Server Specialist

3 days ago

Boston Spa, United Kingdom The British Library Full time £31,364 - £100,000 per year

Contractual hours

36

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Digital & Technology (IT)

Date posted

08/12/2025

Job reference

R

Location: Boston Spa

Contract: Fixed term (12 months)

Hours: Full time (36 hours)

Grade: B

Salary: £31,364 per annum

About the role

The British Library are looking to recruit a Linux Server Specialist, to join the Infrastructure Team based in Boston Spa near Wetherby.

We are looking for someone who has knowledge and experience of deploying and managing Red Hat servers, ideally in a virtual environment.

We are continuing to rebuild our infrastructure, following a major Cyber attack in October 2023.

The Server Specialist will help ensure that our RHEL systems are secure, backed up and able to meet business requirements, operating in a secure, segmented environment.

For more information, please refer to the Job Profile.

About us

We are the national library of the UK and we are here for everyone. Our shelves hold over 170 million items – a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow and far into the future. Our trusted experts care for this collection and open it up for everyone to spark new discoveries, ideas and to help people do incredible things.

What we can offer you

  • A competitive salary.
  • A fantastic pension scheme with minimum employer contributions of 28.97% (this may be higher dependent on grade).
  • Flexible working hours, with the ability to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3-month period.
  • 25 days' holiday.
  • Full details of employee benefits can be found on our Careers: Benefits

Closing date: 28 December 2025

Proposed interview dates: TBC

If you have any questions, please contact: BL-

We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse candidates and disabled candidates. We would like to increase the representation of these groups within The British Library to ensure our workforce is as diverse as the public that we serve. Creating an inclusive workplace is the core of our business and a way to engage the diversity of thought that is essential to achieve our aims.

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