Linux Administrator
Posted 1 week ago by Intuition IT – Intuitive Technology Recruitment on Linkedin
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Linux System Administrator role at Cognizant involves designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-grade IT systems within a dynamic team. The position requires strong expertise in Linux and data center operations, with responsibilities including system monitoring, automation, and troubleshooting. The role is hybrid, allowing for flexible working hours, and requires some on-call duties. Candidates must be within commuting distance to the Cambridge office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensuring all systems are monitored and alerts are handled appropriately.
- Maintaining server, storage, network, and security infrastructure.
- Automating platform support, processes, standards, and tools.
- Writing and maintaining code for scalable/resilient systems/infrastructure/platform services.
- Troubleshooting and resolving complex issues in production environments.
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining server, storage, network, and security infrastructure.
- Developing, implementing, and testing data backup and recovery, and disaster recovery procedures.
- Writing clear, concise documentation and operational standards including service and infrastructure diagrams.
- Ensuring global standards and best practices are adhered to for systems.
Key Skills:
- Experience running and maintaining on-premise data centres.
- Strong experience with Linux (Ubuntu / Centos).
- Experience with enterprise storage including ISCSI and SAN technology.
- Prior experience using automation tools (Ansible, Foreman, etc.).
- Knowledge of IP networking, DNS, and firewalling.
- Experience with Python, shell scripts, and command-line tools.
- Knowledge of containerisation and related orchestration technologies.
- Demonstrable experience of remediation projects, ideally within a PCI-DSS certified environment.
- Strong verbal & written communication skills and willingness to collaborate.
- Experience with ITSM tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, etc.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Cambridge
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT