Senior IT Systems Administrator (Linux) (IS5397-18-241-R)

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving university and support its enterprise level IT systems and infrastructure, supporting a community of 21,000 students and 2,600 staff based on five campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings.

You will be technically and tactically involved in the wide ranging operational and development activities of the IT Services' Core Services team. Your primary responsibility will be to contribute to and lead on the day-to-day operation and service improvement of central, enterprise-level IT services. You will contribute to IT projects, sometimes as technical lead, in the development of new IT services and their associated infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have strong documentation and communication skills, methodical troubleshooting expertise, and significant practical experience in an IT operations and development role within IT, and a degree or equivalent. You will have in-depth, technical knowledge of Linux systems administration and experience of one or more of the following: configuration management, automation, and scripting (e.g. Ansible, Git, Bash, Perl); web services (e.g. Apache, Tomcat); hosting (e.g. Azure, AWS); integration (e.g. LDAP, SMTP, RADIUS). We welcome applications from recent IT graduates, as well as from those with more experience.

Please note that this is a programme funded, fixed-term post until 31/07/2019.

Interviews are anticipated to be scheduled for week commencing 25/06/2018.

Previous applicants need not apply. Job sharers welcome. 

Closing Date: 17 Jun 2018
Category: Administrative/Clerical/Technical