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Linux Systems Administrator

London
3 weeks ago
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Linux Systems Administrator

12 month Fixed Term contract - Fully remote working

Salary to £60k plus employee benefits package

Stratospherec is hiring for a new Linux Systems Administrator role for a fast-growing fintech SaaS company. My client are expanding their Tech Ops team and looking for an experienced Linux Administrator to manage a mix of cloud-based (AWS) and on-premise systems in a secure, regulated environment. You'll be joining a small, high-performing team where you'll have real ownership and visibility across the platform.

Essential experience you’ll need

  • At least 5 years working in a similar Systems Administration role

  • Maintaining SaaS workloads built on Linux in AWS or Azure

  • Supporting Ubuntu and Debian Linux systems running on on-premise servers and cloud servers

  • Administering Linux, ideally Ubuntu or other Debian-based distro

  • Solid network administration skills – eg. configuring routers, firewalls, switches etc.

  • Proven experience owning and finishing projects to a high standard

    Additional skills that would be very useful are

  • Provisioning infrastructure with Terraform or CloudFormation

  • Managing server configurations with Ansible, Chef or similar tooling

  • Scripting automation with Bash, Python or PowerShell

  • Automation of CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, CircleCI or similar

  • Deploy and manage monitoring tools (Zabbix, SolarWinds SentryOne, Grafana and other network/database monitoring solutions).

  • Github or Gitlab or similar experience

    This is a great time to join a fast growing, pretty dynamic SaaS company and there could be a permanent job opportunity for this candidate after the initial 12 month period.

    Please send your CV for immediate interview

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