Grade: ML1/SB2
Salary: £33,000 per annum to £41,180 per annum

At Northern, we’re creating a brand-new future not just for our organisation, but one that will transform the way we all think about rail travel and if you’re forward thinking, passionate and full of fresh ideas like we are, you could play your part in making it happen.

We recently launched our £500m fleet of new, state-of-the-art trains and we’re investing millions more in our existing fleet of trains and on station improvements all so we can continue to connect thousands of people across the North to work, leisure, education and more every day.

Our vision is all about taking them in an exciting new direction, delivering a different kind of travel experience, and introducing new ways of working.

We’re also investing in our people too, and we’re committed to building a business that’s just as diverse as the communities we serve.

So whatever your background, and whatever you have in mind for your own future, we think you’ll fit right in here.

In return, you’ll discover brilliant opportunities to grow and progress within Northern not to mention amazing perks and benefits like free or discounted travel, employee assistance, generous policies, regular pay reviews and a great pension. We look forward to receiving your application.

About the Job:

This is a great opportunity for someone to work in the systems team with server, storage, application, and networking administration/troubleshooting. You will be pro-active in highlighting areas within these implementations that can be improved and contribute to decisions on future technology.

The systems specialist will also be working with 3rd party consultants integrating various application into the Northern estate as required.

We expect you to be focused and driven with a logical and methodical approach to problem solving, who can draw on previous experience while keeping an open mind on the root cause of a technical issue.

Due to the size and nature of the company travel within the North of England will be expected when needed with regular visits to both datacentres located in York and Manchester.

• Participate in the on-call rota

• Participate in the monthly outage systems patching
• The ability to use your own initiative using available resources

The following qualifications are advantageous but not essential:

• MCSA – Windows Server
• CCE-V
• VCP6-DCV/VCP6-DTM and Above
• Experience in SAN management
• Experience in O365

Benefits and Rewards:

By working as part of the Northern team, you will receive the following benefits:

• Free Travel on Northern services – for you and your family*
• 75% discount on all other Train Operating Companies leisure services*
• Pension Scheme

• A generous holiday entitlement.

• Maternity and Paternity Benefits – above the statutory minimum.*

• Full uniform for frontline facing roles.

• High Street store discounts.

• 20% off many tourist attractions in the UK.

• Gym membership discounts.

• Employee Assistance Programme – operating 24/7, giving a wide range of advice, support and useful information for employees.

• And many more!

• Terms and conditions apply

Important: Northern reserves the right to close the advert before the published closing date, if high volumes of applications are received. In this situation partially completed applications will not be progressed forward or given extra time to complete