Hi I am the Head of Systems & Infrastructure at ParentMail. We have an opening for a Linux Systems Engineer/Admin for a Linux professional who can embrace this role in a challenging environment. Below is the job spec. Please email me directly with any questions :
Martin Nix Title : Linux Systems Engineer/Administrator Company : ParentMail (123Comms Ltd) Location : Peterborough Employment Type : Permanent Salary : £30,000 to £35,000 based on experience Description We have a vacancy for a Linux Systems Engineer/Administrator to join our growing team located in Peterborough. This is a challenging role that will suit a technology enthusiast The successful candidate will be responsible for both the maintenance and expansion of the infrastructure that is used in delivering the UK's leading parental engagement solution, as well as virtual and physical server services. You will make recommendations pertaining to the architecture and design of the storage and server infrastructure that supports systems products and services. You will implement new infrastructure in order to grow environments or to add capabilities as is required, whilst carrying out monitoring and capacity planning to identify expansion needs and foresee potential problems. You will also maintain internal information systems used to deliver applications within the business. It will be necessary for you to provide third line application support & migration assistance, as required. This is an exciting time for us at ParentMail as we are implementing a completely new system for schools/nurseries & clubs which will combine three currently disparate solutions (from three different hosting companies & 3 different technology stacks!) *ESSENTIAL SKILLS* Significant expertise configuring and administering Linux server environments (Centos/RHEL) Significant experience with virtualisation technologies, specifically vSphere but also KVM/XEN Significant experience with MySQL (both supporting application diagnostics and configuring) Good knowledge of both LEMP/LAMP stacks (with MySQL and PHP – also Perl to a lesser extent) Experience in deploying Cloud infrastructure platforms (IaaS, PaaS) Previous exposure to colocation datacentre environments Good Firewall knowledge (iptables & dedicated devices) Good knowledge of mail delivery systems (Postfix/Dovecot/Sendmail) Good knowledge of BASH scripting Good knowledge of BIND Good knowledge of redundancy/scaling techniques (DB Replication, Loadbalancing) *ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS* RedHat Certification (RHCSA, ideally RHCE) Automation Experience (Chef specifically) VMware Certified Professional qualification Knowledge of Windows Server environments – including .net deployments ITIL V3 Foundation Alternate SQL knowledge (specifically Postgres and MS SQL) Deployment tools/Config Management : Capistrano, Chef, Puppet LDAP integration/replication (with Postfix & jabber) Programming languages (PHP/Perl/Java) System monitoring automation (particularly NAGIOS) Node.js implementation / testing Openstack usage familiarity Apple equipment and OSX/IOS
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