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Graduate Systems Analyst - Birmingham

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Acturis Limited

Sep 13, 2023

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  • Job
    Full-time
    Entry Level
  • Data
  • Birmingham

Requirements

  • About You:
  • You will be a self-starter who thrives when collaborating in a team full of brilliant and motivated people, with diverse interests and backgrounds. Everyone at Acturis has an outstanding academic background and we share a common passion for innovation. Successful applicants will also have the following attributes:
  • Graduated with a 2:1 or 1st in a STEM subject
  • Strong A levels, ideally including an A in Maths
  • First-rate problem solving ability
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Logical, well organised and practical
  • Confident and eager to take responsibility
  • Computer literate (e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel) and able to pick up new IT-related concepts
  • Client focused with an ability to build relationships with customers
  • A team player, who can seamlessly collaborate with others

Responsibilities

  • As a Graduate IT Systems Analyst you will work in a Network Operations Centre (NOC) where you will:
  • Design and develop new infrastructure solutions for a large, growing mission critical business system
  • Design and develop new database solutions for our various production and non-production Oracles databases – including replication, performance optimisation and data warehousing
  • Maintain and develop the Acturis global private network
  • Manage and develop the EMC and Pure storage solutions
  • Provide problem solving and issue resolution support to the production and non-production systems hosted in London and Amsterdam – performance, availability and bottlenecks
  • Be first point of contact for all technical issues relating to Microsoft, Oracle, and Networking technologies (not end customer support which is handled by the dedicated Customer/Application support team)
  • Investigate and research new server infrastructure, database network and storage technologies and solutions
  • Manage the virtual desktop environments
  • Technologies you will be using, managing and maintaining:
  • Windows Server: MS Server 2008/2012, Virtualisation / Hyper-V, Blade technology, VDIs, MCSA, MCSE
  • Databases: knowledge of SQL DBs: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and NOSQL DBs: Couchbase, Mongo
  • Networking: Cisco Firewall / Switches, DHCP, TCP/IP, DNS, Wireless WANs, CCNA
  • Microsoft Technologies: System Centre, SharePoint, Dynamics, MDT
  • Training:
  • Acturis believes that a mix of internal and external training allows colleagues to develop rounded skills:
  • New joiners receive concentrated initial training and close mentoring
  • Colleagues are encouraged to complete industry standard training in relevant topics
  • More senior colleagues can choose courses with time set aside and the course paid for
  • The Acturis management team run training sessions to pass on experience and best practice

The leading Software-as-a-Service provider to the general insurance industry

Technology
Industry
501-1000
Employees
2000
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

At Acturis we don't talk about digital transformation, we deliver it. This ability to meet the transformational demands of our clients has been the key to our success. From an ambitious idea in 2000, Acturis has become the tech provider of choice for brokers, insurers and MGAs throughout the UK and internationally. Supporting 95,000 users in over 40 countries, Acturis has built a leading position in every market it operates in. This hasn’t come about by chance – since day one our goal has been to be the best and, in that respect, nothing has changed. But with our unique approach to software, we have helped drive much of the change the insurance industry has seen over the last 20 years. Because at Acturis, we don’t just connect markets – we create them.

Benefits

  • Annual Salary Review and Performance-Based Bonus

  • Flexible and Remote Working

  • Employee Share Option Scheme

  • Contributory Pension Scheme

  • Life Insurance Cover

  • Private Health Cover

  • Employee Assistance Programme

  • Income Protection

  • Competitive Holiday Entitlement

  • Enhanced Parental Leave

  • Cycle to Work Scheme

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