Senior Systems Administrator
Group IT · Umbrella Corporation
Urgent
Full time
Permanent
Location: London (with travel to Dublin and Frankfurt)
Reference: UC-IT-0419
Posted: 14 March 2019
Umbrella Corporation is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Administrator to take
ownership of the group's server estate across our three operating entities. This is
an urgent appointment following the departure of the previous post-holder.
The role
You will be responsible for the day-to-day operation, maintenance and security of
all group infrastructure: application servers, database hosts, backup systems,
networking and remote access. The estate is a mixture of on-premise hardware at the
Dublin and Frankfurt sites and hosted servers supporting the London office.
This is a single-person team. The successful candidate will be
responsible for the entire infrastructure of the group, working
directly with the Head of Group IT and with the operational leads at each entity.
There is no second-line support function and no managed service provider; escalation
goes to you. We are candid about this because it is the defining feature of the
position.
A significant part of the first twelve months will be spent documenting and
rationalising systems that have grown organically since the early 2000s. Some
environments are well understood; others are not. You should expect to spend
considerable time establishing what is actually running before making changes to it.
Responsibilities
- Administration of Linux and Windows server estate across three sites
- Backup, restore and disaster recovery procedures for all critical systems
- User account, access and remote connectivity management
- Patching, monitoring and capacity planning
- Documentation of existing systems and migration planning
- Out-of-hours support on a rota (currently one person)
Requirements
- Minimum seven years in systems administration, at least three in a senior role
- Strong Linux administration; shell scripting essential
- Practical experience of backup and recovery in production environments
- Networking fundamentals: routing, firewalling, VPN, DNS
- Experience working without a team around you
- Willingness to travel to Dublin and Frankfurt as required
Desirable
- Experience in a regulated manufacturing or pharmaceutical environment
- Database administration (PostgreSQL, MySQL or MSSQL)
- Configuration management tooling
- German or Irish language skills
How to apply
Please send a CV and covering letter quoting reference UC-IT-0419 to
careers@umbrella-corp.example.
Applications are reviewed as they are received; the position will close as soon as a
suitable candidate is appointed.
Umbrella Corporation is an equal opportunities
employer. We do not accept unsolicited approaches from recruitment agencies.
