Senior System & Network Administrator — Cloud, Security & Automation

Fort Recruitment; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 days holiday

Personal pension scheme

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

Fort Recruitment is seeking a Senior System and Network Administrator for a leading marine energy company on Merseyside with a global footprint. You will own the IT infrastructure, networks, cloud environments, servers, monitoring systems and core internal services.

This hands-on senior role covers network architecture, security, Linux administration, AWS infrastructure, DNS, email systems, monitoring, backups, access control, incident response and automation.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in system and network administration.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, and network design.
• Proficiency with Ubuntu/Linux administration and Bash scripting.
• Hands-on AWS administration and security best practices.
• Experience with mail servers and DNS administration.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate, and improve office, production, laboratory and remote access networks.
• Define network architecture, addressing, routing, segmentation and security.
• Configure switches, routers, firewalls, wireless, VPNs and related equipment.
• Maintain secure connectivity across offices, cloud, and industrial systems.
• Administer Ubuntu/Linux servers and AWS infrastructure.
• Manage DNS zones, mail routing and email-delivery infrastructure.
• Operate monitoring with Zabbix and define coverage for assets.
• Develop Bash scripts for provisioning, maintenance and incident response.
• Manage user accounts, SSH access and privileged access controls.
• Maintain backup and disaster recovery systems and test restores.

Skills

Senior level

System administration

Network administration

Infrastructure engineering

TCP/IP

DNS

DHCP

VPN technologies

Ubuntu/Linux

Bash scripting

AWS administration

Security concepts

Monitoring

Backups/DR

Tools

Zabbix

AWS

Ubuntu

Email servers

DNS management

Firewall equipment

Networking gear

Job description

Fort Recruitment is seeking a Senior System and Network Administrator for a leading marine energy company on Merseyside with a global footprint. You will own the IT infrastructure, networks, cloud environments, servers, monitoring systems and core internal services.

This hands-on senior role covers network architecture, security, Linux administration, AWS infrastructure, DNS, email systems, monitoring, backups, access control, incident response and automation.