Linux Systems Admin — Onsite in Manchester (UK)

DXC Technology; Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Private health/medical insurance

Gym membership

Perks at Work

DXC incentives

Job summary

DXC Technology in Manchester is seeking Linux System Administrators to join our team across multiple levels. You will implement standards and continually improve service reliability in a secure, collaborative environment.

We value ITIL practices, strong UNIX/Linux expertise, and scripting and automation skills. This on‑site role offers a busy, concrete career path with training, benefits, and opportunities to work across diverse projects.

Qualifications

• Experience with UNIX/Linux systems (Red Hat, Debian, Solaris, AIX, etc.)
• Shell scripting proficiency
• Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef)
• Process and job control (cron, at, systemd timers)
• Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NFS, SSH, FTP)
• Filesystem management (LVM, ext4, XFS, ZFS)
• Performance tuning and monitoring (top, vmstat, iostat, sar, netstat)
• Exposure to automation tools such as Ansible/Puppet
• Knowledge of scripting with Bash, Python, and/or Git
• Experience of AWS
• Automation tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Virtualization and containers (KVM, VMware, Docker, Podman)

Responsibilities

• Provide first and second level technical support on incidents and problems
• Monitor overall system performance and ensure smooth system functionality
• Create, maintain, and utilise documentation
• Assist building compliance with processes and policies

Skills

Excellent organisation

ITIL

Problem solving

Knowledge sharing

Proactive risk identification

Tools

UNIX/Linux

Shell scripting

IaC (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef)

Cron/systemd timers

Networking fundamentals

Filesystem management

Performance monitoring

Automation tools (Ansible/Puppet/Chef)

Bash/Python/Git scripting

AWS

Virtualization/Docker/Podman

Job description

DXC Technology in Manchester is seeking Linux System Administrators to join our team across multiple levels. You will implement standards and continually improve service reliability in a secure, collaborative environment.

We value ITIL practices, strong UNIX/Linux expertise, and scripting and automation skills. This on‑site role offers a busy, concrete career path with training, benefits, and opportunities to work across diverse projects.