Overview
In this Linux-focused role within the Computing Support Group, you will maintain and enhance reliable, secure computing services across a university department. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, resilient infrastructure that supports teaching, research and administration. You’ll automate, monitor and secure systems, while supporting students and staff in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. This is a chance to influence the department’s IT services at scale and contribute to innovative technical solutions.
Pay / Benefits
- sector-leading salary and remuneration package
- generous annual leave and pension schemes
- flexible working policy from day one
- family leave packages
- on-site leisure facilities
- cycle-to-work scheme
Responsibilities
- Provide reliable, secure, high-performing Linux computing services for teaching, research and admin activities
- Maintain and improve departmental infrastructure with emphasis on automation, scalability, performance, and resilience
- Perform systems administration tasks: monitoring, patching, access control, backups, and vulnerability management
- Collaborate with academic staff, researchers and technical colleagues to define requirements and deliver effective systems and user support
- Support teaching activities across undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programs; maintain teaching labs and development environments
- Contribute to shared services and infrastructure with College ICT and other technical groups
- Provide technical input to procurement, installation, configuration and lifecycle management of hardware, software and infrastructure
- Ensure compliance with information security, data management and IT policies; detect, investigate and resolve incidents and implement preventative measures
- Identify opportunities to improve services, automate processes and adopt new technologies
- Support wider management and development of IT services within the department
Key requirements
- Degree in Computer Science or closely related subject, or equivalent experience
- Experience in Linux and Windows systems administration
- Networking, security, backups, databases, web hosting and configuration management
- Desirable: virtualization, cloud services, systems programming, application development or student information systems
- Strong interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills
- Effective communication with staff and students
- Proactive learning, issue diagnosis/resolution and continuous improvement
- interpersonal skills
- organizational skills
- analytical thinking
- Linux systems administration
- Windows systems administration
- Networking
Linux SysAdmin and Systems Programmer in London employer: Imperial College London
Imperial College London is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation within the International Relations Office. Employees benefit from professional growth opportunities, a commitment to diversity, and the chance to engage in meaningful projects that have a global impact, all set in the heart of one of the world's leading academic institutions.
