including the analysis of both application and integration platform changes in relation to their impact on integrations.

-Monitor performance and other operational aspects of the integrations working with relevant stakeholders to resolve any issues or suggest enhancements.

-Collaborate with the relevant systems helpdesks, investigate any incidents that are reported, resolve and advise users where appropriate.

What you will have

-Integration design and development.

-Experience in relational & NoSQL database design, MS SQL, system design, performance tuning and integration.

-Ability to learn new skills independently and proactively and are constantly striving to raise technical excellence.

-Understand system and software specifications and choose appropriate designs to meet requirements.

-Produce simple, reusable architectures from complex problems.

-Debug complex problems effectively, including in new unexplored applications.

-Drive and commitment to see activities through to completion meeting deadlines matching pace to the urgency of the situation.

-Knowledge of how to approach data and system security.

-Experience of providing 2nd/3rd line support as part of an operational support team.

-Experience of coordinating technical change in operational and project settings.

-Strong planning and communication skills.

What we would like you to have

-Microsoft Azure Integration Services.

-Azure DevOps functionality.

-Oracle Fusion application integration functionality (e.g. API, BICC, HDL).

-Oracle Fusion application environment management (e.g. refreshes).

-Oracle Visual Builder application development.

-Oracle Integration Cloud.

-Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

All queries should be directed to recruitment@uis.cam.ac.uk quoting reference VC43916.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the University for an experienced technical Reporting Analyst to join the Business Systems team. This role is mainly focussed on Data Engineering activities, and we are looking for someone with either experience in this area, or with demonstrable capability and interest in moving into Data Engineering.

We are currently implementing the Microsoft Fabric platform, and the work could involve using a mixture of this product alongside supporting existing ETL platforms with training and support provided as required. Located within University Information Services (UIS), the Business Systems team are responsible for the maintenance and development of the University's critical ERP systems for handling administrative data across HR, Finance, Student and Teaching & Learning.

What you will do

Working on both operational support and project activities, you will assist with the development and maintenance of business systems integrations in support of strategic initiatives, whilst improving efficiency and reducing technical debt. You will demonstrate in-depth knowledge of systems integration approaches and associated technologies whilst providing a high level of support to our customers.

Your work will be varied and unique, and will involve working closely alongside other Reporting Analysts, Application Specialists, Database Administrators, Functional Analysts, Testers and our stakeholders in a constantly changing environment.

-Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to review requirements, develop specifications and design effective solutions.

-You will be a technical subject matter expert in our business systems reporting platforms, including knowledge transfer to/from others inside and outside the team.

-Review and migrate code, including the analysis of both application and platform changes in relation to their impact on existing data flows in the source right through to the target, identifying and fixing any issues.

-Work effectively with internal and external stakeholders through all stages of the software development lifecycle.

-Support user testing of data integrations and reporting, e.g. through training, and the production of documentation.

-Monitor performance and other operational aspects of the platforms, working with relevant stakeholders to resolve any issues or suggest enhancements.

-Collaborate with the relevant systems helpdesks, investigate any incidents that are reported, resolve and advise users where appropriate.

What you will have

-Knowledge of, and experience in relational & star schema database design, SQL, PL/SQL, system design, performance tuning and integration.

-Experience of ETL processes and maintaining Data Warehouses.

-The ability to learn new skills independently and proactively and constantly strive to raise technical excellence.

-The ability to debug complex problems effectively, including in new unexplored applications.

-Drive and commitment to see activities through to completion meeting deadlines matching pace to the urgency of the situation.

-Knowledge of how to approach data and system security.

-Experience of providing 2nd/3rd line support as part of an operational support team.

-Experience of coordinating technical change in operational and project settings.

-Strong planning and communication skills.

What we would like you to have

-Microsoft Fabric

-Oracle Data Integrator

-Oracle Database

-Microsoft SQL Server

We welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background.

