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Are you eager to land a brand new role? Our client, a busy local authority in Northwest London, are looking for an experienced Platform Specialist to join their team and play a crucial role in their  operations.  

Position: Senior Parking Officer
Rate: £350 per day (Umbrella) 
Contract Duration: Temp (Jan 2027) Possible Extension
Working Arrangement: Fully On-site

Job Purpose:

• The Platform Specialist role is to ensure the day to day running of the Council production servers, operating system, cloud environments, Office 365 collaboration applications, SAAS applications, Council’s network, backups and internet security infrastructure while ensuring high levels of systems availability.

Job Responsibilities:

• The post holder will act as a subject matter expert in their expertise area and provide advice to other ICT team members, participate in technology strategic activities, help in formulating technology roadmaps and create a good governance structure to ensure Councils investment on technologies are fully utilised.
• Devise and implement cost controls for office 365 and Microsoft Azure environments, ensuring Council ICT spend is kept to a minimum and get value for money.
• Analyse the more complex infrastructure change requests, conduct cost – benefit analysis of multiple options, recommend cost effective solutions, and coordinate change requests requiring re-configuration or development, liaising with technical teams to ensure It is completed in accordance with the appropriate timeline. 

Job Requirements:

• Familiar with IT industry standards, ITIL, ISO, IEC, etc and the principles embedded within them.
• Budget preparation experience and cost control. 
• In-depth of understanding, a subject matter expert of Office 365, Windows Servicer Technologies, Exchange Online, Active Directory (AD), Azure AD.

Please be advised that only candidates that have the specific skills and experiences required for this role will be shortlisted and submitted to our client for review. 

How to Apply:
If you are interested in applying, please press the button below, send your CV to james.fernandez@temptingrecruitment.co.uk or contact James on 020 3854 4907 to discuss further.

To explore other exciting opportunities or learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our website https://www.temptingrecruitment

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