Job Title: Linux Operations Administrator Location: 5 Days a week in London Duration: 6 month contract initially Job Description We are seeking a skilled Linux Operations Administrator to join our dynamic team. This role involves managing, maintaining, and enhancing *nix related technologies across our estate. You will be part of a team that provides 24x7 *nix support internationally, with a strong focus on automation. You will also be responsible for delivering project-related workloads according to plans and defined budgets and supporting customer requirements through ticket-based task management and automation implementation. Responsibilities Participate in the team rota, including on-call and weekend working.
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Deliver against team BAU responsibilities.
Identify savings across project and BAU activities to be implemented through automation involving a process flow of Service Now -> AWX -> Ansible / scripting.
Ensure that all project/investment-related workloads are delivered according to plans and defined budgets.
Support customer requirements through ticket-based task management as well as the implementation of automation.
Essential Skills Proficient in ServiceNow
Experience with PowerShell
Strong Linux skills
Primary responsibilities: Take part in the team rota including on-call and weekend working Deliver against team BAU responsibilities Identify savings across project & BAU activities to be implemented through automation involving a process flow of Service Now -> AWX -> Ansible /scripting Ensure that all project/investment related workloads are delivered according to plans and defined budgets Support customer requirements through ticket-based task management as well as implementation of automation Secondary responsibilities: Take part in daily health and compliance checks for all Production systems as required Ensure all Linux/Unix systems are backed up successfully and any issues are promptly resolved Validate monitoring alerts are detected promptly and satisfactorily resolved Ensure sufficient capacity is available to accommodate projected BAU & project growth Respond to emails sent to the team distribution list in a timely manner. Handle incidents and requests with efficiency and a customer first mindset Maintain Linux platforms in a highly available, reliable, secure and performant manner General maintenance activities Provide technical support to application support and development teams Provide consultancy to application support and development teams Execute disaster recovery procedures when necessary and take part in regular DR tests Ensure patches and security updates are applied as per defined policies Maintain all operational procedures to ensure they are current and accurate Take part in On-Call & weekend work rotation; triaging and addressing production issues as they arise Identify cost saving and optimisation opportunities across the group. Build strong working relationships across the organisation
Location London, UK
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