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All queries should be directed to recruitment@uis.cam.ac.uk quoting reference VC43792.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

University Information Services (UIS) wishes to appoint a Technical Developer to join the multidisciplinary, and diverse, Teaching, Learning and Assessment (TLA) Systems team, supporting the University's central TLA Systems, primarily the Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

You will join a supportive and collaborative team, with a management structure that will invest in, and back up your personal development, learning and professional improvement. The TLA services team is responsible for the central Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle), Lecture Capture (Panopto), Digital Assessment and Academic Integrity (Turnitin). We consist of a Service Manager/Systems Manager, Delivery Manager, Team Leader, Functional Analysts/Business Specialists, Learning Technologists, Technical Developers (Moodle), Support Analysts and Trainers.

Our team works with academics and staff across a wide range of subjects and locations, providing TLA product specific advice, system support, user requirements and change analysis, evaluation, testing but also guidance and encouragement to help staff become competent and confident users of the systems across the Institutions and Colleges of the University. You will improve the blended learning experience of students by developing standards and guidance to support academics, departmental administrators & computing officers in using our systems, as well as provide detailed and specific systems advice to the organisation planning and operations.

You will play a central role in any projects to evaluate new TLA service offerings or to integrate with other systems. Your duties will include adapting and adopting appropriate systems design methods, tools and techniques to design large and/or complex systems. You will also undertake impact analysis on major design options and trade-off and finally make recommendations, assessing and managing risks.

You will maintain application support processes and check that all requests for support are dealt with according to agreed procedures. You will initiate and monitor actions to investigate and resolve problems in systems, processes and services.

Further details about the role can be found in the accompanying document.

Please highlight in your application, how essential and desirable criteria are met, or what your approach to meeting these would be. You are encouraged to apply even if you do not meet all desirable criteria.

Upon the closing date of the job opportunity, members of the application panel will carefully select a shortlist to invite to interview. As part of the interview process, you may be asked to do a short presentation, or take part in some exercises. Candidates selected for interview will be informed of these upon invitation to interview.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department/institution/Faculty/School/University.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

If you would like more information about this role, informal enquiries can be directed by email to recruitment@uis.cam.ac.uk

Please quote reference VC45553 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

University Information Services (UIS) wishes to appoint a Functional Analyst (temporary maternity cover) to join the multidisciplinary, and diverse, Teaching and Learning (T&L) Systems team, supporting the University's central T&L Systems, primarily the Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

You will join a supportive and collaborative team, with a management structure that will invest in, and back up your personal development, learning and professional improvement. The T&L services team is responsible for the central Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle), Lecture Capture (Panopto), Digital Assessment and Text Matching (Turnitin). We consist of a Service Manager/Systems Manager, Delivery Manager, Team Leader, Functional Analysts/Business Specialists, Learning Technologists, Technical Developers (Moodle), Support Analysts and Trainers.

Our team work with academics and staff across a wide range of subjects and locations, providing T&L product specific advice (primarily VLE), system, user requirements and change analysis, evaluation, testing but also guidance and encouragement to help staff become competent and confident users of the system across the Institutions and Colleges of the University. You will improve the blended learning experience of students by offering guidance to academics, departmental administrators & computing officers, and provide systems advice to management and university governance groups.

During the annual VLE upgrade cycle, you will play a vital part in evaluating change (including evaluation and testing), updating help guides and advising on policy and procedures. You will be expected to ensure university policy compliance such as data retention, accessibility and GDPR in all changes evaluated.

You will play a central role in any projects to evaluate new T&L service offerings or to integrate the VLE with other systems. Your duties will include adapting teaching & learning tools to business needs, evaluating and articulating user needs, producing evaluation papers and process flow diagrams, offering advice and professional expertise around configuration, and ensuring the user's voice is considered within the service.

You will provide 2nd line helpdesk support to all-end users, ensuring assigned requests are managed according to procedures, using version control and release management standards and software. You may also be asked to perform project management and research within Teaching & Learning team projects.

