Dev and Ops Engineer

National Museum Directors' Council; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

BDLSS, part of Bodleian Libraries, is seeking an experienced Linux systems administrator to join the team that runs institutional digital services for students, researchers and the public. You will work with software engineers to keep Linux-based services reliable, secure and easy to maintain.

You will troubleshoot Linux systems, manage patching and security, automate provisioning, and support PostgreSQL or MySQL databases.

Qualifications

• Experience administering Linux-based systems and applications.
• Proficient with patching, security, backups and incident response.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL databases.
• Experience with automated provisioning and configuration management.

Responsibilities

• Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based systems and applications.
• Monitor production systems and ensure reliability and performance.
• Implement patching, security controls and backups.
• Support deployment pipelines and IaC across services.

Skills

Linux administration

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Monitoring & logging

CI/CD

Observability

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Cloud platforms

Containers

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD tooling

Job description

You will join Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services (BDLSS), which provides digital services across the Bodleian Libraries for students, academics, researchers and the public. Working with software engineers and other technical colleagues, you will help keep the Libraries' primarily Linux-based digital services reliable, secure and straightforward to maintain.

The Chair of this recruitment panel will be James Mooney, Senior Digital Preservation Technical Architect, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role ([email protected]). For queries about the recruitment and application process, please contact ([email protected]).

You will have demonstrable experience of administering and troubleshooting Linux-based systems and applications, including command-line tools, service configuration, patching and system security. You will have experience of automated provisioning, configuration management and deployment, together with a good understanding of relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.

You will be an excellent problem solver with experience of diagnosing technical issues across applications, operating systems and infrastructure. You will have experience of monitoring and supporting production systems and services, and an understanding of performance, reliability, availability, logging, alerting, backup and recovery. Experience of cloud platforms, containers, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, observability technologies or public-facing digital services would be advantageous.