Systems Configuration Specialist

Job Title: Systems Configuration Specialist

Location: Hybrid, UK

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

Help strengthen the security of a complex technology environment that supports critical operations

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a System Configuration Specialist at any of our main UK locations.

The role

We are looking for a versatile Systems Configuration Specialist to help operate, improve and secure our enterprise endpoint management and infrastructure monitoring services. The role can suit an experienced specialist in Microsoft Intune, System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) or Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM), with the interest and ability to develop across the wider technology set.

You will work across operational support, service improvement, automation, compliance and technical change. You will help ensure that devices and infrastructure are securely configured, effectively monitored, patched and supported, while providing clear technical insight to operational, security and project teams.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Operate, maintain and improve one or more of the organisation’s Microsoft systems management platforms: Intune, SCOM and Configuration Manager.
• Monitor service health, investigate faults and performance issues, and drive incidents through to resolution.
• Plan, test and implement platform, policy, management pack, application, update and configuration changes through the change management process.
• Facilitate and executing approved vulnerability patches and software updates across the estate.
• Deploy system changes through established change management processes.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Systems Configuration Specialist

• Substantial hands-on experience supporting a large, complex Microsoft infrastructure or endpoint estate.
• Demonstrable administration experience in at least one of Microsoft Intune, SCOM or Configuration Manager.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Windows client and server operating systems, applications, networking and identity dependencies.
• Experience of PowerShell or another relevant scripting language for administration, automation or monitoring.
• Experience working within incident, problem, change and service management processes, including delivery against SLAs and KPIs.

Qualifications for the Systems Configuration Specialist

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at abcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 29, people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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