[linuxjobs] Linux System Administrator - West Sussex - £40k + benefits

[Sally Hall]

Good Morning all,

I hope everyone is having a good Monday so far?

I have a Linux Systems Administrator role available based in West Sussex - please find the details below.
Please do not hesitate in contacting me for more information, I'll be happy to help.


Linux System Administrator - West Sussex - £40k + benefits



Are you passionate about Linux? Do you love working with servers/infrastructure and networks? Do you enjoy getting the best you can out of your system? Then this is the role for you!



Successful and award winning software house is looking for an Experienced Linux Systems Administrator to be responsible for several, off-site, data centres based in the UK and USA that are all Linux based systems



Ideally you will be a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHEC), however other certifications/qualifications will be considered.



As an experienced Linux System Administrator you will be responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. This will include participating in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.



The role is focused on the following:



SA Engineering and Provisioning

·         Engineering of SA-related solutions for project and operational needs.

·         Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.

·         Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.



Operations and Support

·         Perform daily system monitoring, verify integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, review system and application logs, and verify completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.

·         Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.

·         Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.

·         Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.

·         Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.



Maintenance

·         Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.

·         Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.

·         Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.

·         Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required.  Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.

·         Maintain data centre environmental and monitoring equipment.



In order to be considered for this role you must have commercial experience of the following:



Required

·         Managing and deploying Ubuntu, Debian and RedHat systems

·         Experience of bash, python and perl.

·         Experience in building and managing DNS servers.

·         experience of Nagios, Cacti or similar



My client is offering an Open Source focused environment, with a friendly team-focused environment, where you will gain training and career progression.


My client is offering upto £40k + benefits - benefits include flexitime, pension, health care and 25 days + public holidays

Kind Regards
Sally Hall

01582 394851

E-Recruiter LTD, F20a, Basepoint, 110 Butterfields, Great Marlings, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 8DL

www.e-recruiter.co.uk<http://www.e-recruiter.co.uk/>
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