Please provide a covering letter that directly highlights how essential and desirable criteria are met, or what your approach to meeting these would be. You are encouraged to apply even if you do not meet all desirable criteria.

Temporary cover: This post is fixed-term for 12 months or the return of the post holder, whichever is the earlier.

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department/institution/Faculty/School/University.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

If you would like more information about this role, informal enquiries can be directed by email to recruitment@uis.cam.ac.uk

Please quote reference VC45532 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available up to March 2027 in the first instance.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Cloud Engineer to be part of a new and exciting initiative to develop the UK Regional Centre (UKSRC) for the Square Kilometre Array (SKAO), the world's largest radio telescope.

The role is based in Research Computing Services (RCS) a leading UK National Supercomputing Centre and home to Dawn, the fastest AI supercomputer in the UK, providing facilities and services to world-renowned scientists, clinicians and engineers across the UK and Europe.

The University of Cambridge RCS is provider of HPC resources for UKSRC and is developing novel federated cloud platform technologies as well as providing leadership on system architecture.

Who you'll be working with

The successful candidate will become part of a diverse team of systems engineers, astronomers, and computer scientists developing advanced solutions to support world class science and deliver service for processing data from the world's largest radio telescope running on a Kubernetes platform. You'll be working in a team of Cloud engineers, in collaboration with National and International colleagues to help deliver, operate and support the UKSRC and international cloud infrastructure and HPC resources as part of the development of the SKAO project.

What you will have

-Hands on experience in deploying and administering Linux operating systems.

-Familiarity of Ansible & Terraform for configuration management & IAC.

-Experience of virtualization technologies and cloud architecture, preferably but not limited to OpenStack.

-Basic knowledge of scripting languages primarily with Python & Bash.

-Experience of CI/CD principles, ideally but not essentially using a GitOps approach, using Helm & Kustomize.

-Development lifecycle tools, such as Git.

-Working with Agile methodologies & Jira.

Some desirable, but not essential, skills we are looking for

-Use of monitoring and reporting tools, such as Prometheus and Grafana.

-Experience of GitOps tooling such as ArgoCD or FluxCD.

-Knowledge of containerization technologies using Kubernetes & Docker.

-Experience working with HPC clusters and parallel file systems.

-Proven ability to work effectively within a team and individually.

-Experience in working in a scientific environment and/or providing support to researchers.

More information about the role is attached in the 'Further Particulars' document.

The University is supportive of hybrid working, where some work is undertaken on University premises and some in a remote working environment. The aim of our approach is to enable as many staff as possible to work in a hybrid way if they wish and where their role allows.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic disclosure (criminal records check) check and a security check.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for flexible working arrangements.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

All queries should be directed to recruitment@uis.cam.ac.uk in the first instance, quoting reference VC45355.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

The University and UIS

University Information Services (UIS) provides the digital infrastructure, business information and computing services at the heart of one of the world's top universities. The University of Cambridge has a bold ambition to use digitalisation to transform education and research, and UIS' team of developers, designers, testers, analysts and support staff is leading this exciting work.

The role

The GBN Technician will join a team of 3 customer-focused GBN project managers, working to help 60,000 students and staff to study and work in a cutting-edge environment that enables world changing research and development.

You'll get the chance to collaborate and interact with some of the finest minds in the world, sharing data, insight and expertise to make a meaningful difference to the University's success.

What you will do

As a GBN Technician you will:

• Provide administration and on-site and general project support with initial background work for new projects forming a large part of the role
• Maintain the database of information that describes the details of the cable plant, its allocation and use.
• Be responsible for ensuring network upgrades are implemented where required Carrying out network condition surveys, drafting reports and implementing remedial works.
• Ensure that the network maps are maintained and always up to date. Respond to network enquiries from other utilities.
• Ensure communication is always maintained between all internal teams and external customers.
• Raise POs as needed to issue to contractors and ensure that budget costs are tracked, issue invoice request on work completion.
• Take an active role in the wider team, provide cover during periods of absence, contribute to the design of processes.

