OSS Engineer

Operational System Support Engineer
Corsham (Hybrid - 3 days onsite)
Permanent

Circa 70k per annum + benefits

Are you ready to take your expertise in enterprise tooling to the next level? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-performing Hosting & Tooling team supporting critical, large-scale environments within the public sector. You'll play a key role in ensuring systems are stable, secure and optimised-while continuing to build your own technical depth through hands-on experience and ongoing development.

If you enjoy solving complex challenges, working across diverse technologies, and collaborating with talented engineers and analysts, this is a role where you can genuinely make an impact.

What you'll be doing

• Act as a trusted point of contact for clients, providing technical guidance and operational support
• Deliver both BAU (RUN) support and project-based work across enterprise environments
• Create and maintain event management policies and operational tooling solutions
• Perform high-level system analysis to support client requirements and improvements
• Install, configure, customise and manage tooling platforms and monitoring solutions
• Build and maintain dashboards and reporting tools for operational insight
• Produce clear technical documentation and architectural diagrams
• Collaborate with internal teams and Project Managers to deliver successful outcomes
• Develop automation scripts and integrations to enhance system efficiency

What you'll bring

• Proven experience with enterprise tooling and relevant certifications
• Strong hands-on experience with tools such as BMC TrueSight, BMC Discovery and Splunk
• Experience with agent deployment, product installation and customisation
• Knowledge of SNMP MIB management
• Solid experience across Windows, Linux and AIX environments
• Scripting skills in Python and/or PowerShell
• Understanding of networking concepts and protocols
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Zabbix, Nagios, SolarWinds, HP OpenView or IBM Tivoli
• Experience with automation and system integration (e.g. REST APIs)

Important information

• This role requires Developed Vetting (DV) clearance
• You must have lived in the UK continuously for the past 10 years to be eligible
• Pre-employment checks will include identity, employment history and criminal record verification

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