[Sussex] [JOB] Codefarm Software Ltd. Systems Administrator, Brighton

[Miles Sabin]

Codefarm Software Ltd.
Systems Administrator
January 2007

CVs to Hannah Lindsey-Halls, mailto:hannah.lindsey-halls at codefarm.com. 
Strictly no agencies.

* Summary

  In this position you will be responsible for maintaining Codefarm’s
  internal IT infrastructure and also working alongside the Product
  Development and Research teams maintaining Codefarm’s R&D compute
  cluster. This is an important hands-on role with a dynamic, creative
  and technically excellent company with the potential to make a
  valuable contribution to its successful growth and rapid expansion.
  The role will be mainly Brighton based with occasional travel to
  Codefarm’s London office.

* Details

  Key Responsibilities:

    Maintenance and enhancement of Codefarm’s internal IT
    infrastructure.

    Windows desktop support primarily for non-technical staff members,
    technical staff members being largely self-supporting.

    Maintenance and expansion an R&D Linux compute cluster.

    Occasional maintenance cover for Codefarm’s production compute
    cluster.

  Reports To: Technology Director.

  Remuneration:

    Competitive salary and bonus.
    Participation in employee share option scheme.

  Location: Brighton, UK with occasional travel to London.

  Attributes:

    An intelligent individual with an aptitude for quickly learning and
    applying new skills and technologies.

    Desire to be involved in the delivery of an exciting new application
    capable of providing tangible benefits to customers within short
    project timescales.

    Communicative self-starter with ability to work successfully
    alongside technical and non-technical teams.

    Willingness to occasionally work out of office hours where required
    to minimize in-hours downtime.

  Skills: 

    Essential skills include,
    * RHEL/CentOS, Fedora Core administration.
    * Excellent Linux scripting (bash, perl, python).
    * Mail server administration (Exim, Cyrus IMAPD) and mail filtering
      (SpamAssassin, ClamAV).
    * Web server administration (Apache 2.0, including mod_dav) and
      Apache Tomcat and web application administration (Confluence,
      JIRA).
    * Source control system administration (CVS, Subversion, CVS to
      Subversion migration).
    * Network administration (DHCP, Bind with dynamic updates, LDAP) and
      network security fundamentals (IPTables, use of OpenSSL tools for
      certificate creation and management, SSH tunneling).
    * Database administration (esp. PostgreSQL).
    * Linux server and Windows desktop backup and disaster recovery.
    * Windows desktop support including basic desktop setup, secure
      mail, WebDAV, network printer configuration.

    Other highly desirable skills include,
    * Administration of Platform Symphony, Sun Grid Engine and/or
      Datasynapse Grid Server or similar.
    * Filesystem administration including LVM and RAID.
    * Server and network hardware management (eg. adding disks, memory
      etc., UPS's, KVM’s, cabling).
    * Linux virtualization technologies (esp. VMWare Server, Xen).
    * Experience with Red Hat packaging and package distribution
      including spec file authoring, yum repository creation and
      maintenance.
    * Basic webmaster skills (HTML/CSS/JSP maintenance, web application
      deployment).

  Experience:

    Experienced (3+ years) Linux/Windows Systems Administrator.

    Track record in a HPC environment (academic, sci/eng or financial)
    would be highly desirable.

-- 
Miles Sabin, Technical Director
Codefarm Software Limited
Tower Point, 44 North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YR, UK
tel: +44 (0)1273 666350 mobile: +44 (0)7813 944528
http://www.codefarm.com/