Linux System Administrator

JR United Kingdom; Bath; On-site; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Linux System Administrator to join their operations team. This role involves providing operational support for customer-facing SaaS products, ensuring service uptime, and driving automation to enhance application performance. Candidates should have significant experience with Linux systems and cloud platforms, alongside a commitment to improving operational efficiencies.

Benefits

Up to 25% bonus

Stock options

Excellent training and career opportunity

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience administering Linux systems.
• 2+ years Operational experience of working with AWS or GCP.
• Experience with containerisation and deployment tools.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, ensure the availability and performance of production services.
• Drive automation to improve overall application performance.
• Coordinate incident management and communicate with stakeholders.

Skills

Linux systems administration

AWS

GCP

Automation

Kubernetes

Ansible

Terraform

Scripting

Tools

Ansible Tower

Jenkins

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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:

• 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)