Information Services Division

Systems Platform Officer (Windows)

Grade 7 £28,290 - £33,780 PA

Information Services Division (ISD) supports the University’s teaching, learning, research and administration activities, through the provision of innovative, high quality services, including information support and systems, library, administrative and learning resources.

The successful candidate will be a member of the Information Services Unit (ISU) Technical Services Systems team, which is responsible for Servers, Backup, Storage and Software Delivery. The University operates a large-scale heterogenous environment of UNIX, Windows and NetWare servers which provide a multitude of services spanning the academic and administrative functions of the Institution. The institution has around 19,000 students and 3,000 staff.

The Systems Platform Officer (Windows) will be responsible to the Systems Manager for the development, security and maintenance of the University’s Microsoft Windows based servers. This is very much a hands-on role and consequently the ability to demonstrate considerable (at least 3 years) practical experience of administering and configuring Microsoft Windows servers in an enterprise environment is essential. Significant experience and knowledge of Microsoft Exchange 2003 server, particularly in a clustered environment is essential.


For further details and an application form please visit the Personnel Division website at www.personnel.salford.ac.uk. Alternatively please call 0161 295 2122 (24 hours)

Forms to be returned by 15 August 2008.

At the University of Salford we are committed to an inclusive approach to promoting equality and diversity. We aim to have a more diverse workforce at all levels of the institution and particularly welcome applications from people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities, who are under-represented in our workforce.