This position is a permanent, full-time role, usually based on the University's West Cambridge Site.

What you will need

• Experience of Microsoft office software.
• Some understanding or experience of civils/cabling or general IT/telecommunications infrastructure would be an advantage
• Familiarity with personal computer systems as a work tool particularly with cable-management systems, word-processing and databases would be advantageous.
• Familiarity with the relationship between the University and the Colleges would be advantageous.
• Good interpersonal skills for dealing with a wide range of people at all levels are needed for communicating with College and University staff, with external contractors and local authority officers.
• To be self-managing with an ability to learn new techniques.
• Ability to develop and maintain their own knowledge in their field

The benefits

You can expect to receive:

• a competitive salary with automatic service-related progression and annual cost-of-living increases
• a generous annual leave allowance of 36 days per year (including bank holidays)
• access to a hybrid pension scheme with attractive employer contributions
• access to a range of shopping and travel discounts through the Cambens scheme.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department/institution/Faculty/School/University.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

If you would like more information about this role, informal enquiries can be directed by email to Richard Davies, System Lead GBN, at rcd41@cam.ac.uk.

Please quote reference VC45125 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

The University and UIS

University Information Services (UIS) provides the digital infrastructure, business information and computing services at the heart of one of the world's top universities. The University of Cambridge has a bold ambition to use digitalisation to transform education and research, and UIS' team of developers, designers, testers, analysts and support staff is leading this exciting work.

The role

The University Information Services (UIS) Service Desk is the first point of contact for IT Incidents, Requests and queries from across the collegiate Cambridge estate, be they, academics, students, staff or IT "Computer Officers" in colleges and departments. The Service Desk sets the standard of customer service, helping to support, develop and deliver services provided by UIS Teams.

During the supported hours of 08:30-17:00 Monday to Friday, the Service Desk team provides first- and second-line support, offering specialist advice and support on IT-related issues while providing customers with the best possible service and conveying a sincere willingness to help. The team comprises of Service Desk Analysts, Senior Service Desk Analysts, Deputy Service Manager, ITSM Manager, the User Administration team and the Service Desk Manager. The Deputy Service Desk Manager will be supporting the Service Desk Manager on delivery of Incident, Problem, Request and Knowledge Management processes.

You'll get the chance to collaborate and interact with some of the finest minds in the world, sharing data, insight and expertise to make a meaningful difference to the University's success.

As the Deputy Service Desk Manager, you will:

• Manage the Incident queues to ensure the highest possible levels of customer service standards are being met
• Manage the Service Request Process and implement iterative improvements
• Manage the junior members of the service desk team
• Ensure Knowledge Management process is being followed
• Ensure Problem Management process is actively used to flag existing and potential high ticket issues
• Implement a quality assurance check across the service desk
• Act on feedback from customers to raise service standards
• Support the Service Desk manager in developing the Service Desk to a professional standard

The University is supportive of hybrid working, where some work is undertaken on University premises and some in a remote working environment. This position is based at the UIS West Cambridge Site and requires a minimum of two days per week on-site presence.

What you will need:

• Recent experience in managing a service desk
• Evidence of working at a tactical or operational level to deliver a service improvement
• Experience of great customer service
• Skills in incident management and service reporting
• Exemplary communication skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise your own and the team's tasks
• Ability to take accountability for issues that occur
• Proactive in searching for potential problems
• Educated to degree level/Level 6 vocational qualification or equivalent level of practical experience

Additionally, the following knowledge, skills, and experience would be beneficial:

• Recent experience in implementing service delivery metrics and performance monitoring
• Experience of managing individuals or teams
• Skills in problem management, knowledge management, and Continual Service Improvement (CSI)
• A relevant IT service management qualification, e.g. ITIL Foundation.

The benefits

You can expect to receive:

• a competitive salary with automatic service-related progression and annual cost-of-living increases
• a generous annual leave allowance of 41 days per year (including bank holidays)
• access to a hybrid pension scheme with attractive employer contributions
• access to a range of shopping and travel discounts through the Cambens scheme.

