[linuxjobs] Senior Systems Administrator Needed in West London

[John Rainey]

Hi,
I’m currently looking for a Senior Systems Administrator to join an exciting, fast-paced, startup in West London.  Yakatak is a a cloud-based application platform that delivers innovative ‘social broadcasting' services.  Our CEO was a co-founder of Snaptu, which was acquired by Facebook in 2011 and we were an inaugural member of the BBC Worldwide Labs program.  We are beginning to grow more rapidly now and need an experienced sys admin, who can design, implement, automate, and maintain our various cloud-based environments.  You will be the primary person responsible for all aspects of our infrastructure.

High-level duties are below:

-Responsible for the maintenance and availability of the local and remote environments for development, testing, and production.
-Create standardised development, test, and production images 
-Automate updating and deployment of code to various environments.
-Responsible for devising and modifying a cloud-based server architecture best suited for burstable, consumer facing mobile applications
-Familiarity with database configuration/administration, including performance optimisation
-Experience with Ubuntu/Linux/OS X/Unix, Cloud platforms like AWS and Rackspace, Open Source Software and Tools, Configuration Management SW like Puppet or Chef, MongoDB, Redis, Node.js,Shell Scripting, Package Management, and Fault Management

Please contact me if this is of interest.

Best Regards,
John Rainey
VP, Product
Yakatak