IT Operations Manager Uk Visa Sponsorship

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

The University of Derby is an exciting, intriguing, and continually evolving place to learn as well as an extremely rewarding place to work.

Our educational atmosphere is exceptional, and because we specialise in discovering and developing individual potential, you can be confident that you will receive all of the support and encouragement you require to achieve a meaningful career with numerous prospects for advancement.

Our combined higher and further education offering spans campuses in Derby, Buxton, Leek and Chesterfield, and we have some of the greatest university facilities in the UK, having invested more than £200 million in facilities over the previous decade.

We produce excellent results in our teaching and research, and with over 34,000 students choosing to study with us each year, we rely on the dedication of a team of 2,200 academic and professional services professionals.

Financially strong and seriously ambitious, we provide our employees with a family-friendly, satisfying profession with several prospects for advancement.

About the role

The role will be in charge of delivering a professional, high-performing team while also ensuring the health and compliance of all areas of the digital estate.

You will ensure that all services function properly, are patched, secure, and maintained to current standards. You will ensure continuous improvement by monitoring and identifying issues, automating resolutions, and collaborating closely with the service delivery and infrastructure teams.

This is an interesting role that is critical to ensuring the University’s digital estate is secure and efficient, allowing the company to succeed. It is a technical lead role that will work closely with the Digital Operations manager to lift shift work from the infrastructure teams, ensuring the health of systems such as the network, endpoints, server (physical and Azure based), and Audio-Visual estate, among others, using current toolsets to help report on the health and usage of the estate and identifying gaps in process or efficiencies, allowing a mix of security, network, endpoint, and server operations to make up the

The IT manager will address estate concerns and escalate them to the infrastructure team for resolution as needed, as well as assist with first-line and field engineers and major infrastructure initiatives.

As part of the Service Delivery function, the role will involve working across several teams and locations as needed by the business.

The post holder will be responsible for managing a team of second-line and senior engineers, giving technical guidance to the team, and leading and coaching individuals to ensure a highly motivated and high-performing team.

For more information and informal queries about the post, please contact Digital Operations Manager Dale Baker at D.Baker2@derby.ac.uk.

For questions about your application and sponsorship eligibility, please contact the recruitment staff at recruitment@derby.ac.uk.

This role is eligible for sponsorship by the University; however, your individual circumstances must meet the UKVI criteria, which include meeting the English Language requirement and earning the highest of either the going rate for the SOC code or the minimum salary threshold for the Skilled Worker route (£38,700 per year).

If the role is eligible but the offered wage is less than the market rate for the role, you may still be able to apply for a Skilled Worker visa.

Your position is on the Immigration Skills List.
You must be under 26 years old, a recent graduate, or in professional training. Additionally, a PhD level certification relevant to your career is required.
You hold a postdoctoral position in science or higher education.
Please keep in mind that the University cannot confirm your eligibility for sponsorship until you have received an offer and your unique circumstances have been reviewed.

For additional information, read Applying from Overseas: How to Apply for a Job at the University of Derby – University of Derby.

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