We particularly welcome applications from women and candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our institution.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

All queries should be directed to recruitment@uis.cam.ac.uk in the first instance.

Please quote reference VC45064 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Cloud Engineer to be part of a new and exciting initiative to develop the UK Regional Centre (UKSRC) for the Square Kilometre Array (SKAO), the world's largest radio telescope.

The role is based in Research Computing Services (RCS) a leading UK National Supercomputing Centre and home to Dawn, the fastest AI supercomputer in the UK, providing facilities and services to world-renowned scientists, clinicians and engineers across the UK and Europe.

The University of Cambridge RCS provides HPC resources for UKSRC and is developing novel federated cloud platform technologies as well as providing leadership on system architecture.

Who you will be working with

You'll be working in a team of Cloud engineers, in collaboration with National and International colleagues to help deliver, develop, operate and support the UKSRC and international cloud infrastructure and HPC resources and develop technical solutions as part of the development of the SKAO project.

What you will do

The successful candidate will become part of a diverse team of systems engineers, astronomers, and computer scientists developing advanced solutions to support world class science and deliver service for processing data from the world's largest radio telescope running on a Kubernetes platform. You will:

-Design, deploy, and manage OpenStack-based cloud environments.

-Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to cloud infrastructure, HPC & Kubernetes environments.

-Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to propose innovative solutions.

-Support Science teams by providing them with technical expertise and advice on best practices for using cloud-based environments.

-Propose & develop technical solutions to challenges while collaborating with UK & international teams.

What you will have

-Proven experience of deployment and administration of Linux systems.

-Utilizing Ansible & Terraform for configuration management & IAC.

-Strong understanding of virtualization technologies and cloud architecture, preferably but not limited to OpenStack.

-Development experience with scripting languages primarily with Python & Bash.

-Excellent knowledge of containerization technologies using Kubernetes & Docker, with the focus being on Kubernetes in a production environment.

-Proven DevOps experience of CI/CD principles, ideally but not essentially using a GitOps approach, using Helm & Kustomize.

-Solid understanding of networking principles in cloud environments.

-Working with Agile methodologies.

Some desirable, but not essential, skills we are looking for

-Experience using K8s Cluster API for managing cluster deployments & upgrades.

-Experience of GitOps tooling such as ArgoCD or FluxCD.

-Experience in working in a scientific environment and/or providing support to researchers.

-Experience working with HPC clusters and parallel file systems.

-Knowledge of GPU-accelerated computing and associated frameworks.

-Experience of performance profiling, monitoring tools, and software performance optimization.

More information about the role is attached in the 'Further Particulars' document.

The University is supportive of hybrid working and we aim to enable as many staff as possible work in a hybrid way if they wish and where their role allows. This role allows the post holder to be office based, work in a hybrid way or remotely with only minimal office attendance.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available up to 30 December 2026 in the first instance.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic disclosure (criminal records check) check and a security check.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

All queries should be directed to recruitment@uis.cam.ac.uk in the first instance.

Please quote reference VC42390 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

The University of Cambridge's Information Services is seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer. You will join a multidisciplinary development team within a Division of 30 engineers building high-profile bespoke web systems and cloud native services, and modernising existing applications.

Our services are public-facing and support University staff and students (~60,000 people) meaning your work will have a significant impact on the reputation of one of the world's leading universities. We develop new services using modern web architectural standards with an emphasis on reusability, APIs, test automation, and CI. Services are deployed to cloud infrastructure in Docker containers.

