Welcome guest. To get the most out of our site, please sign up as a candidate or apply for a recruiter account. Registration is fast and simple and gives you access to the facilities available to make recruitment easier.
UNIX PLATFORM ENGINEER - BUSINESS SOLUTIONS - LONDON
| Listed on: | 7th May |
|---|---|
| Location: | City of London |
| Salary/Rate: | £43000 - £45000 |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Start Date: | ASAP |
| Reference: | TJ_243 |
| Recruiter: | Aston Carter |
UNIX PLATFORM ENGINEER - BUSINESS SOLUTIONS - LONDON
RHCE, Linux - RedHat or CentOS or Fedora, BASH scripting, Process Automation, Apache, Postgres, JBoss/ Tomcat, TCP/ IP, VLANs, Virtualisation (Xen or VMware)
My Client, a rapidly growing Business Solutions Specialist, has an urgent requirement for a DIVERSE and HIGHLY SKILLED UNIX Platform Administrator / Engineer to join their London based office.
You will join the systems team, consisting of 4 professionals focused on running the infrastructure for a data analysis web application.
Your primary focus will be to optimise and improve the standard OS build, the platform services that live on top of it, and the application framework hosted by the servers.
This role reports into the Systems Manager and offers HIGH VISIBILITY and superb remuneration for a job well done.
The skill set required is diverse and you will be extremely passionate about your technology - perhaps playing around with Open Source products at home in your spare time.
This role will be a mix of 25% Support, 15% documentation/ process, and 60% project/ improvement work.
You may be a Linux Admin looking to take a step into an Engineering styled role. You will have SOLID BASH SCRIPTING SKILLS and extensive and demonstrable process automation experience.
Roles and Responsibilities:
o Maintaining and improving the configuration and deployment systems (kickstart with puppet)
o Assessing security implications and potential issues around the OS, services, and application framework.
o Maintaining and improving the Application Framework components (eg. Apache, JBOSS, Postgres) and their deployment.
o Design and build of resilient virtual hosting platform to support non-live application infrastructure and management toolset to delegate control of various aspects of its management
o Design and build of externally facing DNS infrastructure
o Review of existing core infrastructure and implementing improvements (eg. backups, storage, DNS, NTP)
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
o RHCE
o Substantial experience of Linux - RedHat or CentOS or Fedora.
o Strong BASH scripting skills
o Clearly demonstrable process automation
o Unattended provisioning through Kickstart w/ PXE boot
o Apache
o Postgres
o JBoss/ Tomcat
o Strong understanding of TCP/ IP networking and VLANs
o Virtualisation (Xen or VMware)
o Previous experience in a organisation with a large Unix estate (100+ servers)
o Experience in a controlled environment (ITIL)
Beneficial
o Puppet/ Func
o Load balancing experience desirable
o Previous experience in a financial institution (pref FSA regulated)
Aston Carter Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
RHCE, Linux - RedHat or CentOS or Fedora, BASH scripting, Process Automation, Apache, Postgres, JBoss/ Tomcat, TCP/ IP, VLANs, Virtualisation (Xen or VMware)
My Client, a rapidly growing Business Solutions Specialist, has an urgent requirement for a DIVERSE and HIGHLY SKILLED UNIX Platform Administrator / Engineer to join their London based office.
You will join the systems team, consisting of 4 professionals focused on running the infrastructure for a data analysis web application.
Your primary focus will be to optimise and improve the standard OS build, the platform services that live on top of it, and the application framework hosted by the servers.
This role reports into the Systems Manager and offers HIGH VISIBILITY and superb remuneration for a job well done.
The skill set required is diverse and you will be extremely passionate about your technology - perhaps playing around with Open Source products at home in your spare time.
This role will be a mix of 25% Support, 15% documentation/ process, and 60% project/ improvement work.
You may be a Linux Admin looking to take a step into an Engineering styled role. You will have SOLID BASH SCRIPTING SKILLS and extensive and demonstrable process automation experience.
Roles and Responsibilities:
o Maintaining and improving the configuration and deployment systems (kickstart with puppet)
o Assessing security implications and potential issues around the OS, services, and application framework.
o Maintaining and improving the Application Framework components (eg. Apache, JBOSS, Postgres) and their deployment.
o Design and build of resilient virtual hosting platform to support non-live application infrastructure and management toolset to delegate control of various aspects of its management
o Design and build of externally facing DNS infrastructure
o Review of existing core infrastructure and implementing improvements (eg. backups, storage, DNS, NTP)
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
o RHCE
o Substantial experience of Linux - RedHat or CentOS or Fedora.
o Strong BASH scripting skills
o Clearly demonstrable process automation
o Unattended provisioning through Kickstart w/ PXE boot
o Apache
o Postgres
o JBoss/ Tomcat
o Strong understanding of TCP/ IP networking and VLANs
o Virtualisation (Xen or VMware)
o Previous experience in a organisation with a large Unix estate (100+ servers)
o Experience in a controlled environment (ITIL)
Beneficial
o Puppet/ Func
o Load balancing experience desirable
o Previous experience in a financial institution (pref FSA regulated)
Aston Carter Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
http://www.technojobs.co.uk/job.phtml/129495
| Contact Name: | Thomas Jukes |
|---|---|
| | |
