[linuxjobs] Senior Linux Systems Administrator [SW London]

[Georgiana Sarbu]

  Senior Linux Systems Administrator (Ubuntu Server)



 *The **Company*

My well established client based in South West London has a superb permanent
opening for a the right candidate. Located 10 minutes' walk away from a
major mainline train station making it easily commutable from a wide area,
and situated in modern offices with a friendly team of ~30 people.

Their current production environment is being migrated from CentOS 5.x to
Ubuntu Server. This exciting opportunity brings about the need to move the
company towards a more enterprise grade I.T approach, and the right
individual to make it happen.


 *Required Skills*



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   Extensive knowledge and demonstrable use of Ubuntu Server.
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   KVM and surrounding utilities such as virsh, virt-manager, qemu-img,
   qemu-kvm, etc.
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   Familiarity with systems management tools such as Landscape or similar
   genre.
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   Linux networking, such as bonding, load balancing, bridging, firewall
   configuration, etc.
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   Writing of detailed technical documents to be filed within the company
   DMS.
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   Scripting abilities in BASH, Python.
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   Apache configuration and hardening.
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   Common service management such as OpenLDAP, BIND, etc.
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   MySQL server deployment, configuration and maintenance.
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   Development and deployment of backup & restore strategies using the likes
   of Bacula.
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   Exposure to server hardware from HP & Dell and usage of DRAC & iLO.
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   Storage & File systems – iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, OCFS2, ext3 and ext4.
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   Previous usage of RHEL/CentOS and understanding of it's underlying
   structure.
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   Fluency in the English language, both spoken and written.
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   Solid interpersonal skills.
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   Ability to work closely with and relate to the development, networking,
   and management teams, likewise to work alone.
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   Delegation and management of juniors.


 *Desired Skills*



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   PHP development experience.
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   Perl (Ability to understand or debug existing scripts. These are being
   migrated to Python).
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   Networking & security policies.
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   Database administration and performance tuning.




 *Beneficial Skills*



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   Microsoft Windows Server knowledge.
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   Exposure to Cisco, Fortigate, Infortrend, NetApp products.

 *Remuneration*



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   Highly attractive and competitive.
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