Senior Linux Engineer/Linux Systems Manager/Linux Engineer Lead

Ekco ,
Reading, Berkshire
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Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum

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Job Title: Senior Linux Engineer Location: Reading Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 per annum, depending on experience Job type: Full time, Permanent The Company is an innovator in cloud solutions, working with global customers and partners to deliver a comprehensive suite of end-to-end managed IT services. Formed in 2016, they have team members and offices located across United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands. They help companies embrace the cloud revolution, transforming the way IT professionals operate by managing their systems and data securely. By leading their IT resilience, they guarantee peace of mind and the foundations to scale business with a fully managed support system. They are built on integrity and a personal approach with customers which offers a true partnership. Likewise, their team members enjoy a culture which promotes collaboration in a family friendly working environment, as well as supporting autonomy, self-development, and a commitment to their shared goal of delivering market leading IT services. They are undergoing a period of rapid expansion in 2020 and searching for a talented Senior Linux Engineer, to join their dynamic and growing UK team based in Theale, Reading. Key Requirements: The ideal candidate will be truly passionate about IT and have at least five years' experience in an IT technical role supporting Linux platforms You will be happy liaising with customers in person and over the phone as most of their support and consultancy is provided remotely You should be able to explain technical issues in easily understood terms You will need to be able to work in a team and help ensure they meet or exceed their SLAs You will be responsible for managing your own time and should have strong project management skills as you will be working on multiple projects at the same time You will be expected to join the on call, out of hours rota, and work outside of standard M-F office hours on occasion for planned maintenance activities The successful Candidate will have/ be: Essential Linux OS and Infrastructure Management: specifically, Ubuntu and Debian are essential, and CentOS/Redhat would be beneficial VMware vSphere deployments as well as physical server deployments Troubleshooting IT issues both logical and physical Solid Customer Facing experience and good communication skills Good general knowledge of Opensource products and use cases Good general Infrastructure knowledge, e.g. Firewalls, Switches, Routers, Storage Platforms, etc. Desirable Team leadership experience or a wish to step up and manage a small team would be great, but not essential - the engineering talent comes first VyOS experience would be highly desirable Experience with FAI (Fully Automated Installation) with good PXE and hardware experience for auto-building physical Linux servers is also highly desirable General knowledge of Microsoft Server/RDS/GPO/Azure also useful Familiarity with ZFS file systems Please click on the APPLY button and you will be REDIRECTED to the Company's careers page to complete the application form. STRICTLY NO AGENCIES Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Linux Server Administrator, Senior Systems Engineer, Linux Systems Administrator, Server Administrator, Server Maintenance Administrator, Linux Server Technician, Infrastructure Engineer, Systems Developer, Linux Engineer, Systems Support, Software Support, MySQL, Nagios, Python Administrator, Systems Administrator, Systems Support may also be considered for this role. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89873765

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