Infrastructure Support Analyst

Infrastructure Support Analyst

LMS IT Department

Salary: £40,832 - £45,589 per annum plus London Allowance £ 5,385 per annum

Full time, permanent

London, UK

About us

The MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) is a biomedical research institute, with a unique computing environment using Windows, Apple and Linux technologies, where scientists and clinicians collaborate to advance the understanding of Biology and its application to medicine. LMS is one of three directly funded MRC research institutes and maintains strong links with our partners at Imperial College London and at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

About the role

The successful candidate will join a tight-knit, collaborative team of IT specialists within the LMS Computing Facility. The role primarily involves delivering IT infrastructure and user support services to the LMS community. You will contribute to the development and deployment of backend technologies that underpin the Facility’s operations. Additionally, you will provide training and guidance to staff on the safe and secure use of hardware and applications. Close collaboration with key stakeholders at Imperial College London (ICL) and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is also a key part of this role, supporting the broader mission of the LMS.

About You

If you’re experienced, highly motivated, hands-on individualwith a drive to succeed and passion for personal development in IT infrastructure and systems aspects of computing this is your chance to develop and deliver at the highest level. Our unique IT infrastructure will expose you to a diverse computing environment that uses large scale servers, storage, HPC and virtualisation technologies supporting cutting-edge scientific equipment.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer defined benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement (30 days plus 2.5 privilege days & 8 bank holidays), family friendly policies (6 months full pay maternity & adoption leave), a range of shopping/travel discounts, access to our Employee Assistant Programme Scheme, Health and Wellbeing Support and a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. Please follow this link to find out more - Benefits

How to apply

For full details of this post and to complete an online application, visit https://vx/lang-en-GB/appcentre-1/candidate/postings/3051 and upload your CV, names and contacts of two references along with a cover letter stating why you are applying for this post (showing evidence against the requirements as per the Job Description and Person Specification). Please quote reference number LMS 2735.

Closing date: 16 November

Please note that applications may be reviewed by both LMS and Imperial staff