Linux System Administrator

JR United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking software company as a Linux System Administrator, where you will play a vital role in ensuring the operational excellence of customer-facing SaaS products. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work within a high-performing global operations team. Your expertise in Linux systems, cloud platforms, and automation will be key in driving improvements and maintaining service availability. With a focus on innovation and growth, this company provides excellent training and career advancement opportunities, making it an exciting place to develop your career.

Benefits

Up to 25% bonus

Stock options

Excellent training and career opportunity

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience administering Linux systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with various Linux distros.
• Experience with automation platforms to reduce manual tasks.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain the performance of production services.
• Drive automation to improve application performance and availability.
• Coordinate with stakeholders during incident management.

Skills

Linux Administration

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Ansible

Terraform

Scripting Languages

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 SysAdmin. We are looking for a self-driven professional, to assist with operational support of customer-facing SaaS products.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leading Software company, joining a high performing, global operations team which is goaled to ensuring the highest service levels of availability of the mission critical software services provided.

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 Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform
• Experience of working with an automation platform to automate repetitive actions that reduce manual effort
• 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:

• Basic salary ranging up to £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)