Linux System Administrator

Linux System Administrator – Global Brand – Up to £75K Basic Salary – £120K + OTE (25% Bonus + Stock)

Overview:

An exciting opportunity has arisen with a market leading Software company for an experienced Linux System Administrator. We are looking for a self-driven professional, to assist with operational support of customer-facing SaaS products.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Being part of a critical operations function that is responsible for the monitoring, availability and performance of production services
• Responding to stakeholder requests within agreed timescales or SLO
• Drive automation to reduce failures, manual tasks and therefore improving overall application performance and availability
• Perform systems administration activities to ensure the smooth operation of applications across multiple platforms
• Coordinate and communicate with impacted stakeholders as per incident management process
• Demonstrate ownership of events and incidents through to restoration
• Support critical systems that handle sensitive and proprietary data
• Create, maintain and update work instructions for troubleshooting and supporting applications
• Contribute to the planning of application/infrastructure releases and configuration changes

Essential Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience administering Linux systems
• Strong hands-on experience of variants of Linux distros
• 2+ years Operational experience of working with AWS or GCP (ideally GCP)
• Experience of working with an automation platform to automate repetitive actions that reduce manual effort
• Experience with containerisation, ideally Kubernetes
• Familiarity with deployment tools such as Ansible Tower and Jenkins
• Proficient with orchestration/configuration tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Experienced and confident in any scripting language

Package:

• Base salary £75K (Over £100 OTE)
• On-site in the Bristol area – 5 days a week
• Up to 25% bonus
• Stocks option
• Excellent training and career opportunity

Linux System Administrator – Global Brand – Up to £75K Basic Salary – £120K + OTE (25% Bonus + Stock)