Overview
Role: IT Systems Engineer (Linux)
Location: Shoreham-by-Sea, UK – Hybrid
Salary: £45,000 to £55,000 (DOE) plus benefits
Role ID: 2025-2808
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.
Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced IT professional to deliver high-quality IT services, ensuring the provision, support, and compliance of servers, storage, and virtual infrastructure—both on-premises and in cloud environments. You will play a key role in maintaining and optimising our IT infrastructure to meet or exceed client and stakeholder expectations.
Key Responsibilities
* Proactively administer and manage Ricardo’s IT infrastructure.
* Handle incident and event management, ensuring swift resolution.
* Oversee change management processes.
* Manage vulnerability and patch updates to maintain security.
* Implement Privileged Access Management (PAM) protocols.
* Conduct cost analysis for cloud services and plan for obsolescence.
* Resolve 2nd and 3rd line support tickets efficiently.
* Participate in after-hours upgrades, troubleshooting, and on-call support as required.
* Ensure compliance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standards.
* Monitor infrastructure performance and implement necessary improvements.
* Support other technology objectives as required.
Key Competencies and Experience
Extensive experience in an IT or technology department, including:
* Administration and management of Linux/UNIX servers.
* Monitoring system performance and ensuring security.
* Performing routine system administration tasks and maintaining logs.
* Providing technical support, troubleshooting, and user assistance.
* Installing and optimising Linux-based applications.
* Managing system access, data integrity, and security protocols.
* Upgrading systems in line with business needs and coordinating downtime.
* Developing and maintaining system recovery procedures.
* Creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation.
Technical Skills:
* Linux Servers: RedHat (ALMA, CentOS, Ubuntu)
* High-Performance Computing (HPC): InfiniBand, GPU
* Workstations: SUSE, Ubuntu
* Scripting: Bash, Python
* Editors: PyCharm
* Licence Services: FLEXlm, RLM, DSLS
* Authentication: Linux AD Auth (SSSD)
* Backup Solutions: Veeam
* Virtualisation: VMware
* Hardware: Dell, HP Servers
* Storage Systems: Dell, EMC
* Windows Server experience (desirable but not essential)
Desirable Skills and Experience
* Experience with IT service management frameworks and tools such as ITIL.
* Proficiency in scripting, automation tools, and server security.
* Strong understanding of security principles and network protocols.
* Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex system issues.
* Familiarity with version control systems (Git, SVN).
* Experience in system management tools, logical file systems, and client/server environments.
* Ability to work effectively in a geographically distributed team.
* Knowledge of networking concepts, including LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, and related protocols.
Working here
You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.
Work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.
Benefits
We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.
Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment.
Next steps
Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.
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