Our technology stack is: AWS, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Python, Django, React, Material UI and Typescript. We maintain a DevOps culture and use Scrum for our day to day work. We have also adopted an "open by default" approach to new work and thus you can find much of our work to date in our GitLab. The team also produces a Guidebook that collects team's practices and useful information at https://guidebook.devops.uis.cam.ac.uk/

Ideally you will have experience in:

• Designing and solving complex business problems by writing simple, effective code that can be deployed to cloud services.
• Expert coding in Python. Large experience architecting django applications.
• Even better if you have experience with TypeScript and React and/or some fluency in other languages and web frameworks.
• Designing and developing RESTful APIs and consuming these in web applications.
• Writing and collaborating on highly insightful, comprehensive code reviews.
• Writing and applying unit tests.
• Using git as your daily revision control system.
• Collaborating with users and business representatives to gain insight, and to bottom-out detailed requirements.
• Working with containers. Writing good, optimised Dockerfiles.
• Working in a DevOps environment using cloud technologies, CI/CD and configuration management tools.
• Mentoring other developers.

Ideally, you can:

• Learn new skills independently and proactively and are constantly striving to raise technical excellence.
• Understand system and software specifications and choose appropriate designs to meet requirements.
• Produce simple architectures from complex problems.
• Debug complex problems effectively, including in new unexplored applications.
• Drive and commitment to see activities through to completion meeting deadlines matching pace to the urgency of the situation.
• Acquire understanding of all services' architecture, thinking through potential design impacts on other teams and the organisation.
• Convince, provide work direction, and leadership to colleagues.
• Have an excellent understanding of agile practices.

We particularly welcome applications from women for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

Please quote reference VC44915 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 2 years in the first instance.

The University of Cambridge Open Zettascale Lab (COZL) is an exciting initiative to explore and exploit the next generation of advanced technologies which will form the world's fastest supercomputers, including the UK's most powerful AI supercomputer. These state-of-the-art systems will allow us to understand the fundamental nature of the universe, design new materials, clean energy solutions, and to develop and deliver personalised medicine and data-driven healthcare.

The Head of Industrial Partnerships is responsible for developing COZL's portfolio of existing and emerging industrial, governmental and philanthropic partner relationships.

Who you'll be working with

Working closely with the Director of the COZL and others, the role holder will develop and manage partnerships from concept to delivery with the overall objective of: reaching relevant and high calibre prospects; positively engaging and converting these into partnership agreements; and tracking and reporting on outcomes and impacts that meet the expectations of the COZL and relevant partners in the portfolio.

What you will do

• Inform and translate the vision and strategy of the Director into proposals, plans and objectives for public, private or third-sector partnerships, aligning strategic and operational needs.

• Pro-actively seek out potential partner funding opportunities, working closely with the Director and senior management team to influence exemplary delivery of agreed partnership activities.

• Develop partnership initiatives and priority areas as agreed with Director, managing operational interfaces and ensuring compliance with University and partner policies and procedures.

• Support a culture of equality, respect and recognition, fostering teamwork that values cross boundary sharing of relationships, resources, knowledge, skills and experience.

What you will have

You will have excellent communications skills both oral and written and be comfortable working in a highly technical environment.

What we can offer

-41 days holiday per year, including bank holidays.

-A generous pension.

-Hybrid working.

-A friendly and supportive team environment.

-The opportunity to shape and influence how we work.

Further information is available in the attached further particulars document.

To apply for this position please submit a covering letter and your CV. The covering letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

We particularly welcome applications from women and candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

All queries should be directed to recruitment@uis.cam.ac.uk in the first instance.

Please quote reference VC44791 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the University for an Application Specialist to join the Student Systems team. We are looking for candidates with previous experience within a technical developer role.

Located within University Information Services (UIS), the Student Systems Technical team are responsible for the maintenance and development of the University's critical ERP systems for handling student data.

Working on both operational support and project activities, you will assist with the development and maintenance of our student systems in support of strategic initiatives, whilst improving efficiency and reducing technical debt. Through this role, you will develop your existing knowledge of Oracle PeopleSoft and associated technologies whilst providing a high level of support to our customers.

Your work will be varied and unique, and will involve working closely alongside other application specialists, database administrators, functional analysts, testers and our stakeholders in a constantly changing environment.

