Senior IT Systems Administrator – Linux

Senior IT Systems Administrator – Linux
Advert Ref: TCG-23600/7
£35,000 – £45,000
Leicester, Leicestershire

My client, based in Leicester, design and manufacture a range of complex electronic products that are sold all over the work.

Due to expansion they currently require a Senior IT Systems Administrator – Linux to join their team in Leicester.

The successful candidate must have excellent knowledge of Linux because all of their systems currently run on this. They have a small Windows environment.

The ideal candidate will have some experience of working for a high tech organisation. They are investing very heavily in R&D at the moment and need the Senior IT Systems Administrator – Linux to help build the correct IT Infrastructure to support the changes that will happen in R&D.

This role involves recommending, installing, maintaining, supporting and setting computing policies on the companies servers and desktop computing machines, as well as administering tools and applications on these environments. The role reports to the Director of Engineering.

If you don’t have that experience you must have supported a complex IT system that was constantly changing to support the needs of the business in a mission critical fashion. They don’t want people who have spent large portions of their time just supporting a static IT Infrastructure.

The company is also expecting to grow rapidly in 2014 so they require someone with experience of a rapidly expanding user base.

Job description:
*Setting and enforcing security/protection, access, and data integrity policies;
*Setting up and running all systems backups;
*Installing & maintaining multiple instances/servers, to include RHEL, Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu and Windows in stand-alone and Virtualized environments;
*Maintaining systems related to VPN, Apache, Subversion, STGT, LIO;
*Installation, configuration and maintenance of license servers for Xilinx, Altera, Atrenta, Synopsys, Cadence, Xvnc tools;
*Installation, configuration and maintenance of Anti-virus software, encryption and security tools, access to off-site e-mail accounts, etc;

Skills Required:
*Ability to drive and lead the following IT development projects:
*ISCSI (SAN) RAID storage implementation: Multipathing and recovery;
*Authentication and Authorization: Creation of a centralized system (E.G. Active Directory) for administering users access to Apical systems with additional benefits such as single sign on;
*Cisco router configuration: To improve load balancing and internet access backup;
*Generation of standard desktop toolset builds/images;
*Red Hat Certified Engineer (minimum, Architect preferred);
*Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an exciting technology company and have a major influence on their IT Infrastructure.

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