Unix System Administrator
On-site · Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
As a Unix System Administrator, you will provide first and second level technical support on incidents and problems, monitor overall system performance, create and maintain documentation, and assist in compliance with processes and policies. This role requires excellent organization and time management skills, adherence to ITIL best practices, and a proactive approach to identify risks and improve processes. Familiarity with UNIX/Linux systems and shell scripting, as well as knowledge of networking fundamentals and system performance tuning, is essential.
Required Qualifications
- Eligible for or currently hold SC or DV security clearance
- Sole UK national/British citizen
- Resided in the UK for 10 years and over
Desired Qualifications
- Proficiency in UNIX/Linux systems (Red Hat, Debian, Solaris, AIX, etc.)
- Shell scripting (Bash, KornShell, etc.)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef
- Process and job control (cron, at, systemd timers)
- Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NFS, SSH, FTP)
- Filesystem management (LVM, ext4, XFS, ZFS)
- Performance tuning and monitoring (top, vmstat, iostat, sar, netstat)
- Exposure to automation software such as Ansible/Puppet
- Knowledge of scripting with Bash, Python, and/or Git
- Experience of AWS Automation tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
- Virtualization and containers (KVM, VMware, Docker, Podman)
Additional Requirements
- Candidates must be sole UK national/British citizen and resided in the UK for 10 years and over
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