[linuxjobs] Sysadmins / Senior Sysadmin roles at The Positive Internet Company

[Luke Hall]

*The company*

Positive focuses on GNU/Linux and Free Software like very few other
organisations do. From the company’s desktop machines through to our 
clusters and private cloud platforms, as well as in significant parts of 
our networking stacks, our deep commitment to free and open source 
software shines through.

We've provided managed services and hosting based on Free/Open Software 
for more than 20 years. We were a founding "Gold" sponsor of the Debian 
LTS project and support lots of other worthy projects. We also give 
staff time to work on free and open source projects.

We have positions available in our informal, friendly team providing 
support for a range of GNU/Linux systems running secure networked 
services for a diverse range of clients from SMEs, to some of the 
globe’s biggest brands, and major institutions.

*The roles*

We have several positions open at this time and welcome applications
from candidates ranging from enthusiastic amateurs to seasoned sysadmins.

Salaries depend on experience, location, and hours as we have positions 
available in London and Cambridgeshire as well as remote working 
possibilities. All positions offer excellent prospects for career 
development.

The roles combine three main facets: supporting customers' existing 
platforms, typically by email; optimisation and system administration of 
Debian-based servers; and designing/provisioning new platforms for 
customers.

All applicants should have experience in some aspects of GNU/Linux
sysadmin, tuning the LA(E)MP stack - including configuring and 
maintaining MySQL and/or MariaDB, shell scripting, relevant DevOps 
methodologies, configuring HA hardware, software and storage clusters. 
Experience with Debian is especially welcome.

Candidates for senior positions should have significant experience of
high-availability platforms in heterogeneous environments, including
configuring and maintaining private cloud stacks based on
virtualisation technologies. Some familiarity with hybrid AWS (and 
similar) platforms may be advantageous.

We would particular welcome applications from those familiar with tools 
like Ansible and configuring caching technologies like Varnish, as well 
as some experience in deep-configuration and securing of popular 
application stacks, including Magento(2), WordPress and so forth. 
Ideally, senior candidates will also have experience of attaining and 
maintaining secure systems up to PCI Level 1 and ISO27001 standards.

Reporting to the Technical Team Manager and benefiting from the support
of a small, approachable, and talented team, we nonetheless expect you 
to work autonomously on a number of projects for the company and its 
clients, ranging from providing support and troubleshooting through 
configuring and tuning new private clouds to coordinating technical 
relationships with our key clients.


*Details*

We can offer these positions based principally in one of two locations: 
either working from our offices in Soho, the very heart of London’s West 
End (5 minutes’ walk from Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus tube 
stations) or in the NOC of our wholly-owned data centre in 
Cambridgeshire (by train, 14 minutes from Peterborough, 30 minutes from 
Cambridge).

Whilst you will generally work either in the London offices or
Cambridgeshire data centre, we do offer some home-working opportunities 
and flexibility on a case by case basis.

You will join the Technical Team on-call rota which involves occasional
weekend working remunerated separately.

Positive gives a good holiday allowance (25 days + bank holidays +
goodwill days around Christmas/New Year which typically amount to at 
least 40 days' paid leave per annum), lots of training opportunities, 
funding to attend free software conferences such as FOSDEM and other 
technical training/conferences, company mobile phone, and the chance to 
work with free software experts in a less corporate but nonetheless 
professional environment.

*Apply*

This position should interest anyone with a passion for working in a
GNU/Linux-only environment with a team that shares your commitment to 
Free and Open software and technical solutions.

To apply, send a short note and CV (PDF only, please) to 
jobs at positive-internet.com.

Please ensure the subject line of your email includes *either* the job
title “Junior Sysadmin application” or “Senior Sysadmin application”.

-- 
All postal correspondence to:
The Positive Internet Company, 24 Ganton Street, London. W1F 7QY

*Follow us on Twitter* @posipeople

The Positive Internet Company Limited is registered in England and Wales.
Registered company number: 3673639. VAT no: 726 7072 28.
Registered office: Northside House, Mount Pleasant, Barnet, Herts, EN4 9EE.