Main responsibilities

• To be a technical subject matter expert in our student systems and integrations.
• To assist with the implementation, development and support of our student systems in operational and project settings.
• To provide 2nd and 3rd line support activities, providing support to end users for complex technical problems.
• To design and develop quality technical solutions in response to business requirements.
• To review and migrate code, including the analysis of security patches and upgrades.
• To work effectively with internal and external stakeholders through all stages of the software development lifecycle.
• To contribute to our strategic aims of improving efficiency and reducing technical debt.

Main skills & experience

• Knowledge of Oracle Peoplesoft applications ¿ preferably Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.2 / PeopleTools 8.59+
• Knowledge of Oracle PeopleSoft front-end/web development tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of database design, Oracle SQL, system design, performance tuning and integration.
• Experience of providing 2nd/3rd line support as part of an operational support team.
• Experience of working at an operational level to deliver a technology change.
• Experience of coaching and mentoring others.
• Strong planning and communication skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain own technical knowledge.
• Degree/Postgraduate level education, Level 6 vocational qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Values diversity and difference and encourages others to do the same, operating with integrity and openness.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department/institution/Faculty/School/University.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

If you would like more information about this role, informal enquiries can be directed by email to Chris Hay, Student Systems Technical Manager, cjh88@cam.ac.uk

Please quote reference VC43382 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

University Information Services (UIS) are recruiting for a number of roles in its Networks team and has exciting opportunities for Network Engineers.

Under the guidance of a Senior Engineering Lead, working within a highly supportive and collaborative team, you will be jointly responsible for designing, building, operating and supporting the University Data Network, including Access Networks in departments and colleges, and the Data Centre Network.

The team undertakes a broad spectrum of activities. Main responsibilities and duties include:

• The design and development of various interconnected multi-vendor network systems.
• Investigating and resolving issues, if escalated by first- and second-line teams.
• Keeping your technical skills relevant and up to date and help colleagues develop their skills through knowledge exchange, specialist advice and consultancy.

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Demonstrable experience of working in a dynamic IT environment
• Basic networking technologies and concepts, such as Ethernet, VLANs, TCP/IP, DHCP, and DNS
• Evidence of managing technical activities and tasks assigned
• Expert knowledge of networking and network administration
• Strong ability to build relationships at all levels of the organisation
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

It would be useful if you have the following:

• Evidence of working at an operational level to deliver core technologies, such as Cisco Catalyst, Aruba AOS-CX and Fortinet systems
• Evidence of developing and applying an understanding of a new technology to deliver business results
• Evidence of effectively sharing technical knowledge and skills to support the outputs and learning of colleagues and users
• Strong planning skills

To be considered for the senior position, it is essential that you can also evidence experience of delivering complex networking projects, specifically in the operation and troubleshooting of layer 2 and 3 protocols, such as Ethernet, VLANs, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS and dynamic routing protocols such as OSPF or BGP.

The team have many exciting projects over the coming years, such as making use of software defined networks and dynamic Network Access Control (NAC).

This role offers exposure to enterprise-level network technologies at scale, as such you will be at the forefront of shaping the University's network. Investment in our staff is key; you will be offered ample training and learning opportunities and personal development is highly encouraged.

You should have either a degree level qualification, a Level 6 vocational qualification, industry standard certification or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of experience. We understand not everyone will meet these criteria or have the other skills and experience listed. Plenty of support and instruction will be provided so you are strongly encouraged to apply regardless of meeting all criteria.

The position is based at the UIS West Cambridge Site and supports hybrid working, although you will often need to visit on site to configure or troubleshoot issues. Core hours are 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday, this can be reasonably adjusted depending on your needs.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

Please quote reference VC44223 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

This is one of a number of roles currently being recruited to on a rolling basis: the University will assess applications periodically throughout the advertised period (approximately every 1-2 weeks) and reserves the right to close the role, ahead of the end date, once suitable candidates have been recruited.

