Systems Administrator

1 month ago


St Pancras and Somers Town, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Systems Administrator (Linux and Security) to join one of the world’s leading research Institutes at a crucial time in its evolution, and play a definitive role in shaping it for the future. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary starting from £50,000 with benefits, subject to skills and experience.

The Crick’s mission is discovery without boundaries; we don’t limit the direction our research takes. We want to understand more about how living things work to help improve treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of human disease, and generate economic opportunities for the UK. Much of our research is both data- and compute-intensive and relies on advanced Scientific Computing systems, services, and skills.

The Systems Administrator (Linux and Security) role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the world’s leading research Institutes and be part of the ITO team responsible for design, implementation and operation of all IT which manages the running of the institute.

In this role you will work with Infrastructure and Security Operations Centre (SOC) team members to deploy, configure, patch and secure our Linux systems across our vSphere and Public Cloud estate. You will also deliver infrastructure for projects across different ITO teams using version-controlled Infrastructure as Code and Automation tools. The successful candidate will also execute and help shape security policy, projects and operations.

Responsibilities of our Systems Administrator (Linux and Security):

These include but are not limited to: 

Configuring, deploying and managing server infrastructure for web application deployments

Installing, configuring and updating RHEL 8 - 9 (Centos/RockyLinux)

Configuring and managing Ansible, Ansible Tower/AWX

Installing and configuring database packages for Postgres, Mysql, Mongodb

Scripting and programming - bash, python, other

OS patching and package management with Pulp or other tools

Docker engine and deployments

Administer vSphere environments where required

Use version controlled infrastructure as code and pipeline deployments

Manage deployments with pipeline tools - Jenkins and Github Actions

Deploying, managing and patching OS’s with Ansible or similar tools

Responsible for daily system monitoring as part of a team rota

Implementation of security policy across the institute’s servers, web services and contributing to ongoing improvements as required

Monitoring and resolution of security alerts from across the Crick estate

Assist the SOC where required, including, but not limited to, advising on architecture and design, helping with security audits, vulnerability scanning and penetration testing

Skills and experience we are looking for in our Systems Administrator (Linux and Security)??????:

Linux RHEL 8 - 9 (Centos/RockyLinux)

LAMP/LEMP Stack Applications

Python Django and Flask applications

Nginx/Apache

Mod Security or similar WAF technology

Ansible, Ansible Tower/AWX

Enterprise Package manager experience

Scripting and programming - bash, python, other

Comfortable operating vSphere

Jenkins

Previous experience of effectively maintaining and developing guides and design documentation

Experience of security concepts, system hardening and analysis of data and logs

Strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrable ability to build effective relationships at all levels

Closing date: 8th December 2024

If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Systems Administrator (Linux and Security), please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you

All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom



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