IT Manager

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IT Manager

Base of c. £50k - £65k DOE + bens.

Central London (Marble Arch)

Niche Investment Capital Fund provider

We have been retained on an exclusive basis by a niche investment capital fund company to hire an IT generalist to both manage a third party IT services provider and ensure assist with assessing and transitioning some IT services back in-house.

Presently our client has no internal IT function and the IT environment (Servers, desktops, applications etc) that support a user base of c. 30 individuals is provided by a third party IT services company.

This is an exciting opportunity that will give you ownership of the IT function within a profitable niche financial institution.

Having hands-on technical ability covering IT infrastructure support, network support, IT applications support, and IT Security will be highly beneficial in this role.

Duties:

Overall management of IT Services

Assess the IT requirements of the business and users.

Ensure robustness of IT services

Working with the MSP, ensure IT Security / network security

Information Systems planning

Vendor management

Disaster recovery planning

IT process improvement

Upgrade planning

Systems migration

In-sourcing initiatives

Capital markets / Fintech

Technical Environment:

Microsoft Windows / Wintel

Win10 - Office 365

Windows Server 2016 - Active Directory

Exchange Server 2016

Skype for business

Bloomberg

Paladine

Hazeltree

Backstop

Citrix

Security

DarkTrace

MaaS360

Cisco firewall

The ideal candidate may have experience managing IT services for a relatively small user base but one that is business critical within a city financial services sector.

This role is likely to suit a versatile individual who may have held job titles such as: hands-on IT Manager, Technical Service Delivery Manager, IT Consultant, Lead IT Support Analyst. Lead IT Support Engineer.

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