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Linux System Administrator

Reed
Posted a month ago, valid for 3 days
Location

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland NE19 2BG, England

Salary

£48,000 - £57,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance
Wellness Program

In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.

Sonic Summary

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  • An international business is seeking a Linux Sysadmin to join their dynamic team in Central Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • The role requires proficiency in Linux system administration, automated deployment, and configuration management, along with experience in databases and scripting languages.
  • Candidates should have at least 3 years of relevant experience and will be responsible for ensuring systems remain available, scalable, and secure.
  • The position offers a salary of £40,000 to £50,000, along with generous benefits including 25 days of holiday, enhanced parental leave, and private medical insurance.
  • This is a permanent role with hybrid working options, requiring occasional travel to the office.

The company:

This role is with an international business that who’s dedication to partnerships extends beyond our clients to their employees. They carefully select team members who embody our core values, which are integral to our identity and success. Joining this team means becoming part of a company that truly values your talent, expertise, and passion. They are committed to hiring and retaining top talent, enabling us to excel, exceed client expectations, innovate, educate, and most importantly, earn and maintain client loyalty.

The role:

This team is seeking a Linux Sysadmin to join a dynamic team. You’ll be responsible for building the infrastructure and delivering projects and processes to ensure systems remain available, scalable, and secure. This role involves support, project delivery, and maintenance activities carried out by the Operational Team.

Day-to-day of the role:

  • Provide primary operational support and engineering for multiple large, distributed software applications.
  • Measure and optimise system performance, aiming to push capabilities forward and innovate to continually improve.
  • Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications.
  • Improve reliability, quality, and time-to-market of our suite of software solutions.
  • Partner with development teams to enhance services through rigorous testing and release procedures.
  • Participate in system design consulting, platform management, and capacity planning.
  • Work closely with development and tech teams to ensure technical issues and projects are correctly managed.
  • Act as an escalation point for support incidents and assignments while maintaining high quality.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • Proficient in Linux system administration.
  • Knowledge of automated deployment and configuration management (Ansible, Docker, Terraform, etc).
  • Experience with databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis).
  • Understanding of scripting languages (Python, Bash, PHP).
  • Awareness of AWS and other cloud infrastructure services.
  • Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, and independently solve issues.
  • Experience as part of a team supporting and maintaining an infrastructure.

Benefits include:

  • Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parents and 4 weeks full pay for non-birth parents after one year of employment.
  • Additional Parental Days: 5 extra days annually.
  • Private Medical Insurance: Comprehensive coverage through Bupa.
  • Enhanced Pension Contributions: Boosted pension plan for your future.
  • Cycle to Work Scheme: Support for eco-friendly commuting.
  • Eye Care Vouchers: Assistance with eye care expenses.
  • Life Assurance: Financial security for your loved ones.
  • Enhanced Wellness Program: Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Wellness Coaching, and Wellness Fridays program.

Hybrid Working (1-2 days per week in office)/ Central Newcastle upon Tyne/ Flexible working policies/ Permanent

Next Steps? If you would like to know anything more about this role or even just want to hear what other Infrastructure, Cloud and Security positions I have that may also be a good match for you then please apply to this advert / or catch me on LinkedIn "Hayley Bee

You must be fully eligible to work in the UK to apply to this position and be able to travel into office on occasion. No sponsorship is offered with this role.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.