University of Cambridge Information Services (UIS) is creating a new Network Operations team and is offering an exciting opportunity for an on-site Network Operations Manager to join us.

Under the guidance of the Infrastructure Operations Manager (Networks), you will play a critical role in supporting the network environments within the University, including:

• The University Data Network, the main backbone network.
• Access networks in departments and colleges.
• The University's internet connections to its ISP, Janet.
• The University Wireless Service.
• The Data Centre Network located in multiple sites.
• The University DDI (DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management) system.

As the lead, you will provide technical support and manage a team of Network Operations technicians, initially two but expected to grow. Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and supporting network monitoring and maintenance systems to ensure the smooth operation of the networks.
• Responding quickly and efficiently to network outages, participating in on-site remediation, and maintaining good communication with customers and colleagues.
• Handling incidents raised by customers, providing second/third line support for tickets escalated to the network team.
• Implementing standard service customer requests, such as creating new logical networks or updating system configurations.
• Developing, maintaining and ensuring support documentation and processes are followed, updated, and shared throughout the team.
• Developing and mentoring your team of technicians, providing guidance and support as needed.

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

• Recent experience in managing technical teams and delivering quality results in IT Operations.
• Ability to share technical knowledge and skills for training and developing colleagues.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, including routing, switching, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, wired and wireless connectivity, and how they interact with attached systems.
• Experience of troubleshooting problems with networks and attached systems.
• Experience of network monitoring and administration.
• Track record of developing IT operations policy, strategy, and practice.
• Ability to build relationships with colleagues and customers at all levels of the organisation and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

You should have either a degree, Level 7 vocational qualification, industry standard certification, or an equivalent level of experience.

Desirable skills include effective project management and organisation.

As this role supports physical infrastructure operations, it is primarily on-site and will involve travel around the University based in Cambridge, UK. At least initially, the role holder will need to be involved in operational activities, although this is expected to reduce, as the team expands.

Benefits include a generous holiday allowance, competitive pension plan, parental leave, training and development opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing support.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for flexible working arrangements.

We particularly welcome applications from women and /or candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our department.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

Please quote reference VC44683 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

This is one of a number of roles currently being recruited to on a rolling basis: the University will assess applications periodically throughout the advertised period (approximately every 1-2 weeks) and reserves the right to close the role, ahead of the end date, once a suitable candidate has been recruited.

University of Cambridge Information Services (UIS) is creating a new Network Operations team and is offering an exciting opportunity for an on-site Network Operations Technician to join us.

Under the guidance of the Network Operations Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting the network environments within the University, including:

• The University Data Network, the main backbone network.
• Access networks in departments and colleges.
• The University's internet connections to its ISP, Janet.
• The University Wireless Service.
• The Data Centre Network located in multiple sites.
• The University DDI (DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management) system.

As a member of the team, your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting network monitoring and maintenance systems to ensure the smooth operation of the networks.
• Responding quickly and efficiently to network outages, participating in on-site remediation, and maintaining good communication with customers and colleagues.
• Handling incidents raised by customers, providing second/third line support for tickets escalated to the network team.
• Ensuring processes are followed, updated, and shared throughout the team.

You should be able to develop and maintain knowledge in your field and have excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing. Additionally, the following knowledge, skills, and experience would be beneficial:

• Demonstrable experience of working in a dynamic IT environment
• Evidence of managing technical activities and tasks assigned
• Evidence of working at an operational level to deliver core technologies
• Strong ability to build relationships at all levels of the organisation.

As this role supports physical infrastructure operations, it is primarily on-site and will involve travel around the University based in Cambridge, UK.

Benefits include a generous holiday allowance, competitive pension plan, parental leave, training and development opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing support.

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

Please quote reference VC44693 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

This is one of a number of roles currently being recruited to on a rolling basis: the University will assess applications periodically throughout the advertised period (approximately every 1-2 weeks) and reserves the right to close the role, ahead of the end date, once suitable candidates have been recruited.