Responsibilities
- Administration, maintenance and monitoring of remote servers (Linux)
- Responsibility for smooth running of web and email services.
- Research and development of new systems.
- Out of hours maintenance work
- On-call emergency response and recovery of servers
- 3rd line user support.
- Support/maintenance of office/staff systems
(Windows/Mac/Linux desktops and laptops, Linux/Windows servers) - Some travel required (infrequent visits to datacentres)
Remuneration and Benefits
- Competitive salary – £30-£40k depending on experience
- Discretionary annual company bonus based on performance
- Medical Health Insurance
- Flexible working hours
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Long service bonus holiday allowance
- Free parking
Working Hours
Full Time, Permanent
9am – 5.30pm
Some flexibility
Reports to:
Senior System Administrator/Systems Manager
Skills Required
Must have several years’ experience in most of the following:
- Linux server administration and CLI (pref. Ubuntu)
- Database configuration and administration, including SQL (pref. MySQL)
- Web server configuration and administration (pref. Apache)
- SMTP/IMAP/POP3 server administration (pref. Postfix/Dovecot)
Highly Desirable
- Strong scripting experience (BASH, Perl)
- Load balancing & High availability (pref. Haproxy)
- Configuration management & deployment (Git, Puppet)
- Virtualisation/Containerisation (LXC, VirtualBox)
- Windows Server/Active Directory knowledge
Beneficial
- Programming experience (HTML, PHP, javascript, C/C++)
- CISCO Switches
- Administration experience of any of the following:
◦ BIND9
◦ Firewalls (PFSense, IPTables)
◦ GlusterFS
◦ Zabbix
◦ Samba
◦ ElasticSearch
◦ Redis
◦ RabbitMQ
- Familiarity with cloud computing (pref. Azure)
Qualifications / Experience
- Systems administration experience, preferably in an ISP/ESP/Datacentre environment or similar with at least several hundred users if not several thousand.
- Ability to cope with a system architecture consisting of several servers in a High Availability configuration.
- Very comfortable with emergency response and out of hours requirements
- Large email server administration a big plus
- Degree qualification desirable but not mandatory.
- Fluent fast English required.
Character Qualities
- Highly responsible with absolute integrity
- Works well under pressure
- Motivated self-starter who manages own time well
- Communicates with people of various levels of technical proficiency
- Good multi-tasking abilities with strong ability to quickly and correctly prioritise tasks in complex situations
- Learns quickly with a high level of interest in the industry to keep up with rapidly changing technological developments.
Interview Process:
Technical task to be completed prior to face-to-face interview.
To apply please email your CV & Cover Letter to jobs@aluminati.net