IT Recruitment Agency, Unix Recuitment, London Surrey UK

This role is to perform day-to-day engineering and operations duties on the core systems infrastructure, working with the commercial priorities of the business. The position will report to the Director of Networks, with close day-to-day guidance and co-ordination with the senior team lead. The Systems Engineering team is responsible for all server and network appliance based infrastructure. This does not include hardware routing or point-to-point networking equipment, although close co-ordination with the Network Engineering team will frequently be required. Some networking infrastructure is performed on Linux servers for which joint responsibility between these teams is assumed. • Speedy fault resolution and troubleshooting • Internal trouble tickets (using Request Tracker) • Maintenance of core services; JBoss, Apache, DHCP, Radius, BIND etc. • Shared out-of-hours emergency on-call support on a rota basis • Streamlining and automation of common system administration tasks • Release of product and service updates from testing, through staging and in to production environments • Maintain business SLAs; assist in root cause analyses upon any failures Essential Skills: • Excellent analytical and diagnostic skills / ability to logically think problems through to a final resolution • Excellent command of Linux administration • Strong Jboss experience • Solid grounding and understanding of IP protocols, including TCP, UDP and ICMP • Competent bash scripting skills Highly Desirable Skills: • Competent using iptables and inventive routing / networking configurations • Administration of JBoss and Apache Tomcat (ability to delve in to Java code for emergency diagnostics would be an advantage but is not essential) • Administration and good knowledge of Apache 2.x web server • Competent ad-hoc scripting abilities in one of the following languages: Perl, Python, Ruby • Experience of using support ticketing systems like RT, Bugzilla or TRAC • Good working knowledge of SQL and able to perform SQL queries • Working knowledge of source and version control systems like Subversion and CVS • Exposure to SNMP for monitoring and data gathering Additional Useful Skills: • MySQL database administration • Experience of change control requests and procedures • Experience of open source monitoring software like Zabbix, OpenNMS, Nagios, Zenoss Core, MRTG etc • Appreciation of XKCD You should have a passion for the technology you work with and appreciate the phrase "rebooting is a sign of weakness"
Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire (AL1)
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Salary/Rate: Discussed on application
Contact: Richard Bryer-Ash
Telephone: 0845 270 3300
Email: richard@unixrecruitment.co.uk
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