End User Device Specialist (Linux)

Warwick; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Learning opportunities

Onsite childcare

Diversity friendly

Job summary

The University of Warwick is seeking an End User Device Specialist (Linux) to develop, operate and improve the Linux end-user computing environment across teaching, research and professional services. You will lead hands-on management of Linux endpoints, focusing on configuration, OS deployment, software delivery, patching, security, automation and monitoring.

Strong Linux fundamentals and Ubuntu-based experience are essential, with expertise in Bash, Python, Git and configuration-management

Qualifications

• Practical Linux administration experience.
• Strong knowledge of Ubuntu or similar distributions.
• Experience with package management, patching, configuration management, shell scripting, troubleshooting and security.

Responsibilities

• Develop, operate and improve the Linux end-user computing environment.
• Manage lifecycle of Linux endpoints across device configuration, OS deployment, software delivery, patching, security, automation and monitoring.
• Collaborate with Windows, macOS and identity/security teams to ensure coherent End User Devices services.

Skills

Linux

Ubuntu

Bash

Python

Git

Ansible

Chef

Scripting

Tools

Cinc/Chef

Ansible

Job description

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Job Title: End User Device Specialist (Linux)

Reference: 563

Department: IDG - IO - End User Products Portfolio

Contract Type:Indefinite

Hours: Full-time (1.0 FTE)

Full time Salary Range: £36,320.00- £46,970.00 per annum

About the Role

The End User Device Specialist (Linux) will help develop, operate and improve the University's Linux end-user computing environment, supporting Linux devices used across teaching, research and professional services.

You will take a hands-on role in the management and lifecycle of Linux endpoints, working across device configuration, operating system deployment, software delivery, patching, security, automation and monitoring.

A key part of the role will be developing more consistent and automated approaches to Linux endpoint management, using technologies such as Ubuntu, configuration management tools, scripting and source control.

You will also work alongside colleagues responsible for Windows, Apple, identity, security and infrastructure services to ensure Linux forms part of a coherent and secure End User Devices service.

This is an opportunity to help shape how Linux endpoint management develops within the University, moving towards greater automation, standardisation and self-service.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).

About You

You will have practical Linux administration or engineering experience, ideally supporting Linux desktops or endpoints within a large or complex organisation.

You should have good knowledge of Ubuntu or similar Linux distributions, together with experience in areas such as package management, patching, configuration management, shell scripting, troubleshooting and security.

Experience with technologies such as Bash, Python, Git and configuration-management tooling such as Cinc/Chef, Ansible or similar would be particularly valuable.

You will enjoy investigating technical problems, automating repetitive processes and finding ways to make Linux services easier to operate and support.

You will also be comfortable working collaboratively with other technical specialists and explaining technical issues clearly to colleagues and users.

You do not need to have experience of every technology we use. We are looking for someone with strong Linux fundamentals, an engineering mindset and the enthusiasm to develop their knowledge as our Linux endpoint services evolve.

About the Department

The End User Devices team within the Information and Digital Group is responsible for the technologies and services that enable staff and students to use university-managed devices securely and effectively.

The team supports a large and diverse endpoint estate spanning Windows, macOS, iOS/iPadOS and Linux, using modern management platforms and automation to deliver secure, reliable and user-focused services.

You will join a multi-skilled engineering team working across areas including device management, operating system deployment, application delivery, endpoint security, automation and the ongoing development of modern device-management services.

For the Linux estate, you will help develop and improve services based around technologies such as Cinc and Chef, while working closely with colleagues responsible for Microsoft Intune, Windows and Linux platforms.

The team is continuing to modernise its approach to endpoint management, giving you the opportunity to influence how our Linux services evolve rather than simply maintaining an established service.

Right to Work in the UK

Right to Work in the UK

If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK and/or are seeking sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link which contains further information about obtaining the right to work in the UK.

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here .

The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here . The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance .