Dev and Ops Engineer – 2 posts

Experience Oxfordshire; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent contributory pension scheme

38 days of annual leave

Childcare services

Family leave schemes

Discounted bus travel and Season Token

Job summary

Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services (BDLSS) invites applications for two Dev and Ops Engineer roles in Oxford. The posts cover Linux-based administration, deployment, monitoring, and cloud infrastructure with a strong focus on security and reliability.

You will troubleshoot complex issues, contribute to architecture decisions, and support containerised services and backups. Two full-time posts: one permanent, one fixed-term for 2 years.

Qualifications

• Experience administering Linux-based systems and applications.
• Experience with automated provisioning, configuration management and deployment.
• Good understanding of relational databases, PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.
• Experience monitoring and supporting production systems; familiarity with logging, alerting, backup and recovery.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support Linux-based applications and infrastructure, including deployment, configuration, upgrades, patching and troubleshooting.
• Operate and develop cloud and virtualised infrastructure; implement monitoring, logging and alerting.
• Support containerised applications and contribute to business continuity, backup, restoration and recovery testing.
• Troubleshoot complex technical problems; work on architecture, deployment and improvements with focus on security and reliability.

Skills

Linux admin

Troubleshooting

PostgreSQL/MySQL

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Containers

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring/logging

Job description

Job Title: Dev and Ops Engineer - 2 posts

Location: Osney One Building, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0EW

Hours: Full-time

Contract type: Permanent & fixed-term for 2 years

Grade: Grade 7: £39,424 - £47,779 per annum

About The Role

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.

You will maintain and support Linux-based applications and infrastructure, including deployment, configuration, upgrades, patching and troubleshooting. You will help operate and develop cloud and virtualised infrastructure, implement monitoring, logging and alerting, support containerised applications, and contribute to business continuity, backup, restoration and recovery testing.

You will also troubleshoot complex technical problems and work with colleagues on architecture, deployment and improvements to existing services, with particular attention to security and reliability.

There are two full-time posts available - post 1 is permanent, and post 2 is fixed-term for 2 years. Please specify your post preference in your application.

About You

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.

What We Offer

Benefits

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

More information is available at https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/life-in-oxford

Diversity

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible. If you require the job description or any other materials in an alternative format, or if you would like to request any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at [e-mail].