Linux System Administrator in City of London

Location: Greater London
Salary: £50,000 per year
Recruiter: Franklinbates
Job Hours: Full-time

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Do you have experience as a Linux Systems Administrator? Do you have fantastic interpersonal skills? Take on a key Linux Systems Administrator role with a game-changing cybersecurity company.

Work within an incredibly bright team DevOps and Systems Administration team who you will learn from and grow with, in a role where you will be performing administration of Linux servers and networking hardware (including firewalls and switches; responding to alerts from systems and services; keeping systems up to date with latest security patches and ensuring systems have appropriate and functional backups; liaising with vendors and managing licences; and assisting the Engineering and IT teams in debugging networking issues.

Our client is a sector-leading SaaS cybersecurity software company who have experienced substantial growth and progressed from start-up to an established state, making them a very attractive organisation to get into at early stages of your career.

Skills required for this Linux Systems Administrator role:

  • Experience administering Linux systems over SSH
  • Strong diagnostic and debugging skills
  • Knowledge of networking and internet technologies including IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, DNS, and DHCP
  • Experience configuring and maintaining networking infrastructure (such as firewalls, switches and VLAN management)
  • Experience with scripting languages (particularly Bash and Perl)

The package offered to the Linux Systems Administrator will consist of a salary of up to £50,000 and benefits including a generous holiday allowance, a well-stocked office kitchen with free meals, private healthcare, enhanced parenting leave and more. You will be based from the London office or Manchester office as preferred.

Franklin Bates is a leading IT recruitment consultancy specialising in Software Development, Cloud, & Data. We provide high quality contract, interim and permanent IT professionals to a broad range of technology companies within the UK.

Linux / Systems Administrator / SysAdmin / Cybersecurity / Software / SaaS / Software as a Service / England / London / Manchester


About Franklinbates


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