Senior Linux Administrator

Our customer, a leading Biotech company based in the Oxfordshire area is seeking a senior Linux Admin for a full time permanent position.

The Senior IT Linux Admin is responsible for the effective operation of the Linux environment. They administer Linux systems and applications where segregation of duties is necessary, manage Linux based tools to help in the efficiency of IT/Bioinformatics, and help to develop and test Linux based applications as appropriate including to be used in Science.

The role responsibility stretches across both onsite and cloud provisioned services. The Senior IT Linux Developer will be the 'go-to' person for managing the delivery of all Linux support, integrations and projects, maintaining & improving the solutions for enhanced business use. This includes designing, implementing, monitoring & performance tuning, troubleshooting and issue resolution on Linux systems.

The successful Linux Admin must have Experience and demonstrable ability with Linux Servers & system administration aswell as experience of application installation on Linux platforms such as Debian/Ubuntu or Red Hat/Centos; The ability to compile applications from source code if needed. Knowledge of Linux applications as used in a technical or scientific environment. Containerisation experience, preferably Docker is also desirable. Monitoring AWS or similar environments, identifying & implementing agreed improvements aswell as Knowledge of one or more programming languages such as Python, R, BASH, etc. & Working with GIT and other DevOps tools.

A Degree in computer science/sciences/similar field, or relevant computing experience in a technical environment is essential whilst Linux Professional Institute Certification/Python Certified Associate Professional/AWS Certification are desirable.